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Join Encore Wind Ensemble with guest conductor Betsy McCann on Sunday, May 19 at Eagan High School at 2:00pm for a MusicConnect concert with Eagan High School Band.
Join Encore Wind Ensemble, guest conducted by Timothy Mahr, for a MusicConnect concert at Woodbury High School on Thursday, November 16 at 7:00pm
Encore Wind Ensemble preset a MusicConnect concert with special guest Gabriel Campos Zamora, principal clarinet of the Minnesota Orchestra, on April 16 at 2:00pm at Hastings High School.
Encore Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Luckhardt, presents “Illuminations” at Oltman Middle School in Cottage Grove on November 17 at 7:00pm
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Selections to be performed include:
Give Us This Day - David Maslanka
Three Organ Preludes - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Variants on a Mediaeval Tune - Norman Dello Joio
East Ridge High School - conducted by Brent Comeau
Park High School - conducted by Thomas Storm
Woodbury High School - conducted by Tark Katzenmeyer
The Masonic Heritage Center
Serving as a working tribute to the concepts and contributions of Freemasonry, the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center provides the public with an intimate and elegant destination for events, performances and scholarship pursuits and features a 443-seat auditorium with jewel-box theatre
Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center Theater
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhard, Conductor
Blue Shades (1996)- Frank Ticheli
Jan Possehl Scholl, clarinet
Concerto Grosso for Flute, Alto Saxophone, Bass Trombone, Marimba and Concert Band - James Stephenson
Haley Cramer, flute
Dennis Lindsay, alto saxophone
Roger Lundberg, bass trombone,
Phil Hatchner, marimba
Bugler’s Holiday - Leroy Anderson
Tony Teehan, trumpet
Nicholas Ellison, trumpet
Wade Lutterbein, trumpet
Minnesota Junior Symphonic Winds
Selections TBD
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Variations on America - Charles Ives/William Schuman
Bassoon Concerto - Eric Ewazen
I. Andante con moto
Ariel Detwiler, Bassoon
October - Eric Whitacre
Superman March - John Williams/Paul Lavender
Woodbury High School Band
Selections TBD
Woodbury High School
Ariel Detwiler, Bassoon
Ariel Detwiler is currently finishing the third and final year of her DMA in bassoon at the University of Minnesota, studying with Norbert Nielubowski. She also holds a Masters degree in Bassoon from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music studying with William Ludwig, and a Bachelors degree in bassoon from DePauw University. An active freelance musician and woodwind doubler in the twin cities, Ariel performs in various bands, orchestras, musical pits, and collaborates in many chamber music groups, including Duo 231 with French Horn player Sam Crocker (also in Encore) and the Bdote 7 reed quintet. Ariel is no stranger to the stage-- she won the DePauw University Concerto competition in 2010, and in 2018 she won the second annual Band Concerto competition at the University of Minnesota. With a lifelong passion for music education, she teaches her own private studio, instructs the Woodwind Techniques course at the University of Minnesota, and is the adjunct professor of bassoon at Dordt University. When she is not performing, Ariel is an avid baker, calligrapher, and gardener. This is Ariel's fourth year performing as a core member of the Encore Wind Ensemble.
Program available at concert
East Ridge High School
Adventures on Earth - John Williams
from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Dusk - Steven Bryant
Pines of Rome - Ottorino Respighi
I. “The Pines of the Villa Borghese.”
II. “Pines Near a Catacomb.”
III. “The Pines of the Janiculum.”
IV. “The Pines of the Appian Way.”
Fugue in G minor (little) - Johan Sebastian Bach/L. Cailliet
Shelterig Sky- John Mackey
Give Us This Day- David Maslanka
Selected to be announced at the concert
Selections announced at the concert
Firefly - Ryan George
Sparkle - Shafer Mahoney
Danzon No. 2 - Arturo Marquez/Oliver Nickel
Performance by Rockford High School Band
Selections listed at concert
Selections to be performed by Encore
Divertissement (1929) - Ibert / Wolfram
1. Introduction
2. Cortége
3. Nocturne
4. Valse
5. Parade
6. Finale
March from Symphonic Metamorphosis - Paul Hindemith
Shepherd's Hey - Percy Grainger
Selections to be performed
Clash - Collins
Hymn for Band - Stuart
Escape from Chronopolis - Clark
Petite Symphonie - Gounod
Harry Potter
A Galop to End All Galops - Barker
Minnesota Junior Winds
Selections to be performed
American Overture - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
October - Eric Whitacre
Stars in a Velvety Sky - Herbert Clark
Tony Didier, trumpet soloist
Joy Ride - Michael Markowski
Charles Weise teaches at South View Middle School in Edina, MN and holds degrees from the University of St. Thomas and Penn State University. Previous teaching positions have included both high school and elementary band programs. He has served as director of community bands, and is in demand as a clinician and guest conductor. He is a National Board Certified teacher. Recently, Charles' 8th grade band from South View was selected to play at the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) Midwinter Clinic.
Charles Weise
Dr. Robert Ouren has been a Minnesota music educator for over 35 years, graduating from Winona State College with a Bachelors degree, and receiving both his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. In 1991, Bob became director of bands at Edina High School, where he directed the marching band as well as the Varsity and Symphonic Bands and Jazz Band. Bob has been a wind section coach for the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies for over ten years. Bob recently retired from public school teaching but remains very active through these opportunities as well as mentoring and research/advocacy work.
Dr. Robert Ouren
Selections to be performed
Edina High School Concert Band
Three Dances from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein
Canzon, Leonard Bernstein
Overture to Candide, Leonard Bernstein
Encore Wind Ensemble
Toccata Marziale, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Rest, Frank Ticheli
Inglesina (The Little English Girl), Davide Delle Cese
Selections being performed
Mother Earth Fanfare- David Maslanka
O, God Thou Holy God- Johannes Brahms
Angels in the Architecture- Frank Ticheli
Star Wars Trilogy- John Williams/Hunsberger)
Selections from the following:
Orient et Occident - Camille Saint‐Saens
Against - Charlie Bond (Winner of 2014-2015 Charles B. Olson Young Composers Competition)
Evening Music - Jayce Ogren
Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo - Gustav Holst
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
The Florentiner - Julius Fucik
Overture to Colas Breugnon - Dmitri Kabalevsky
Tower Music - Alan Hovhaness
Variations on a Shaker Melody - Aaron Copland
Serenade in c minor- W. A. Mozart
Allerseelen- Richard Strauss
Symphony for Band - Vincent Persichetti
Overture in C, Op. 24 - Felix Mendelssohn
My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish - J. S. Bach arr. Alfred Reed
Landscapes - Justin Weiss, 2013-2014 Winner of the Charles B. Olson Young Composers Contest
Oblivion - Astor Piazzolla
Trumpet Concerto - Harry James arr. Dean Sorenson, Charles Lazarus, trumpet
"Machine" from Symphony No. 5 - William Bolcom
Chester (Overture for Band) - William Schuman
Hold This Boy and Listen - Carter Pann
"Cakewalk" for Wind Band - Grant Luhmann*
Give Us This Day: A Short Symphony - David Maslanka
Serenade in Eb, K375 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Canzon a 12 - Giovanni Gabrieli
Chant Funeraire - Gabriel Faure, orch. Myron Moss
Immoveable Do - Percy Grainger
Depth - Alex Shapiro
Undertow - John Mackey
"Gandalf" from The Lord of the Rings - Johan de Meij
Canzon a 12 - Giovanni Gabrieli
Folk Dances - Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. H. Robert Reynolds
Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14 - Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. H. Robert Reynolds
Depth - Alex Shapiro
Homage to Perotin (from Medieval Suite) - Ron Nelson
"Gandalf" from The Lord of the Rings - Johan de Meij
A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
Sleepers, Awake! (Wachet Auf!) - J.S. Bach, arr. Alfred Reed
The Christmas Song - Mel Torme and Robert Wells
Alleluia - Randall Thompson, trans. Lewis J. Buckley
White Christmas - Irving Berlin, arr. Zane Van Auken
The Polar Express - Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, arr. Jerry Brubaker
Sleigh Ride* - Leroy Anderson, arr. James Ployhar
*Combined bands
Marriage of Figaro - W.A. Mozart arr. Joseph Kreines
Variations on a Shaker Melody - Aaron Copland
Der Traum des Oenghus Op. 37/1 - Rolf Rudin
Little Fugue in G minor BWV 578 – J.S. Bach/Cailliet
*On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - David Holsinger
*The Northern Pines - John Philip Sousa
*Combined Bands
Monument Fanfare and Tribute - Philip Rothman
First Suite in Eb Major, Op. 28 - Gustav Holst
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations, Op. 36) - Edward Elgar
Metroplex (Three Postcards from Manhattan) - Robert Sheldon
Celebrations - John Zdechlik
After A Gentle Rain - Anthony Iannaccone
An Original Suite - Gordon Jacob
Carnival of Venice - Jean Baptiste Arban
Mother Earth Fanfare - David Maslanka
Chester Overture for Band - William Schuman
Easter Monday on the White House Lawn - John Philip Sousa
Whiz Bang - Shelley Hanson
Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Io Son L'umile Ancella - Francesco Celia, trans. Luckhardt
If My Friends Could See Me Now - Warren Barker
Cartoon - Paul Hart
Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein
October - Eric Whitacre
Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite - Karl King
Konigsmarsch - Richard Strauss
Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold
To Venture into the Realm of the Unknown - Kathryn Salfelder
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Richard Wagner
Komm’, Susser Tod (Come Sweet Death) - J.S. Bach, trans. Alfred Reed
Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli
Konigsmarsch - Richard Strauss
Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold
To Venture into the Realm of the Unknown - Kathryn Salfelder
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Richard Wagner
Komm’, Susser Tod (Come Sweet Death) - J.S. Bach, trans. Alfred Reed
Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli
Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Grainger
Concert Piece No. 2 - Felix Mendelssohn
Albanian Dance - Shelley Hanson
Twelve Dances from "The Danserye" - Tielman Susato
Sonata for Wind Orchestra - Artun Hoinic
Theme and Variations for Full Band, Op. 43a - Arnold Schönberg
Pineapple Poll - Arthur Sullivan
Encore is a collection instrumentalists from around the Twin Cities' dedicated to the performance of traditional and contemporary masterworks for band.
