Past Repertoire

Wind Symphony Recent Repertoire

• "On the Road"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• April 22, 2024 – 7:30 PM

• Go BIG or Go Home – Jessica Meyer
• Brooklyn Bridge – Michael Daugherty (John Weigand, clarinet)
• Godzilla Eats Las Vegas! – Eric Whitacre
  

• Invited Performance - CBDNA Southern Division Conference
• University of Memphis
• March 2, 2024 – 11:00 AM

• Fanfare for a New Day – Kevin Poelking
• Febris Ver – Nancy Galbraith
• Children's March – Percy Grainger / Mark Rogers
• The Archangel Raphael Who Leaves a House of Tobias – Masanori Taruya
• The Pines of Rome – Ottorino Respighi / Guy Duker & Yoshihiro Kimura
  

• WVU Honor Bands Concert
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• February 9, 2024 – 7:30 PM

• Fanfare for a New Day – Kevin Poelking
• The Sea of Mountains – Matthew Jackfert
• Children's March – Percy Grainger / Mark Rogers
• The Archangel Raphael Who Leaves a House of Tobias – Masanori Taruya
• Scherzo for X-Wings – John Williams / Paul Lavender
• The Pines of Rome, IV. Pines of the Appian Way – Ottorino Respighi / Guy Duker
  

• "Flight"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• December 3, 2023 – 2:00 PM

• Cloudsplitter Fanfare – Jack Stamp
• Icarus and Daedalus – Keith Gates
• First Flights – Roger Cichy
• Lord, Guard and Guide – Robert Jager
• Into the Air! – Timothy Mahr

• "Hands Across the Sea"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• October 22, 2023 – 2:00 PM

• Jubilee Overture – Philip Sparke
• Four Scottish Dance – Malcolm Arnold (CDR Adam Williamson, cond.)
• Songs from the End of the World – John Mackey (Lisa Williamson, soprano)
• Hands Across the Sea – John Philip Sousa
• Variations on a Hymn by Louis Bourgeois – Claude T. Smith

• "Let's GO WEST Virginia"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• September 10, 2023 – 2:00 PM

• The Cowboys – John Williams / Jay Bocook
• Sonoran Desert Holiday – Ron Nelson
• Deep River – Benjamin Horne
• Hoe Down from "Rodeo" – Aaron Copland / Mark Rogers
• Sasparilla – John Mackey

• "In Concert"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• April 25, 2023 – 7:30 PM

• Aspen Jubilee – Ron Nelson
• From Many, One – Craig Biondi [premiere]
• No Shadow of Turning – David Gillingham
• J'ai été au Bal – Donald Grantham

• "Come Sunday!"
• Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences
• Charleston, West Virginia
• February 26, 2023 – 2:00 PM

• Roman Carnival Overture – Hector Berlioz / V. Safranek
• Hymn to a Blue Hour  – John Mackey
• Commando March – Samuel Barber
• Come Sunday! – Omar Thomas

• "¡Viva Musica!"
• WVNG Readiness Center
• Morgantown, West Virginia
• February 10, 2023 – 7:30 PM

• Conga del Fuego Nuevo – Arturo Marquez / O. Nickel
• La Mezquita de Cordoba  – Julie Giroux
• Pepita Greus – Pascual Perez Chovi
• El Camino Real – Alfred Reed

• "Natural Balance"
• North Hills Middle School
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• December 6, 2022 – 7:30 PM

• Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare – Richard Strauss
• anti-Fanfare  – Andrew Blair
• Danza de los Duendes – Nancy Galbraith
• Lux Perpetua – Frank Ticheli
• Right-Left March – John Philip Sousa
• Good Night, Dear Heart – Dan Forrest
• Flying Jewels – James David

• "Illuminations"
• Williamsport High School
• Williamsport, Maryland
• October 23, 2022 – 2:00 PM

• Godspeed! – Stephen Melillo
• Kokopelli's Dance  – Nathan Tanouye
• October – Eric Whitacre
• The Gridiron Club – John Philip Sousa
• Give Us This Day – David Maslanka
• Urban Light – James David

• "Pops in the Park"
• Ruby Hazel McQuain Amphitheatre
• September 11, 2022 – 2:00 PM

• Liberty Fanfare – John Williams / Jay Bocook
• Raiders March  – John Williams / Paul Lavender
• Theme from Schindler's List – John Williams / John Moss (Peter Wilson, violin)
• Yankee Doodle, Variations Burlesque – Henri Vieuxtemps / Stephen Bulla (Peter Wilson, violin)
• Silverado – Bruce Broughton / Randal Bass
• Amazing Grace – William Himes
• Funiculi, Funicula Rhapsody – Luigi Denza / Yo Goto
• The Incredibles – Michael Giacchino / Jay Bocook

• "The Music of Kevin Day"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• April 26, 2022 – 7:30 PM

• Havana – Kevin Day
• Second Prelude  – George Gershwin / arr. Krance
• Cuban Overture – George Gershwin / arr. Rogers
• Rosa Parks Boulevard – Michael Daugherty (Hakeem Bilal, Keith Jackson, Joseph Jefferson - trombones)
• Dancing Fire – Kevin Day

• "In Concert"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• February 11, 2022 – 7:30 PM

• The Cowboys – John Williams / Bocook
• Earth  – Jun Nagao
• Peace Dancer – Jodie Blackshaw
• August in York – James Stephenson (Dr. Robert Sears, trumpet)
• Love and Light – Brian Balmages

• "Let's Dance"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• November 7, 2021 – 2:00 PM

• Dance of the Jesters – P.I. Tchaikovsky / arr. Cramer
• Danzon No. 2  – Arturo Marquez / Nickel
• And More – Joshua Hobbs
• Armenian Dances, Part I – Alfred Reed (Colonel Don Schofield, conductor)
• Variations on a Shaker Melody – Aaron Copland
• Niagara Falls – Michael Daugherty
• Armed Forces Salute  (Colonel Don Schofield, conductor)

• "In Concert"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• September 28, 2021 – 7:30 PM

• Downey Overture – Oscar Navarro
• Children's March  – Percy Grainger / Mark Rogers
• Resting in the Peace of His Hands – John Gibson
• On the Campus – John Philip Sousa
• Perseids – Alexandra Gardner
• Redline Tango – John Mackey

• "Pandemic Potpourri, Part 3"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• March 30, 2021 – 7:30 PM

• Fanfare Canzonique – Brian Balmages
• Masque  – Kenneth Hesketh
• Amor de mi alma – Z. Randall Stroope / Fredrick Umar
• Army of the Nile – Kenneth Alford / Frederick Fennell
• Pineapple Poll – Arthur Sullivan/Charles Mackerras/Duthoit

• "Pandemic Potpourri, Part 2"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• February 23, 2021 – 7:30 PM

• Overture in Five Flat – Julie Giroux
• Firefly  – Ryan George
• Marche Militaire Francais – Camille Saint-Saëns / Hindsley
• Summerland – William Grant Still
• Midway March – John Williams / Paul Lavender
• Rocky Point Holiday – Ron Nelson

• "Pandemic Potpourri"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• October 15, 2020 – 7:30 PM

• Fanfare "La Peri" – Paul Dukas
• Celebrations  – John Zdechlik
• American Hymnsong Suite – Dwayne Milburn
• One Life Beautiful – Julie Giroux
• March of the Resistance – John Williams / Paul Lavender
• Scherzo for X-Wings – John Williams / Paul Lavender
• Tam O'Shanter – Malcolm Arnold / John Paynter

• "Country Living"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• March 9, 2020 – 7:30 PM

• joyRiDE – Michael Markowski
• Southern Harmony  – Donald Grantham
• Shenandoah – Omar Thomas
• The Fairest of the Fair – John Philip Sousa
• Come Sunday, II. Shout! – Omar Thomas

• "Music from the Heart"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• February 14, 2020 – 7:30 PM

• joyRiDE – Michael Markowski
• Only Light, Only Love  – Leslie Gilreath
• Danse Bacchanale from "Samson & Dalila" – Camille Saint-Saëns / Singleton
• The Frozen Cathedral – John Mackey
• Come Sunday, II. Shout! – Omar Thomas

• "Sounds of the Season"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• December 8, 2019 – 2:00 PM

• A Holiday Rhapsody – Larry MacTaggart
• Greensleeves  – Traditional / Alfred Reed
• Dreidel Dance – Robert Thurston
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Donald Wagner (Cameron Tefft, tuba)
• Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson

• "The Music of Aaron Perrine"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• November 10, 2019 – 2:00 PM

• A Glimpse of the Eternal – Aaron Perrine
• Pale Blue on Deep  – Aaron Perrine (Aaron Perrine, conductor)
• Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger
• Child Moon – Aaron Perrine (Nina Assimakopoulos, flute & John Winkler, trumpet)
• Common Threads – Kimberly Archer

• "Inspirations"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• September 29, 2019 – 2:00 PM

• March from Symphonic Metamorphosis – Paul Hindemith / Wilson
• Big Four on the River  – James David
• Mare Tranquillitatis – Roger Zare
• Entry March of the Boyars – Johan Halvorsen
• The Solitary Dancer – Warren Benson (Yoav Kaddar, dancer)
• Manifestos – Paul Dooley

• "American Scenes"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• April 15, 2019 – 7:30 PM

• American Overture – Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
• Ex Nihilo Ad Nihilo  – Jason Hoffman (world premiere)
• Adagio for Winds – Joaquin Rodrigo
• Into the Blue – Joshua Hobbs
• Lincoln Portrait – Aaron Copland (William Koehler, narrator)
• The White Plume – John Philip Sousa

• Wind Symphony Concert
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• w/ Lake Braddock Secondary School Symphonic Band
• March 4, 2019 – 7:30 PM

• Bullets & Bayonets – John Philip Sousa
• Symphony for Band, Mvt. I  – Jerry Bilik
• Roman Carnival Overture – Hector Berlioz / Safranek
• Irish Tune from County Derry – Percy Grainger
• Fantastic Polka – Arthur Pryor (Keith Jackson, trombone)

• Dos Danzas Latinas – Andre Waignein
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• WVU Wind Symphony
• Icarus and Daedulus  – Keith Gates
• First Suite in Eb – Gustav Holst
• Suite Dreams – Steven Bryant
• Commando March – Samuel Barber

• "Fun & Games"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• February 8, 2019 – 7:30 PM
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• Festive Overture – Dmitri Shostakovich / Hunsberger
• Riften Wed – Julie Giroux
• Pastime – Jack Stamp
• Harlequin – Phillip Sparke (Adam Frey, euphonium)
• Internal Combustion – David Gillingham
• The Melody Shop – Karl L. King 

• "Sounds of the Season"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• December 3, 2018 – 7:30 PM
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• Festival Fanfare for Christmas – John Wasson
• A Holiday Rhapsody – Larry MacTaggart
• O Magnum Mysterium – Morten Lauridsen / Reynolds
• Dreidel Dance – Robert Thurston
• Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Donald Wagner (Keith Jackson, trombone)
• Patapan – Shelley Hanson
  
• Russian Christmas Music – Alfred Reed
  
• The Night Before Christmas – Randol Bass (E.Gordon Gee, narrator)
  
• Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
  

• "Elemental"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• October 29, 2018 – 7:30 PM
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• Mother Earth – David Maslanka
• Kingfishers Catch Fire – John Mackey
• The Lark in the Clear Air – Clifton Taylor
• Ecstatic Waters – Steven Bryant
• Symphony No. 2, III. Apollo Unleashed – Frank Ticheli

• "Of Cathedrals"
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• September 24, 2018 – 7:30 PM
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• Sound the Bells – John Williams / Lavender
• Canzona – Peter Mennin
• Toccata & Fugue in d minor – J. S. Bach / Nowlin
• Raise the Roof – Michael Daugherty (George Willis, timpani)
• A Solemn Place – Wayne Oquin
• Cantus Laetus – David Gillingham

• Wind Symphony Concert
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• w/ George Washington High School Band
• April 24, 2018 – 7:30 PM
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• Baron Cimetiere’s Mambo – Donald Grantham
• Wine-Dark Sea – John Mackey

• Wind Symphony Carnegie Hall
• New York Wind Band Festival
• March 6, 2018 – 8:00 PM
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• Overture to Candide – Leonard Bernstein / Grundman
• Moth – Viet Cuong
• Only Light – Aaron Perrine
• The Gum-Suckers March – Percy Graginer / Rogers
• Sonoran Desert Holiday – Ron Nelson

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• “Tributes”
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• February 9, 2018 – 7:30 PM
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• Overture to Candide – Leonard Bernstein / Grundman
• Moth – Viet Cuong
• Give Us This Day – David Maslanka
• Sonoran Desert Holiday – Ron Nelson

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• “Almost Heaven”
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• November 13, 2017 – 7:30 PM
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• Variations on a Hymn of Louis Bourgeois – Claude T. Smith
• The Final Covenant – Fisher Tull
• Angels in the Architecture – Frank Ticheli
• Variations on a Shaker Melody – Aaron Copland
• Praise Jerusalem! – Alfred Reed

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• "Far & Away”
• Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre
• October 9, 2017 – 7:30 PM
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• Awayday – Adam Gorb
• Sound and Smoke – Viet Cuong
• Canterbury Chorale – Jan Van Der Roost
• Symphony #3 “Slavyanskaya” – Boris Kozhevnikov / Bourgeois

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  “a la Sousa”
• Ruby McQuain Park Amphitheater
• September 10, 2017 – 6:00 PM
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• Semper Fidelis – John Philip Sousa / Brion & Schissel
• Fugue on Yankee Doodle – John Philip Sousa / Brion & Schissel
• Irish Tune from County Derry – Percy Grainger
• Blue Bells of Scotland – Arthur Pryor / Higgins
• The Black Horse Troop – John Philip Sousa / Fennell
• Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna – Franz von Suppe / Fillmore
• Log Cabin Blues – George Hamilton Green / Baker
• Easter Monday on the White House Lawn – John Philip Sousa / Rogers
• Handel in the Strand – Percy Grainger / Sousa / Brion / Schissel
• Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

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  “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue”
• Clay Concert Theatre
• April 18, 2017 – 7:30 PM
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• Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite – Karl King
• Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Band – William Bolcom (Michael Ibrahim, saxophone)
• Fantasia in G – J.S. Bach / Goldman
• Blue Shades – Frank Ticheli
• Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral – Richard Wagner / Cailliet
• Wedding Dance – Jaques Press / Fennell

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• “SPACE”
• Clay Concert Theatre
• February 10, 2017 – 7:30 PM
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• Jupiter – Gustav Holst
• Galilean Moons, IV. Europa – Roger Cichy
• Mothership – Mason Bates
• Star Wars – John Williams / Hunsberger

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​ “Song & Dance”

• Clay Concert Theatre
• November 15, 2016 – 7:30 PM
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• Dance of the Jesters – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Cramer
• The Lark in the Clear Air – Traditional / arr. Taylor
• J’ai ete au bal – Donald Grantham
• Hold This Boy and Listen – Carter Pann
• Danzon No. 2 – Arturo Marquez / Nickel
• Armenian Dances, Part I – Alfred Reed

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• Wind Symphony Concert
• Clay Concert Theatre
• October 4, 2016 – 7:30 PM
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• joyRiDE – Michael Markowski
• Roman Carnival Overture – Hector Berlioz / Godfrey
• The Archangel Raphael Who Leaves a House of Tobias – Masanori Taruya
• Slava – Leonard Bernstein / Grundman
• Firefly – Ryan George
• Aspen Jubilee – Ron Nelson