AU Wind Symphony Spring Concert

Americana Soundscape is a concert that will feature the music of American scenes and composers primarily from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. From the beginning with Gershwin’s lively Strike Up the Band all the way to the sounds of Barker’s arrangement of Tin Pan Alley, this concert is sure to delight! Included are favorites from Henry Mancini, Aaron Copland, and Cole Porter, as well as Florence Price’s Juba Dance.

Repertoire (51:18 minutes)

Strike Up The Band - George Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker
     Francis Aguilar Jr., graduate student conductor

The Wonderful World of Disney - arr. John Edmondson

Beale Street Blues - W.C. Handy, arr. Luther Henderson, adapt.. David Marshall

Moon River - Henry Mancini, arr. Michael Brown

Juba Dance - Florence Price, trans. Jay Bocook\

American Patrol - F. W. Meacham

-Intermission-

Hoedown from Rodeo - Aaron Copland 
     Lymuel Ligsay, graduate student conductor

Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini, arr. John Moss

Puttin’ on the Ritz - Irving Berlin
     Andrews Brass

Cole Porter on Broadway - Cole Porter, arr. Warren Barker

Summertime - George Gershwin, Dubose & Dorothy Heyward, & Ira Gershwin, arr. Robert Longfield

Tin Pan Alley - arr. Warren Barker

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Andrews University Wind Symphony

Conductor: Denisse Santos

The Andrews University Wind Symphony maintains a significant travel schedule throughout the Great Lakes area and seeks to provide high quality music programs and concerts representative of Adventist education and Andrews University. The Wind Symphony has performed in England, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Canada and throughout the United States.

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