present
Strike Up the Bands!
Keith Taylor, director
Timothy J. Robblee, director
Brian Fisher, graduate student conductor
Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory
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Michael Markowski (b. 1986)
CONCERT BAND
Keith Taylor, conductor
Children’s March
Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882–1961)
CONCERT BAND
Keith Taylor, conductor
Night On Fire
John Mackey (b. 1973)
CONCERT BAND
Keith Taylor, conductor
Ye Banks and Braes
Scottish Folk Song
arr. Percy Grainger
CONCERT BAND
Keith Taylor, conductor
Chester
William Schuman (1910–1992)
CONCERT BAND
Keith Taylor, conductor
Italian in Algiers
Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
arr. Lucien Cailliet
CONCERT BAND
Brian Fisher, conductor
- intermission -
AMEN!
Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
Carlos Simon (b. 1986)
WIND ENSEMBLE
Timothy J. Robblee, conductor
and the swallow
Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)
WIND ENSEMBLE
Timothy J. Robblee, conductor
...and the mountains rising nowhere
Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943)
WIND ENSEMBLE
Timothy J. Robblee, conductor
Candide Suite
I. The Best of All Possible Worlds
II. Westphalia Chorale and Battle Scene
IV. Glitter and Be Gay
V. Make Our Garden Grow
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
arr. Clare Grundman
WIND ENSEMBLE
Timothy J. Robblee, conductor
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