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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