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University of Maryland Wind Orchestra

Michael Votta, Jr., conductor

Repertoire 2024-2026

Friday, May 8,, 2026

International Minimalism Festival Concert
 

John Adams:  Grand Pianola Music

Fredric Rezewski:  Les Moutan de Panurge 

Danny Clay:   New Work TBA (Premiere performance) with guest artists,

The Living Earth Show

 Friday, April 10, 2026

 

“Conductors Concert”

 

WA Mozart:  Serenade in Bb, K. 361 (“Gran Partita”)  - 

James Gates, Giovanni Clarke, Erick von Sas, graduate conductors

 

 

 

Saturday, February 28, 2026
 

Richard Strauss:  Feierlicher Einzug

Joseph Schwantner:  Fast Track:  Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble -

Jonathan Bisesi, percussion

John Corigliano:  Symphony #3 (“Circus Maximus”)

 

Saturday, December 6, 2025

 

 

Gustav Holst:  Hammersmith - Erick von Sas, graduate conductor

Jan Bach:  Concerto for Steelpan and Wind Ensemble - Josanne Francis, soloist

Walter Hartley:  Concerto for 23 Instruments

James David:  Symphony No. 2

 

 

Saturday, November 8,, 2025

Clarice Assad:  Multiverse (2023)

Igor Stravinsky:  The Rite of Spring

 Friday, November 7,, 2025

 

JS Bach:  Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Hunsberger)

David Biedenbender:  Enigma

Tuesday, October 28 2025

International Quantum Conference Concert

 

Gerard Grisey:  Partieles

Quantum improvisation

 

Friday, October 3,, 2025

Anna Clyne:  Masquerade (2013/2018)

Michael Gilbertson:  Lands End (2021)

Ida Gotskovsky:  Poeme de Feu - Giovanni Clarke, graduate conductor

Karel Husa:  Apotheosis of This Earth

J.S. Bach - My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr. Reed)

 

 

 

Friday, May 9, 2025

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Bohuslav Martinu:  Memorial to Lidice (1943, arr. Rumbelow)

Shuying Li:  Starry Ocean (2021)

Shuying Li:  The Last Hivemind

Shuying Li:  In This Breath (2025)

Sergei Rachmaninoff:  Symphonic Dances (arr. McBain)

 

Concert #5 - Saturday, April 19, 2025

 

“Conductors Concert"

 

JS Bach:  Fervent is My Longing /  Little Fugue in G Minor (arr. Calliet) - Giovanni Clarke, graduate conductor

Karel Husa:  Al Fresco - Erick von Sas, graduate conductor

Leonard Bernstein:  Scherzo (“Profanation”) from Symphony No. 1 (“Jeremiah”) - James Gates, graduate conductor

 

 

Sunday, March 2, 2025

 

Björk Guðmundsdóttir: Overture to “Dancer in the Dark”

Olivier Messiaen:  Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

Alexander Borodin:  Scherzo from Symphony No. 3  (arr. Rivera)

Patrick Harlin:  The Time Traveler

Richard Wagner:  Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral (arr. Votta)

 

Saturday, December 7, 2024

Leanna Primiani:  Glass Ceiling (2014) 

Heitor Villa-Lobos:  Concerto Grosso for Woodwind Quartet and Wind Orchestra

Maurice Ravel:  La Valee du Cloches (arr. Hunsberger) - Erick von Sas, graduate conductor

Augusta Read Thomas:  A Plea for Peace - Theresa Bickham, soprano

Karel Husa:  Music for Prague 1968

 

 

Friday, November 1, 2024

"Thanks for everything, Don:  A Tribute to Donald Hunsberger"
 

Ralph Vaughan-Williams:  Variations for Wind Band  (arr. Hunsberger)

Julian Work:  Autumn Walk - 6 - James Gates, graduate conductor

Quinn Mason:  Trombone Concerto - Myles Blakemore, trombone soloist

John Williams:  Sinfonietta for Winds and Percussion 

Sergei Rachmaninov:  Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 - Giovanni Clarke, graduate conductor

John Williams:  Star Wars Trilogy

Friday, October 4, 2024

"Fourths on the Fourth:  Symphonies for Winds"

 

Joseph Schwantner:  Recoil (2004)

Alan Hovhaness:  Symphony No. 4 (1959) 

Arthur Meulemanns: Symphony No. 4 - Joseph Scott, guest conductor

Leonard Bernstein:  Symphonic Suite from “On the Waterfront”

Friday, May 3, 2024

Robert Kurka:  Suite from “The Good Soldier Schweik”

Michael Gilbertson:  Usonian Dwellings - Luci Disano, conductor

Ivan Trevino:  Run to the Light - Zachary Harwell, conductor

Sean Klink:  New Work

Omar Thomas:   Come Sunday

Saturday, April 20th, 2024

 

"Conductor’s Concert"

 

Arturo Marquez:  Danzon No. 2 - Christine Higley, conductor

Kaoru Wada: Concerto for 4 flutes, harp and wind orchestra  -Bradley Jopek, conductor

BJ Brooks:  Strange Loops - Zachary Harwell, conductor

 

Saturday, February 24, 2024

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Clarice Assad:  Sin Fronteras

J.S. Bach, arr. Luciano Berio:  Contrapunctus XIX from The Art of the Fugue (2001)

Lennon-McCartney, arr. Luciano Berio:  Beatles Songs (1967)  - Clarice Assad, vocals

William Goldstein:  The Goldstein Variation

Clarice Assad:  Amazonia Sem Lei - Clarice Assad, vocals / electronics; James Stern, violin

Heitor Villa-Lobos:  Fantasia em três movimentos (em forma de chôros), W. 550

Alberto Ginastera:  Danza Final from “Estancia” (arr. John) 

 

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