UCLA Wind Ensemble Concert

The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Department of Music presents

UCLA Wind Ensemble
Gary W. Hill, conductor
Michael T. James, doctoral assistant conductor
Nicholas M. Junker, graduate assistant conductor

 

Wednesday, November 29, 2023, 8:00 p.m.
Schoenberg Hall

Performers

Repertoire

Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)

Sonata XIX a 15 from Canzonas e Sonate - No. 212 (1612/2016)
arranged by Randy A. Steinberg

 

Nicholas Junker, graduate assistant conductor

 

Choir 1:
Trumpet: Andrew Smith
Horn: Vincent Jurado
Trombone: Gregory Ochotorena & Madison Berchtold
Tuba: Bradley Stires

 

Choir 2:
Trumpet: Nick Washburn & Morgan Michalik
Horn: Hannah Lee
Trombone: Jason Bernhard
Tuba: Samuel Adam

 

Choir 3:
Trumpet: Saúl Gutierrez & Cyrus Alva
Trombone: Calvin Chen & Carlos Castaneda
Tuba: Leigha Linder

 

 

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Serenade Op. 7 (1881)

 

Michael James, doctoral assistant conductor

Flute: Grace Brandes & Katlyn Lang
Oboe: Emma Crawford & Adam Frary
Bassoon: Abby Brendza, Adam Moss & Davis Lerner (Contra)
Clarinet: Alexander Parlee & Jonathan Recomanta
Horn: Bryan Chiu, Vasili Magaziotis, Rory O’Regan & Drew Slipka

 

Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947)

Le Bal de Béatrice d’Este (1905)

 

Flute: Shannyn Sul & Carina Li
Oboe: Emma Crawford
Bassoon: Davis Lerner & Adam Moss
Clarinet: Nicholas Kim & Shiun Choi
Trumpet: Saúl Gutierrez
Horn: Vasili Magaziotis & Nury Lee
Percussion: Maddie Bottenberg
Timpani: Kevin Needham
Piano: Grace Chen
Harp: Alaina Stark & Jillian Risigari-Gai Lopez

 

 

INTERMISSION

 

David Maslanka (1943–2017)

Traveler (2003)

Michael James, doctoral assistant conductor

 

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Selections from Pictures at an Exhibition (1874/1986)
for Saxophone Choir arranged by William Schmidt

Promenade
Bydlo
The Great Gate of Kiev

 

Soprano: Daniel Reyes-Velarde
Alto: Rachel Wolz, Matthew Chavez & Breanna Kim
Tenor: Ella Scoville & Catrina Currier
Baritone: Aidan Tatlonghari
Bass: Owen Richards

 

Viet Cuong (b. 1990)

Sound and Smoke (2011)

feudal castle lights
avalanche of eyes

 

Nicholas Junker, graduate assistant conductor

 

This performance is made possible by the David and Irmgard Dobrow Fund. Classical music was a passion of the Dobrows, who established a generous endowment at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music to make programs like this possible. We are proud to celebrate this program as part of the 2023-2024 Dobrow Series