Percy Grainger Wind Band Festival
Overview
Presented by Music Celebrations International, join talented bands from across the United States in honoring the music of one of the greatest masters of the wind ensemble tradition: Percy Grainger. Hear time-honored classics and exciting new classics in the making— from a wide variety of composers, expertly performed by a curated group of highly skilled student performers hailing from some of the strongest music programs in the country. The past is alive and the future is bright at the Percy Grainger Wind Band Festival Concert!
This concert is presented by Music Celebrations International
Program
Irish Tune From County Derry and Shepard’s Hey
Symphony No. 2: III. Apollo Unleashed
The Pride of the Wolverines
Canticles
In a Nutshell Suite; Mvt. I
County Derry Air (Elastic Scoring)
The Solitary Dancer
Children’s March
Blithe Bells
Second Suite in F
Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon
Skyward Spirits
The Torch of Liberty
In Flight
Lincolnshire Posy: I Horkstow Grange, VI The Lost Lady Found
Joy Revisited
King Cotton
Galop
Choose Joy
Serenade Op. 22
The Belle of Chicago
ImPercynations
Lincolnshire Posy: I Horkstow Grange
How Can I Keep From Singing?
Performers
Winter Park High School Wind Symphony
Michael Clemente, Ashley Dean conductors
Eleanore Roosevelt High School Wind Ensemble
Bill Fritz conductor
Rustin High School Symphonic Band
Michael Shoremount conductor
George Washington High School Concert Band
William Robert Jenks conductor
Davenport Central Wind Symphony
Alexander M. Wilga conductor