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Stravinsky, Turner & Copland - UMD Wind Orchestra

  • The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall, UMD 8270 Alumni Drive College Park, MD, 20742 United States (map)

Photo by David Andrews

ABOUT THE EVENT

Michael Votta Jr., music director
Glen Adsit, guest conductor
Christine Higley, graduate student conductor

The University of Maryland Wind Orchestra’s second concert of 2023-24 brings together talented conductors for an exciting evening of old and new wind music. Featuring guest and student conductors, this program will celebrate the centennial year of Igor Stravinsky’s neo-Classical Octet and presents Aaron Copland’s only original work for wind band, Emblems. Jess Turner’s If I Am to Leave, composed in 2020 as a memorial to a beloved band director, highlights the new works also showcased on this program.

PROGRAM

Stravinsky: Octet
Turner: If I Am to Leave
Copland: Emblems

And more!

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Earlier Event: November 11
The Wait Wait Stand-Up Tour
Later Event: November 12
Orchestra Concerto Competition Prelims