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2007-08 Concert Schedule
Concerts with a "$" indicate that tickets are $9, $7 for senior citizens, and free for students and those under age 18.
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Sunday, September 23
Wind Symphony
3 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Joseph Lulloff, guest soloist & John Mackey, guest composer
Pann - Slalom
Mackey - Turning
Bolcom - Concert Suite for Alto Saxophone and Band
Newman - As the Scent of Spring Rain
Mackey - Redline Tango
Friday, September 28
College of Music Collage Concert
Featuring premiere student ensembles and soloists in a fast-paced musical extravaganza.
8 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Wednesday, October 10
Symphony Band
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Bach/Moehlmann - Prelude and Fugue in A flat
Whitacre - October
Bennett - Suite of Old American Dances
Bryant - Stampede
Schuman - George Washington Bridge
Wednesday, October 17
Concert Band and Campus Band
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Ticheli - Vesuvius
Bryant - Rise
Ellerby - Ovation
Thursday, October 25
Wind Symphony
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Melanie Helton, guest soloist
Stravinsky - Octet
Wagner - Trauersinfonie
Schoenberg - Theme and Variations, Op. 43a
Tommasini - Three Spanish Songs
Bernstein/Bencriscutto - Profonation from the Jeremiah Symphony
Sunday, November 11
Spartan Spectacular
3 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center
Featuring the Wind Symphony, Symphony Band,
Spartan Marching Band and Drumline
Reserved seating only. $8 and $10; $7 tickets available for groups of 25 or more. Tickets available from Wharton Center Box Office only.
Wednesday, November 28
Chamber Winds and Campus Band
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Sunday, December 2
Wind Symphony
3 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Joseph Lulloff and Richard Fracker, guest soloists
Pann - Slalom
Newman - As the Scent of Spring Rain
Rivela - Torino
Bolcom - Concert Suite for Alto Saxophone and Band
Reed - The Heart of the Morn
Ticheli - Wild Nights!
Wagner - Trauersinfonie
Grantham - Starry Crown
Tuesday, December 4
Symphony Band and Concert Band
7:30 p.m. Okemos High School Auditorium FREE
Symphony Band
Newman - The Rivers of Bowery
Richards - Medium Funk Prelude
Nelhybel - Trittico
Concert Band
Williams Symphonic Suite
Hesketh - Vranjanka
Reed - Spiritual
Sunday, January 6
High School Honors Band
3 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Nearly 100 of the best high school musicians in Michigan will perform an all-star concert
Tuesday, February 5
Wind Symphony
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Richard Sherman & Ava Ordman, guest soloists
Maslanka - Songbook for Flute and Wind Ensemble
- Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble
Wednesday, February 13
Symphony Band and Concert Band
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Symphony Band
Husa - Smetana Fanfare
Husa - Music for Prague
Concert Band
Shostakovich - The Fire of Eternal Glory
Grantham - Kentucky Harmony
Marshall - Resonance
Thursday, February 21
Campus Bands
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Thursday, March 13
Wind Symphony
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Gwen Burgett Thrasher, guest soloist
Hartman - Serenade
Schwantner - Concerto for Percussion
Lowry - Between Blues and Hard Places
Del Tredici - In Wartime
Wednesday, March 26
Symphony Band
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Tchaikovsky/Cramer - Dance of the Jesters
Strauss/Fennell - Allerseelen
Tull - Sketches on a Tudor Psalm
Withem Premiere (not yet titled)
Thursday, March 27
Concert Band and Chamber Winds
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Reed - Mass and Carnival from “La Fiesta Mexicana”
Carroll - Blackwater
Sunday, April 13
Symphony Band and Alumni Concert Band
3 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Symphony Band
Nelson - Rocky Point Holiday
Nixon - Fiesta Del Pacifico
Lope - Gallito
Tuesday, April 22
Campus Bands
7:30 p.m. Concert Auditorium $
Thursday, April 24
Wind Symphony and Concert Band
7:30 p.m. Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center $
Wind Symphony
Stucky - Funeral Music for Queen Mary
Grantham - Baron Samedi’s Soft Shoe
Colgrass - Winds of Nagual
Grantham - Baron Cimitiere’s Mambo
Concert Band
Colgrass - Raag Mala
Ives - Old Home Days
Zaninelli - Voci Sacre
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