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Symphonic Band

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Dr. Eric M. Smedley
Symphonic Band meeting times: Monday-Friday, 2:50-4:05, MC070
Conductor: Dr. Eric M. Smedley

The Jacobs School of Music Symphonic Band performs major works of the traditional wind band repertoire as well as new compositions by leading composers. Consisting of both graduate and undergraduate music majors, this outstanding ensemble performs three concerts per semester and rehearses daily. A core group is often taken from the membership of the ensemble to form various chamber winds groups.

The band has played under the direction of various guest conductors including Frederick Fennell, Donald Hunsberger, John Whitwell and Ray Cramer; and composers Karel Husa, Warren Benson, Samuel Adler, and Frank Ticheli. The group has premiered works by David DeBoor Canfield, Eric Nathan, Jonathan Newman, and David Reeves. Soloists with the group have included guests or faculty members Kevin Bobo, percussion; Pete Ellefson, trombone; Steve Houghton, percussion; Timothy Noble, baritone voice; John Rommel, trumpet; Timothy Smith, piano; Thomas Walsh, saxophone; and Jonathan Whitaker, trombone.

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IU Symphonic Band performs on the Musical Arts Center stage with Dr. Eric Smedley, conductor
Symphonic Band Fall 2022 Performances

Tuesday, October 4 – 8:00 p.m. – Musical Arts Center (Concert Band and Symphonic Band, live-streamed)
Sunday, October 30 – 8:00 p.m. – Auer Hall
Tuesday, November 15 – 8:00 p.m. – Musical Arts Center (Band Showcase: all bands & Marching Hundred; live-streamed)

Tuesday, October 4 program repertoire:
  • Glow, Joni Greene
  • Heaven at Night, Katahj Copley
  • Star Wars Trilogy, John Williams/arr. Hunsberger
Sunday, October 30 program repertoire:
  • Suite Francaise, Darius Milhaud
  • Kung Fu, Shuying Li
  • Divertimento for Symphonic Band, Leonard Bernstein/arr. Grundman
Tuesday, November 15 (Fall Showcase) repertoire:
  • Nitrous, Kevin Day
  • Sketches on a Tudor Psalm, Fisher Tull

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