Wind Ensemble meeting times: Monday-Friday, 2:50-4:05, MC066
Conductor: Dr. Rodney C. Dorsey
The Indiana University Wind Ensemble is one of the premier ensembles in the Jacobs School of Music and one of the finest in the nation. The ensemble performs the most outstanding literature of the wind band medium including music for both chamber winds and large ensemble. The IU Wind Ensemble has premiered many works for wind band by leading composers. The Wind Ensemble has performed many times at national and international venues, including appearances at the Palladium Concert Hall, Carnegie Hall, the American Bandmasters Association national convention, the Japan Bandmasters Association convention, the College Band Directors National Association divisional and national conventions, the Music Educators National Conference national convention, and Indiana Music Educators Association conferences, as well as the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. The Wind Ensemble performed at the 2008 MENC National Convention in Milwaukee (WI), at the 2010 CBDNA North Central Division Convention in Normal (IL), at the 2012 ABA Annual Convention in Indianapolis (IN), and in Carnegie Hall at the 2016 New York Wind Band Festival Showcase Concert.
Soloists with the group have included Kevin Bobo, marimba; Bruce Bransby, double bass; James Campbell, clarinet; Chih-Yi Chen, piano; Anthony Cirone, timpani; Jane Dutton, soprano; Peter Ellefson, trombone; Don Freund, piano; Ashley Garritson, cello; Brian Horne, tenor; Steve Houghton, percussion; Carl Lenthe, trombone; William Ludwig, bassoon; Kathryn Lukas, flute; Sylvia McNair, soprano; Steven Mead, euphonium; Otis Murphy, saxophone; Jeffrey Nelsen, horn; Daniel Perantoni, tuba; John Rommel, trumpet; Jonathan Ruck, cello; M. Dee Stewart, trombone; Linda Strommen, oboe; John Tafoya, timpani; Joey Tartell, trumpet; Demondrae Thurman, euphonium; and Thomas Walsh, saxophone.
The group has premiered works by James Beckel, William Bolcom, Eric Ewazen, Don Freund, David Maslanka, Cindy McTee, André Previn, Joel Puckett, Chris Rutkowski, John Stevens, Kevin Walczyk, and David Ward-Steinman.
Former members of the Wind Ensemble are currently performing in many of the leading professional orchestras of the world as well as the top United States military bands. Others are faculty members in college and university music departments across the nation or distinguish themselves by teaching music in the public schools.
Wind Ensemble Spring 2022 Performances:
Tuesday, February 1 (Chamber Winds) – 8:00 p.m. – Auer Hall
Tuesday, February 22 – 8:00 – MAC (live-streamed)
Thursday, March 3 – 9:10 p.m. – Butler University, Schrott Center for the Arts, American Bandmasters Assoc. Convention shared concert with University of IL.
Tuesday, April 12 – 8:00 p.m. – Auer Hall
Thursday, April 21 – 8:00 p.m. – MAC (Band Showcase: all bands & Big Red Basketball Band; live-streamed)
Tuesday, February 1 chamber winds repertoire:
Serenade, Op. 43 by Emil Hartmann
Seascape, op. 53 by Ruth Gipps, ed. Winthern (Esi Tupper, conductor)
Mount Rainier Search and Rescue by Stephen Lias (Luis Espinosa, conductor)
Tango Divertido by Benjamin Horne
Three Merry Marches, Op. 44 by Ernst Krenek (Dr. Jason H. Nam, conductor)
February 22 repertoire:
Ra! by David Dzubay (Dr. Eric M. Smedley, conductor)
From Glory to Glory by Kevin Walczyk
The Governor’s Own by Alton Adams, ed. Clague
Symphonic Movement by Vaclav Nelhybel
In the Offing by Joel Love (Stephen W. Pratt, guest conductor)
Double Concerto by Anthony O’Toole (Otis Murphy, alto saxophone; Demondrae Thurman, euphonium)
from Three Visions: Summerland by William Grant Still
Symphony No. 2 by Frank Ticheli
March 3 ABA Convention repertoire:
Ra! by David Dzubay (Dr. David Gregory, guest conductor)
From Glory to Glory by Kevin Walczyk (Ray E. Cramer, guest conductor)
The Governor’s Own by Alton Adams, ed. Clague (Dr. Eric M. Smedley, conductor)
Symphonic Movement by Vaclav Nelhybel (Andrew Boysen, Jr., guest conductor)
In the Offing by Joel Love (Stephen W. Pratt, guest conductor)
Double Concerto by Anthony O’Toole (Otis Murphy, saxophone; Demondrae Thurman, euphonium; Alexander Kaminsky, guest conductor)
from Three Visions: Summerland by William Grant Still (Robert Sheldon, guest conductor)
from Symphony No. 2: Apollo Unleashed by Frank Ticheli
April 12 repertoire:
Fanfare for Full Fathom Five by John Mackey (Dr. Tiffany J. Galus, conductor)
The Hu(ma)n-ting Ground by Hippocrates Cheng (Chris Nelson, conductor)
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 by J.S. Bach, ed. Rechtman
Double Concerto for Violin and Piano by Andrew Mead (premiere, Yeajin Kim, violin; Fernando Garcia, piano)
Emblems by Aaron Copland
April 21 repertoire:
There Are Giants Among Us by Timothy Mahr (premiere, commission)
The Cowboys by John Williams, arr. Curnow (Luis Espinosa, conductor)
Storm Warning by Roshanne Etezady (Akropolis Quartet, soloists)
Colonial Song by Percy Grainger, arr. Rogers (Tim Loman, conductor)
Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite by Karl King, arr. Bainum
