TLU BANDS | The Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds

KALEIDOSCOPE with the TLU Symphonic Winds and Wind Ensemble

On Thursday, October 10 at 7 PM in beautiful Jackson Auditorium the TLU Bands, comprised of the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds, will present their first concert of the 2024-25 school year. Entitled “KALEIDOSCOPE”, the concert will feature music for wind band displaying all the tonal colors available for woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

Under the leadership of Director of Bands and Baenziger Professor of Music, Dr. Brett A. Richardson, the Symphonic Winds will perform Adrian B. Sims’ exciting Inspiration Fanfare, Percy Grainger’s beautiful, flowing Walking Tune, and TLU Composer-in-Residence, Carol Brittin Chambers’ Kalos Eidos (Kaleidoscope). “Carol Brittin Chambers is one of the most performed composers for band today. Her music is full of life and energy – this piece captures the many colors for band,” Richardson says. They will conclude the first half with Henry Fillmore’s thrilling Orange Bowl March, written for the stadium of the same name.

The second half will feature TLU’s premier wind band on campus, The Wind Ensemble. The group will open with Katahj Copley’s Kaleidoscope Eyes, an immense, vibrant work that the composer describes, “…is a visual effect- creating mirages, splashes of colors, and moments of confusion. When hearing that word, I knew what I wanted to do: manipulate rhythm and color changes within the wind band.” The band will also perform a new transcription of Florence Price’s Adoration, Charles Duble’s Bravura March, and Texas composer John Barnes Chance’ band masterwork, Variations on a Korean Folk Song. Chance writes, “Variations… is based upon a folk tune that I learned while serving the U.S. Army in Seoul, Korea. The tune is known as Arirang, a song of love and heartbreak that can be found in many variations with an origin that may date back over a thousand years. The tune is not as simple as it sounds, and my fascination with it during the intervening years led to its eventual use as the theme for this composition.”

FREE ADMISSION | 7:00 PM

Thursday October 10, 2024

Jackson Auditorium