Wind Bands
Winter Pops Concert: Strike Up The Band!
Friday, March 8, 2013
8 p.m. Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center
Featuring W. Terrence Spiller, Piano
Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
In 1924, George Gershwin composed a work for solo piano and band that became one of the most widely recognized pieces of music ever composed. You will hear a performance of this masterpiece, “Rhapsody in Blue,” performed by piano virtuoso W. Terrence Spiller. It is part of a concert that is dedicated to popular music written and arranged for the modern wind band. The Wind Ensemble and Wind Orchestra will perform music from movies, musicals, folk music traditions, pop culture, and even recent video games. The Winter Pops Concert only happens once every few years, so be sure to put this concert on your calendar right away!
- George Gershwin – "Rhapsody in Blue"
- Karl Jenkins – "Palladio"
- Martin O’Donnell – Music from "Halo"
- John Williams – "Symphonic Marches"
Tickets ($14 and $12 general, $12 and $9 seniors and students)
Cal Poly Open House Concert
Friday, April 19, 2013
8 p.m. Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center
After an exciting day at Cal Poly’s Open House, come and enjoy an evening of live entertainment by three of the Music Department’s finest instrumental ensembles:
- University Jazz Band
- Symphony
- Wind Ensemble
Tickets ($14 and $12 general, $12 and $9 seniors and students)
Wind Band Masterworks Vol. II: The British Isles
Friday, June 7, 2013
8 p.m. Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center
Cal Poly Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble
The Cal Poly Band program recently announced it will take a performance tour of England, Ireland and Scotland in June 2013. To celebrate, the band will explore all aspects of the British musical tradition, and you are invited to share their discoveries in a concert featuring music from across Great Britain. This concert will showcase music written from as early as the Renaissance to pieces that were published in just the past few decades. It is sure to be a night to remember as the Cal Poly Bands take you “across the pond” to the British Isles, courtesy of some of the greatest music ever written.
- Gordon Jacob – "William Byrd Suite"
- Philip Sparke – "Celebrations"
- Gustav Holst – "Second Suite in F"
- Guy Woolfenden – "Gallimaufry"
We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language. – Oscar Wilde
Tickets ($14 and $12 general, $12 and $9 seniors and students)