2008-09 Wind Symphony

West Springfield Wind Symphony

The West Springfield Wind Symphony is the premier concert ensemble at West Springfield High School.  Membership is by audition only.  The band has received consistent superior ratings performing grade six literature, the most advanced in the Virginia Band and Orchestra Association’s music manual.  The Wind Symphony members are all required to be part of the Marching Spartans.  The Wind Symphony gives 6-8 concerts each school year performing a variety of literature from orchestral transcriptions to Broadway, film, and popular selections.  Recent guest artists and conductors have included Professor Dennis Zeisler of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, and composer Samuel R. Hazo.

Recent Literature:

V,M,E,A, Conference, 11/22/2008

Alleluia! Laudamus Te, Alfred Reed

Toccata, from Suite Gothique, Boellmann/Daehn

Ye Banks and Braes O Bonnie Doon, Grainger

Flourish for Winds, Gary Fagan

Fusion, Brian Balmages

A Slavic Farewell, Vasilij Agapkin/John Bourgeois

Jana’s Dance, David Gorham

The Blue Bells of Scotland, Arthur Pryor/E.M. Pearson

Festive Overture, Dmitri Shostakivich/Hunsberger

The Battle of Shiloh, C.L. Barnhouse/John Paynter

Spring Concert 2008

The Mad Major, Kenneth Alford

Victory at Sea, Richard Rodgers, arr. Bennett

Jupiter, from “The Planets”, Gustav Holst

Blue Shades, Frank Ticheli

Lux Arumque, Eric Whitacre

Symphony No. 3, Finale, James Barnes

 

Band Festival 2008

The Invincible Eagle, John Philip Sousa

La Gazza Ladra, Rossini/Calliet

The Engulfed Cathedral, Debussy/Patterson

 

 

 

 

Wind Symphony

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