2009-10 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, Dr. Terry Austin, C. Jeff Bianchi, Stan Schoonover, Dr. Steven Bolstad and composer Samuel R. Hazo.

Recent Literature:

Spring Concert  2010

Star Wars, John Williams/Donald Hunsberger

Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Adams/Odom

Kirkpatrick Fanfare, Andrew Boysen

In Storm and Sunshine, J.C. Heed/Fennell

English Folk Song Suite, Ralph Vaughn Williams

Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Weber/Warren Barker

 

National Concert Band Festival 2010

Brooke’s Chicago Marine Band March, Roland Seitz

Resting in the Peace of his Hands, John Gibson

Angels in the Architecture, Frank Ticheli

Handel in the Strand, Percy Grainger

The Pines of Rome, Respighi/Duker

                 IV. The Pines of the Appian Way

 

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

Alleluia! Laudamus Te, Alfred Reed

Toccata, from Suite Gothique, Boellmnann/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

       Master Gunnery Sergeant Philip Franke, U.S.M.C., soloist

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

 

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