Encore MusicConnect with Eagan HS and Betsy McCann Conducting
Join Encore Wind Ensemble with guest conductor Betsy McCann on Sunday, May 19 at Eagan High School at 2:00pm for a MusicConnect concert with Eagan High School Band.
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Join Encore Wind Ensemble with guest conductor Betsy McCann on Sunday, May 19 at Eagan High School at 2:00pm for a MusicConnect concert with Eagan High School Band.
Join Encore Wind Ensemble with special musical guest Charles Lazarus, guest conductor Jack Stamp, along with the After Hours Big Band, for an afternoon of music on Sunday, April 14 at King of Kings at 3:00pm. Suggested Donation: $10 for Adults, $5 for Children and Students.
Join Encore Wind Ensemble with guest conductor Jerry Luckhardt on Sunday, February 25 at 3:00pm at St. Patrick’s Church in Hudson, Wisconsin.
Join Encore Wind Ensemble, guest conducted by Timothy Mahr, for a MusicConnect concert at Woodbury High School on Thursday, November 16 at 7:00pm
Join Encore Wind Ensemble with guest conductor Timothy Mahr on Sunday, November 12 at 3:00pm at king of Kings Lutheran in Woodbury, MN.
Encore Wind Ensemble with guest conductor Dr. Peter J. Haberman will be performing at King of Kings Lutheran Church on October 1st at 3:00pm.
Join the Encore Wind Ensemble for a concert in the park at Roseville Central Park on Thursday, July 27, 7:00pm. Dr. Melanie Brooks, Director of Bands at Winona State University, will be the guest conductor.
Evening Concert - 7pm: Encore Winds – Hyatt: Great Lakes Ballroom. The Encore Wind Ensemble will perform, featuring many guest soloists including Dani De Baza on Spanish Cornet, Thomas Hooten, Jean Laurenz, Clément Saunier, Les Trompettes de Lyon, Trombe Mundi, and many more.
Encore Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Luckhardt, presents a A Finale Performance with Jerry Luckhardt; Messiah United Methodist in Plymouth, MN on May 14 at 3:00pm.
Encore Wind Ensemble preset a MusicConnect concert with special guest Gabriel Campos Zamora, principal clarinet of the Minnesota Orchestra, on April 16 at 2:00pm at Hastings High School.
Encore Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Luckhardt, presents “New Voices”. Music from contemporary composers, on March 4 at 2pm at King of Kings in Woodbury, MN.
Encore Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Luckhardt, presents a “Holiday Concert” at Hanifl on December 20 at 7:30pm.
Encore Wind Ensemble, conducted by Jerry Luckhardt, presents “Illuminations” at Oltman Middle School in Cottage Grove on November 17 at 7:00pm
Encore Wind Ensemble presents “Journeys” with guest conductor Dr. Peter Haberman at King of Kings in Woodbury, MN at 3:00pm
Encore Wind Ensemble presents a Summer Concert at Stillwater High School on August 18 at 7:00pm
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Selections to be performed include:
Of Our New Day Begun - Omar Thomas
Country Gardens - Percy Grainger
Cave of Mirrors - Charles D. Norris
“Silence Befalls the Lonely Embers”
Winner of the Charles B. Olson Composition Contest
”El Arce De Noe” [The Noah’s Ark] - Oscar Navarro
Symphonic Poem for Wind Band
The Liberty Bell - John Phillip Sousa
Winner of the Charles B. Olson Composition Contest
Charles D Norris.
His music has been called "Exhaustingly imaginative," and "highly creative with a compelling musical narrative." In 2020, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Greenwood School of Music at Oklahoma State University.
In his music, Charles D. Norris enjoys exploring the vast ranges of the instruments: physically, musically, and dramatically. He is drawn to the jarring sensation of the unexpected and harmonic dissonances. His recent works include a four-movement work for wind ensemble, a concerto for flute and orchestra, and a fanfare for antiphonal brass; among other works in progress.
Music of the British Isles performed by the Lake Wobegon Brass Band conducted by Michael Halstenson and the Encore Wind Ensemble conducted by Jerry Luckhardt. Performed at the Hanifl Performing Arts Center on March 5, 2022 at 7:30pm.
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Selections to be performed include:
A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
Sleepers, Awake - J.S. Bach
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
Fantasia on Greensleeves - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Variants on a Medieval Tune - Norman Dello Joio
The Polar Express - Alan Silvestri
The First Noel - Julie Giroux
Minor Alterations - David Lovrien
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Martin and Blane
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
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Contact: Hanfl Performing Arts Center
Box Office Phone: 651-478-7427
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Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Selections to be performed include:
Give Us This Day - David Maslanka
Three Organ Preludes - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Variants on a Mediaeval Tune - Norman Dello Joio
East Ridge High School - conducted by Brent Comeau
Park High School - conducted by Thomas Storm
Woodbury High School - conducted by Tark Katzenmeyer
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Selections to be performed include:
Canzon Primi Toni, Sacrae Symphoniae - Giovanni Gabrieli
Le Bal de Beatrice d’Este - Reynaldo Hahn
I. Entrée pour Ludovic le More
II. Lesquercade
III. Romanesque
IV. Ibérienne
V. Léda et l’oiseau
VI. Courante
VII. Salut final au Duc de Milan
Petite Suite Pastorale - Desire Dondeyene
Forever Radient - Aaron Perrine
Canzone per sonare No. 2 - Giovanni Gabrieli
Two Debussy Pieces - Claude Debussy
I. Passepied
II. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Premier Quatuor Opus 53 - Jean Baptiste Singelée
Changes/Transitions (2020) for Brass and Percussion - Quinn Mason
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Selections to be performed include:
Americans We - Henry Fillmore
The Glory of the Yankee Navy - John Philip Sousa
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Serenade for a Picket Fence - Norman Leyden
Phil Hatchner, Xylophone
Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copland
Selections from Music Man - Meredith Wilson
Trumpeter’s Lullaby - Leroy Anderson
Tony Teehan, Trumpet
New York 1927 - Warren Barker
Gabriel’s Oboe - Ennio Morricone
Kristen Cooper, Oboe
Midway March - John Williams
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Come Sunday - Duke Ellington
Dennis Lindsay, Alto Saxophone
Foshay Tower March - John Philip Sousa
Shanendoah - Frank Ticheli
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Weather permitting, cancellation will be published to https://encorewind.com
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Selections to be performed include:
Americans We - Henry Fillmore
The Glory of the Yankee Navy - John Philip Sousa
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Serenade for a Picket Fence - Norman Leyden
Phil Hatchner, Xylophone
Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copland
Selections from Music Man - Meredith Wilson
Trumpeter’s Lullaby - Leroy Anderson
Tony Teehan, Trumpet
New York 1927 - Warren Barker
Gabriel’s Oboe - Ennio Morricone
Kristen Cooper, Oboe
Midway March - John Williams
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Come Sunday - Duke Ellington
Dennis Lindsay, Alto Saxophone
Foshay Tower March - John Philip Sousa
Shanendoah - Frank Ticheli
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Weather permitting, cancellation will be published to https://encorewind.com
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhard, Conductor
Selections to be performed include:
Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este - Reynaldo Hahn
La Fiesta Mexicana- H. Owen Reed
Let My Love Be Heard- Jake Runestad
The White and Red Rose March- Joseph de Luca
Home of the Lakeshore Players Theatre, the Hanifl Performing Arts Center is now open thanks to the White Bear Lake community and surrounding area. Although the center has been in existence for over 60 years, with the mission of providing community enrichment and education through the performing arts, this new state-of-the-art facility will make all the theatre and events more enjoyable than ever.
Selections to be performed
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
This performance will be centered on the music of Percy Grainger. This Australian born composer left an indelible mark on band music in Europe and America. His innovative approaches to instrumentation and scoring propelled band repertoire equal in expression to the symphony orchestra. We honor Percy Grainger’s contribution to the wind band by performing several of his hallmark works, including Children’s March, Colonial Song, Country Gardens, Handel in the Strand, Irish Tune from County Derry, Lincolnshire Posy, Mock Morris, Molly on the Shore, The Immovable Do, Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon, and Shepherd’s Hey.
Australian Up-Country
Children’s March
Country Gardens
Handel in the Strand
The Immovable Do
Irish Tune from County Derry
Lincolnshire Posy
Mock Morris
Molly on the Shore
The Masonic Heritage Center
Serving as a working tribute to the concepts and contributions of Freemasonry, the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center provides the public with an intimate and elegant destination for events, performances and scholarship pursuits and features a 443-seat auditorium with jewel-box theatre
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhard, Conductor
Blue Shades (1996)- Frank Ticheli
Jan Possehl Scholl, clarinet
Concerto Grosso for Flute, Alto Saxophone, Bass Trombone, Marimba and Concert Band - James Stephenson
Haley Cramer, flute
Dennis Lindsay, alto saxophone
Roger Lundberg, bass trombone,
Phil Hatchner, marimba
Bugler’s Holiday - Leroy Anderson
Tony Teehan, trumpet
Nicholas Ellison, trumpet
Wade Lutterbein, trumpet
Minnesota Junior Symphonic Winds
Selections TBD
This program will feature various members of the Encore Wind Ensemble as well as the winner of the Charles B. Olson composition contest.
Encore Wind Ensemble
Catherine Sinon Bushman, Guest Conductor
Pathfinder of Panama - John Philip Sousa
Byzantium - Nicole Chamberlain
Home Away from Home - Cathy Likhuta
Sound and Smoke - Viet Cuong
Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussorgsky/Patterson
Catharine Sinon Bushman is the Wind Ensemble Conductor and Assistant Professor of Music Education at St. Cloud State University. Her teaching responsibilities include Wind Ensemble, conducting and courses in music education.
Dr. Bushman received a DMA in Wind Conducting at The University of Texas at Austin in 2012. She holds degrees in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University. Previously, Dr. Bushman served on the faculty of Winthrop University where she led the Symphonic Band, taught graduate and undergraduate courses in music education, and supervised student interns.
Dr. Bushman was an Assistant Director of Bands at Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia from 1998-2007. Her professional memberships include College Band Directors National Association, Women Band Directors International, Minnesota Music Educators Association and Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity.
She maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician for marching and concert bands. She has presented at the state and national level on teaching in disadvantaged communities, mentoring of women band directors, woodwind pedagogy and diversity in programming. In 2016, Dr. Bushman began conducting the St. Cloud Municipal Band, an all-adult concert band that performs locally and abroad.
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Variations on America - Charles Ives/William Schuman
Bassoon Concerto - Eric Ewazen
I. Andante con moto
Ariel Detwiler, Bassoon
October - Eric Whitacre
Superman March - John Williams/Paul Lavender
Woodbury High School Band
Selections TBD
Ariel Detwiler is currently finishing the third and final year of her DMA in bassoon at the University of Minnesota, studying with Norbert Nielubowski. She also holds a Masters degree in Bassoon from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music studying with William Ludwig, and a Bachelors degree in bassoon from DePauw University. An active freelance musician and woodwind doubler in the twin cities, Ariel performs in various bands, orchestras, musical pits, and collaborates in many chamber music groups, including Duo 231 with French Horn player Sam Crocker (also in Encore) and the Bdote 7 reed quintet. Ariel is no stranger to the stage-- she won the DePauw University Concerto competition in 2010, and in 2018 she won the second annual Band Concerto competition at the University of Minnesota. With a lifelong passion for music education, she teaches her own private studio, instructs the Woodwind Techniques course at the University of Minnesota, and is the adjunct professor of bassoon at Dordt University. When she is not performing, Ariel is an avid baker, calligrapher, and gardener. This is Ariel's fourth year performing as a core member of the Encore Wind Ensemble.
Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhard, Conductor
Chester “Overture for Band” - William Schuman
Symphony No 6, Op 69 - Vincent Persichetti
I. Adagio - Allegro
II. Adagio sostenuto
III. Allegretto
IV. Vivace
Bassoon Concerto - Eric Ewazen
I. Andante con moto
Ariel Detwiler, Bassoon
Variations on America - Charles Ives/William Schuman
October - Eric Whitacre
Superman March - John Williams/Paul Lavender
Ariel Detwiler is currently finishing the third and final year of her DMA in bassoon at the University of Minnesota, studying with Norbert Nielubowski. She also holds a Masters degree in Bassoon from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music studying with William Ludwig, and a Bachelors degree in bassoon from DePauw University. An active freelance musician and woodwind doubler in the twin cities, Ariel performs in various bands, orchestras, musical pits, and collaborates in many chamber music groups, including Duo 231 with French Horn player Sam Crocker (also in Encore) and the Bdote 7 reed quintet. Ariel is no stranger to the stage-- she won the DePauw University Concerto competition in 2010, and in 2018 she won the second annual Band Concerto competition at the University of Minnesota. With a lifelong passion for music education, she teaches her own private studio, instructs the Woodwind Techniques course at the University of Minnesota, and is the adjunct professor of bassoon at Dordt University. When she is not performing, Ariel is an avid baker, calligrapher, and gardener. This is Ariel's fourth year performing as a core member of the Encore Wind Ensemble.
Funeral Music for Queen Mary ~ Henry Purcell
March
Anthem
Canzona
Serenade in C minor ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro
Funeral Music for Queen Mary ~ Henry Purcell
March
Anthem
Canzona
Fingal’s Cave (The Hebrides) Overture Op. 23 ~ Felix Mendelssohn
As One Listens to the Rain ~ Daniel French
Pillar of Fire ~ Patrick Lenz
2018 Charles B. Olson Young Composer Contest Winner
O Magnum Mysterium ~ Morten Lauridsen
Alleluia Laudamus Te ~ Alfred Reed
Easter Monday on the White House Lawn - Sousa
Patrick Lenz (b.1994) is a current M.M. Composition student at Rice University from Eastman, Wisconsin. Patrick completed his Bachelor of Music degree at Baylor University (’17). Patrick has studied with Dr. Anthony Brandt, Dr. Scott McAllister, and Dr. Edward Taylor.
Recently, Patrick’s composition for Wind Ensemble, Pillar of Fire, was named the winner of the 2016 Baylor University Composition Contest and the 2018 Red Note New Music Composition Competition, and Funk Shui was selected as the winner of the 2018 International Woodwind Duo Symposium Composition Contest (recorded by Albany Records).
Encore is a collection instrumentalists from around the Twin Cities' dedicated to the performance of traditional and contemporary masterworks for band.
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