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School of Music Wind Ensemble Holding Veterans Day Concert
November 11, 2025
MACOMB, IL - - The Western Illinois University School of Music will present the WIU Wind Ensemble Veterans Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.
This special performance by the WIU Wind Ensemble, conducted by Mike Fansler, Professor of Music and Director of Bands, will feature many honored guests, including: Master of Ceremonies, Charles Jones, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army and WIU Professor of Military Science; National Anthem soloist, Annabel Herbert; guest conductors Christian Jenkins and Kaylin Vos and the WIU ROTC Color Guard.
The program will include:
Let Freedom Ring (introduction) - Ryan Nowlin (1973b)
Presentation of Colors: WIU ROTC
Pledge of Allegiance
Star Spangled Banner - Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)/John Stafford Smith
(1750-1836)
Annabel Herbert - soloist
National Emblem March - E. E. Bagley (1857-1922)
Christian Jenkins - guest conductor
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC - Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)/William Steffe
(1830-1890)/arr. James Ployhar (1926b)
Trombone chorale arrangement - Brady Wade & Barrett Dennis
Vocal Setting/guest conductor - Kaylin Vos
Percussion feature arrangement - Darren Woods
Music for Prague: 1968 - Karel Husa (1921-2016)
IV: Toccata and Chorale
Stars and Stripes Fanfare - James Stephenson (1969b)
Salute to the Armed Forces - Arr. Jari Villanueva (1955b)
God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood (b. 1943)/arr. Mike Fansler (1969b)
America the Beautiful - Samuel A. Ward (1848-1903)/arr. Carmen Dragon
(1914-1984)
Retiring of Colors: WIU ROTC
Let Freedom Ring (conclusion) - Ryan Nowlin (1973b)
This performance is open free to the public.
For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or
visit wiu.edu/recitalhall.
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