February 22, 2025
- 52nd Annual WIU Showcase of Bands Honor Band and Concert Band Concert - Dr. Matt Thomas conductor w/guest conductors Darrin Davis and Michael Lee
- Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
- Location: COFAC Recital Hall
- Description: This performance is free and open to the public and will be live-streamed on the School of Music's YouTube channel.
PROGRAM
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CONCERT BAND
Matt Thomas, conductor
Darrin Davis, guest conductor
Dancing in Air (2004) - Yo Goto (b. 1958)
None but the Lonely Heart (1869/2007) - Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)/arr. Masami Kimura
Darrin Davis, guest conductor
Second Suite in F, Op.28, No.2 (1911) - Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
I. March
II. Song without Words
III. Song of the Blacksmith
IV. Fantasia on the ‘Dargason’
SHOWCASE OF BANDS 2025 HONOR BAND
Darrin Davis, conductor
Michael Lee, guest conductor
Program to be selected from the following:
Horizons Untold (2023) - Evan VanDoren (b. 1987)
Takeda Lullaby (2017) - Benjamin Yeo (b. 1985)
Michael Lee, guest conductor
ConnectUS (2023) - Carol Britten Chambers (b. 1970)
A Childhood Remembered (2013) - Rossano Galante (b. 1967)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2016) - John Williams (b. 1932)/arr. Jay Bocook
- Related Web Site: WIU Showcase of Bands 2025
- Contact Information:
Joanie Herbert
Phone: 309-298-1843
Email: JE-Herbert@wiu.edu - Source: School of Music
