November 19, 2026
- WIU Concert Band presents "Folk Songs Across the Pond" - Dr. Matt Thomas, conductor; Michael Moon, graduate assistant conductor; Madison Smith, graduate assistant conductor and Dr. Gloria Orozco Dorado, guest soloist
- Time: 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
- Location: School of Music 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
English Folk Song Suite (1923 - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
I. March, ”Seventeen come Sunday”
II. Intermezzo, ”My Bonny Boy”
III. March, “Folk Songs from Somerset”
Two Movements from Lincolnshire Posy (1937/2019) - Percy A. Grainger (1882-1961)/arr. Sweeney
Horkstow Grange
The Lost Lady Found
- Michael Moon, graduate assistant conductor
Irish Tune from County Derry for Brass Ensemble (1918/2026) - Percy A. Grainger
- Madison Smith, graduate assistant conductor
Old Brenton Carol (1910) - Gustav Holst (1874-1934)/arr. Smith
Polly Oliver (1840/1977) - Thomas R. Root (1947-2023)
- Michael Moon, graduate assistant conductor
Hebrides Suite (1909/1962) - Clare Grundman (19113-1996)
I. The Peat-Fire Flame
IV. Milking Song
Shenandoah’s Simple Gifts (2008) - Larry Clark (b.1963)
- Madison Smith, graduate assistant conductor
X Clarinet Concerto (1996) - Scott McAllister (b.1969)
II. To the Pines
- Dr. Gloria Inés Orozco Dorado, clarinet soloist
Songs of Old Kentucky (2007) - Brant Kerrick (b.1960)
- Related Web Site: WIU SCHOOL OF MUSIC
- Contact Information:
Joanie Herbert
Phone: 309-298-1843
Email: JE-Herbert@wiu.edu - Source: School of Music
