November 14, 2026

WIU Wind Ensemble Concert: "America - 250" - Mike Fansler, conductor and Patrick Downing, narrator
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

Mike Fansler, conductor
Patrick Downing, narrator

A Patriotic Salute - James Hosay

American Salute - Morton Gould

March of the Leathernecks - Morton Gould

Variations on America - Charles Ives/trans. William Schuman

Salute to the Armed Forces...arr. Jari Villannueva

A Lincoln Portrait - Aaron Copland/trans. Walter Beeler
Patrick Downing, narrator

America The Beautiful - Samuel Ward/Carmen Dragon

The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Related Web Site: WIU BANDS
Contact Information:
 Joanie Herbert
 Phone: 309-298-1843
 Email: JE-Herbert@wiu.edu
Source: School of Music

Western Illinois University
1 University Circle * Macomb, IL 61455
Phone: 309/298-1414 * E-mail info@wiu.edu
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