CAPITOL SYMPHONIC WINDS ENSEMBLE

Fall 2010

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The Capitol Winds Spring 2010 performance took place on Wednesday, May 5, 2010
at the Lincoln Theater on the campus of the the University of Hartford.

The concert program included:

The Capitol Winds Winter 2009 performance took place on Wednesday, December 2, 2009
at the Lincoln Theater on the campus of the University of Hartford.

The concert program included:

Symphonic Suite by Clifton Williams
Shenandoah by Frank Ticheli
New England Triptych by William Schuman
...Be Glad Then America
...When Jesus Wept
...Chester
Uncle Henry March by Howard Akers
O Magnum Mysterium by Morton Lauridsen
Fusion by Brian Balmages
Blue Shades by Frank Ticheli

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The Capitol Winds Spring 2009 performance took place on Wednesday, May 6, 2009
at Millard Auditorium on the campus of the the University of Hartford.

The concert program included:

Overture La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral by Richard Wagner
Whatsoever Things... by Mark Camphouse
Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland
** A special performance to commemorate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth**
Men of Ohio March by Henry Fillmore
Carmen Fantaisie on themes from Georges Bizet's opera by Francois Borne, featuring flute soloist Whitney Perrine
That Others May Live by Jeremy S. Martin
Boy Scouts of America March by John Philip Sousa

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The Capitol Winds Winter 2008 performance took place on Wednesday, December 3, 2008
at the Lincoln Theater on the campus of the University of Hartford.

The concert program included:

Jubilee Overture by Philip Sparke
The Sea Treaders by W. Francis McBeth
Symphony #3 by Alfred Reed
Tunbridge Fair by Walter Piston
Kitty Hawk by John Cheetham
Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold
Easter Monday on the White House Lawn by John Philip Sousa

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The Capitol Winds Spring 2008 performance took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
at the Millard Auditorium on the campus of the the University of Hartford.

The concert program included:

The Circus Bee....................................................Henry Fillmore
On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason.............................David Holsinger
Symphony in B flat ..............................................Paul Hindemith

Concertino for Clarinet and Band..............................Warren Barker,Giancarlo Bazzano soloist
Pineapple Poll ......................................................Arthur Sullivan
Symphony No. 6 ..................................................Tchaikovsky

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The Capitol Winds Winter 2007 performance took place on Wednesday, December 5, 2007
at the Lincoln Theater on the campus of the the University of Hartford.

The concert program included:

Florentiner March, Op. 214..........Julius Fucik (click on link to hear audio recording)
The Hounds of Spring.................Alfred Reed
Medeival Suite..........................Ron Nelson
1. Homage to Leonin (12th Century)
2. Homage to Perotin (c. 1155-1200)
3. Homage to Machaut (c. 1300-1377)
Hanover Festival.......................Philip Sparke

With Sword and Lance...............Hermann Starke
The Water is Wide....................setting by Rick Kirby
Dance Movements....................Philip Sparke
1. Ritmico
2. Molto Vivo
3. Lento
4. Molto Ritmico

View Concert Photos. The Capitol Winds Spring 2007 performance took place on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
at the University of Hartford's Lincoln Theater. The program for the Spring 2007 concert included:

American Overture........................Joseph Willcox Jenkins
Amazing Grace.................setting by Robert W. Rumbelow
The Sinfonians (Symphonic March).............Clifton Williams
Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird".......Igor Stravinsky (ed. Alfred Reed)

Grand March from "Tannhauser"..................Richard Wagner (ed. Alfred Reed)
Symphonic Prelude (The Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer)......Mark Camphouse
The Redwoods........................................Rossano Galante
To Tame the Perilous Skies......................David R. Holsinger .

View Concert Photos. The Capitol Winds Winter 2006 performance took place on December 13th, 2006
at the Millard Auditorium on the campus of the University of Hartford. Under the direction of Gary Partridge, the concert program included the following compositions:

Ceremonial Flourishes by James Curnow
With Quiet Courage by Larry Daehn
Bandancing by Jack Stamp
Dance of the Comedians by Bedrich Smetana
Raise of the Son by Rossano Galante
Symphony of Prayer by J. Eric Schmidt - World Premiere
A Most Wonderful Christmas by Robert Sheldon

View Concert Photos. The Capitol Winds Spring 2006 performance took place on Wednesday, May 3, 2006
at the Millard Auditorium on the campus of the the University of Hartford. Under the direction of Gary Partridge, this concert featured works by Haydn Wood, Stephen Melillo, Percy Grainger, Hector Berlioz, Eric Whitacre, and John Philip Sousa.

View Concert Photos. The Capitol Winds Winter 2005 performance took place on Wednesday, December 14, 2005
at the Millard Auditorium on the campus of the the University of Hartford. Under the direction of Gary Partridge, this concert featured works by Philip Sparke, Brian Balmages, David Holsinger, Alfred Reed, David Gillingham, and a special tribute to Rosa Parks entitled "A Movement for Rosa" by Mark Camphouse.

The Capitol Winds Spring 2005 performance took place on Thursday, April 28, 2005
at the Lincoln Theatre on the campus of the the University of Hartford. An all "March" music concert featured works by William Walton, Percy Grainger, Lockhart-Seitz-Alford, Henry Fillmore, Paul Hindemith, Morton Gould, Davide Delle Cese, and John Philip Sousa.

*This website information is independently produced by Guy Simonian, a volunteer community member musician of the Capitol Winds Ensemble. The University of Hartford and Hartt School are not responsible for this content.