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OCU BANDS

The Wind Philharmonic is comprised of the finest wind and percussion students from all areas of the Oklahoma City University student population and has been continually acknowledged for its commitment to musical growth and excellence. The ensemble, one of the finest in the Southwest, performs an average of seven to eight performances a year and is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of performance of the best music from the wind band repertoire and has been recognized for its eminence by some of today’s most important composers, including Karel Husa, Ed Knight, Martin Mailman, Ron Nelson, Jerod Sheffer Tate, Joseph Schwantner, Lamont Downs, and Daniel Bukvich. The Wind Philharmonic offers a creative and positive music-making environment which allows the knowledge gained in the studio to be applied to ensemble performance and features a wide range of instrumentations from full symphonic band to one-on-a-part. Membership selection and placement are by audition.

The OCU Basketball Pep Band, directed by Dr. Matthew Mailman, is comprised of seventeen accomplished musicians from all areas of the Oklahoma City University student population. This high-profile group plays at all home basketball games, tournaments, and playoffs, and has been featured on ESPN and Channel 4 KFOR-TV sports news (Oklahoma City's NBC affilliate). The ensemble plays from a catalog of the most exciting and challenging music for athletic bands today and creates a powerful venue for student arrangers. This high-energy group is devoted to encouraging and supporting the OCU Stars basketball teams (men's and women's) before, during, and after games and promoting spirit among the fans, which average 2500 per game. Membership selection and placement are by audition.

WIND PHILHARMONIC REPERTOIRE 2011-2012

Matthew Mailman, conductor
8 p.m. in Petree Recital Hall – Free admission

Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 for Winds, Cello & Double Bass (1878) ... Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
Overture to La belle Hélène (1864) ... James Offenbach (1819-1880)
Geometircs No. 4 for Band, Op. 43 (1968) ... Martin Mailman (1932-2000)
Psalm for Band, Op. 53 (1952) ... Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Profanation from Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" (1942) ... Leonard Bernstein (1918-1991)
In Storm and Sunshine (1905) ... John Clifford Heed (1862-1908)

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
strike! (2004) ... Stephen Jones (b. 1960)
Elegy for a Young American (1964) ... Ronald Lo Presti (1933-1985)
Joshua Floyd, graduate conductor
Second Suite in F for Military Band, Op. 28b (1911) ... Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Benji Stegner, graduate conductor
Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra, Op. 12.4 (1986) ... Ney Rosauro (b. 1952)
Jason Ott, marimba
Symphony in B-flat (1951) ... Paul Hindermith (1895-1963)
The Free Lance March (On to Victory) (1906) ... John Phillip Sousa (1854-1932)

Thursday, March 1, 2012
Festive Overture, Op. 96 (1954) ... Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Dr. Randi Von Ellefson, guest conductor
English Folk Song Suite (1923) ... Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Joshua Floyd, graduate conductor
Overture: Comedy (1934) ... John Ireland (1879-1962)
Benji Stegner, graduate conductor
From a dark millennium (1981) ... Joseph Schwantner (b. 1943)
Suite from the Ballet "Pineapple Poll" (1870/1951) ... Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)

Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Serenade in E-flat, Op. 7 (1881) ... Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Children's Overture (1964) ... Eugene Bozza (1905-1991)
Shepherd's Hey (1918) ... Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961)
Shortcut Home ... Dana Wilson (b. 1946)
Scenes from "The Louvre" (1964) ... Norman Dello Joio (b. 1913)
Benji Stegner, graduate conductor
Six Contrary Dances, S. 39 (1978) ... P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?
Polka and Fugue from Schwanda the Bagpiper (1927) ... Jaromír Weinberger (1896-1967)

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