University of Maryland Wind Orchestra
Michael Votta, Jr., conductor
Repertoire 2014-2016
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Emile Bernard: Divertissment, Op. 36 - David Wacyk, conductor
Eric Ewazen: Symphony in Brass - Brian Coffill, conductor
John Corigliano: Symphony No. 3 (“Circus Maximus”)
Saturday, November 5, 2016
JS.Bach/Colgrass: Aria with 18 Variations, BWV 988 (“Goldberg Variations”)
Silvestre Rivueltas – Sensemaya
Leo Brouwer: Cancion de Gesta
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Steven J. Kukla: Folksongs for Winds (2004)
Steven Stucky: Concerto for Percussion - Lee Hinkle, soloist
George Rochberg: Black Sounds
Karel Husa: Les Couleurs Fauves
Friday, May 6, 2016
WA Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
University of Maryland Opera Studio, Craig Kier, director
Arrangement for traditional Harmoniemusik with cast of vocal soloists and additional instruments by Anthony Rivera
Stage direction: Nick Olcott
Conductors: Anthony Rivera and Michael Votta
CBNDA Eastern Division Conference
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT
Frank Ticheli: Pacific Fanfare -Frank Ticheli, guest conductor
Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques - Rita Sloan, piano; Michael Votta, conductor
Bruckner: Mass in E Minor - Michael Votta, conductor (with UM Concert Choir)
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947)
Igor Stravinsky: Piano Concerto - Mayron Tsong, piano
Michael Torke: Mojave - Lee Hinkle, marimba
Steven Mackey: Ohm (2016) - UMD Commission
Sunday, December 6, 2015
Richard Strauss: Sonatina (1943)
Friday, November 6, 2015
David Lang: Are You Experienced? - Craig Potter, tuba; Anthony Rivera, narrator
Arthur Muelemans: Symphony No. 4 (1935)
Karel Husa: Apotheosis of this Earth
JS Bach: My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr. Reed)
Friday, October 9, 2015
Walter Hartley: Concerto for 23 Winds
David Amram: Concerto for Horn and Wind Orchestra - Gregory Miller, horn
Jules Strens: Danse Funambulesque
Anton Bruckner: Mass in E Minor - Edward Maclary, conductor (with UM Concert Choir)
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Ludwig van Beethoven: Geschwindmarsch - Anthony Rivera, conductor
Paul Hindemith: Paraphrase of Beethoven’s Geschwindmarsch (from Symphonia Serena) - Anthony Rivera, conductor
Verne Reynolds: Scenes Revisited (1977) - Michael Votta, conductor
Friday, February 27, 2015
Reykjavik, Los Angeles, New Orleans”
Jonsi (Jon Por Birgisson): Jonsi Music (arr. Vickerman)
Donald Crockett: Dance Concerto (2013) - Eastern US premiere - UMD Commission - Paul Cigan, soloist
James Syler: Three Places in Jazz (world premiere- UMD Commission of Congo Square)
Congo Square
Storyville
Minton’s Playhouse
Friday, December 5, 2014
“1923: It was a very good year”
Edgard Varese: Octandre (1923) – Craig Potter, conductor
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 6, Op. 104 (1923) – Michael Votta, conductor (UMD Symphony Orchestra)
Igor Stravinsky: Octet (1923) – Anthony Rivera, conductor
Darius Milhaud: La Creation du Monde (1923) – Enrico Yanez-Lopez, conductor
Florent Schmitt: Dionysiaques (1913, rev. 1923) Michael Votta, conductor
Friday, November 7, 2014
“Looking Forward/Looking Back”
JS Bach: Prelude and Fugue in Eb (“St. Anne”), BWV 552 (arr. Hunsberger)
Alvin Singleton: Where the Good Sounds Live (2014) - (World Premiere)
WA Mozart: Serenade in Eb, K. 375
Chen Yi: Dragon Rhyme (2007)
Saturday, October 11, 2014
“Sounds as Written”
Sigur Ros: Ara Batur (arr. David Vickerman)
Richard Strauss: Suite, Op. 4
Baljinder Sekhon: Double Percussion Concerto (2014) - Lee Hinkle and Robert McCormick, soloists (UMD Commission)
Andre Previn: Music for Winds; No Strings Attached (2014) (UMD Commission)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture – performed without conductor
Friday, May 5, 2014
Magnus Lindberg: Gran Duo (1999)
Bruce Yurko: Dialogues and Fanfares II (2013) (world premiere)
Steve Reich: Tehillim (1981)
February 28, 2014
“Resurrection”
W.A. Mozart: Serenade in C Minor (1782)
John Mackey: The Frozen Cathedral (2012)
Olivier Messiaen: Et Exspecto Rescurrectionem Mortuorum (1966)