Wind Band Literature

A Conductor's Perspective by Andy Pease

Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble

We’re starting work on our May 4 concert, “Long Ago and Far Away.”

Amy Hoxie conducts:

Sedona – Steven Reineke

Suite of Old American Dances – Robert Russell Bennett

I conduct:

Festal Scenes – Yasuhide Ito

Moonscape Awakening – Joni Greene

The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams

March from Symphonic Metamorphosis – Paul Hindemith, arr. Keith Wilson

Our Pops Concert ACTUALLY HAPPENED (!!!) on Sunday, January 26 at 3pm at the Foothills Center, and the repertoire was:

Luke Payne conducts:

Selections from Wicked – Stephen Schwartz

Amy Hoxie conducts:

The Rolling Stones on Tour – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

The Peanut Vendor – Moises Simons

The Queen of Soul – Aretha Franklin

I conduct:

The King and I Highlights – Richard Rodgers, arr. Herfurth

Vigilante – Michael Markowski

Selections from The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Barker

Four: On a Remix of Beethoven – Randall Standridge