Wind Band Literature

A Conductor's Perspective by Andy Pease

Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble

Our Spring Concert, “Places,” happens on Sunday, April 28 at 3pm at the Foothills Center:

Amy Hoxie conducts:

Army of the Nile – Kenneth Alford

Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion – PDQ Bach

Gallito Pasodoble – Santiago Lope

Songs from the Catskills – Johan de Meij

I conduct:

The Pathfinder of Panama – John Philip Sousa

Big City Lights – Marie Douglas

Tutued Toucan Can Can – Erika Svanoe

Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger

Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite – Karl King

Sadly, our Pops Concert on January 28 was cancelled due to weather! Here’s what we were going to play:

Amy Hoxie conducts:

The Rolling Stones on Tour – Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, arr. Roszell

Moon River – Henry Mancini, arr. Brown

Just a Closer Walk with Thee – Traditional, arr. Don Gillis and Calvin Custer

The Peanut Vendor – Moisés Simons, arr. John Moss

The Queen of Soul (Remembering Aretha Franklin) arr. Paul Murtha

I conduct:

Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite – Karl King

When You Wish Upon a Star – Leigh Harline, arr. Sammy Nestico

“Lost Lady Found” from Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger

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

Tutued Toucan Can Can – Erika Svanoe