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USC Wind Ensemble: Meditation
Location: Koger Center Auditorium - 3-22-2027 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm (America/New_York) (1 hour 30 minutes)

Admission Cost: FREE

Cormac Cannon, conductor
Jay Jacobs, guest conductor
David Warren, guest conductor

The USC Wind Ensemble reflects on the first days of spring with a program of deep and meditative works. Ottorino Respighi wrote Huntingtower for band in 1932, while Breathe by Katahj Copley will receive its world premiere in the version for wind ensemble. The Octet for Wind Instruments came to Stravinsky in a dream and displays the virtuosity of our most gifted students. Associate Director of Bands Dr. Jay Jacobs leads the ensemble in a brand-new work by Haley Woodrow dedicated to renowned band director Doug Stotter. The concert concludes with Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme, a musical tour de force by Michael Gandolfi.

Program:

Respighi, Huntingtower 
Copley/Cannon, Breathe; World Premiere of Wind Ensemble Version
Stravinsky, Octet for Wind Instruments
Woodrow, Dark River; Consortium Premiere
Gandolfi, Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme