UND bands to present concert Feb. 27
The UND Wind Ensemble and the UND University Band, conducted by James Popejoy, will present a combined concert on Tuesday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be held at the Chester Fritz Auditorium and is free and open to the public. The concert will also be livestreamed on the UND Music website.
The University Band will open the concert with “Astra,” a brand new work written in 2023 by Katahj Copley, followed by music composed 200 years earlier, in 1823, by Gioacchino Rossini for his opera “Semiramide.” Their program will also include “Declaration, Ballade & Finale” by Ed Huckeby, and E.E. Bagley’s patriotic march “National Emblem.” Led by graduate conductor Emily Chasowy, the University Band will round out their program with Frank Ticheli’s lovely setting of “Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs.”
The Wind Ensemble will open their portion of the concert with a performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams classic “Toccata Marziale,” followed by the popular “Children’s March: Over the hills and far away,” by Percy Aldridge Grainger. Moving ahead more than 100 years in music history, the ensemble will perform Julie Giroux’s monumental “Symphony No. V: Elements.” They will conclude the concert with a new work by Kevin Day, “Dancing Fire,” with graduate conductor Emily Chasowy.
For more information concerning this concert, please contact UND Bands at 701.777.2815; (james.popejoy@UND.edu).
