1997-98 Concert Season

By George! It’s Gershwin’s keyboard magic with Van Cliburn Competition finalist Armen Babakhanian.

Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Frank Ticheli: Blue Shades
Alfred Reed: Armenian Dances

Hup! Two, Three, Four! Frederick Fennell’s one-of-a-kind tribute to the men and women of our armed forces.

Morton Gould: American Salute
Morton Gould: “Epitaphs” from West Point Symphony
F. W. Meacham: American Patrol
Kenneth J. Alford: The Vanished Army
Charles Ives: Variations on “America”
Richard Rogers: Victory at Sea
Richard Rogers: Guadalcanal March
Edward MacDowell: “Dirge” from Indian Suite
William Schuman: Chester
Samuel Barber: Commando March
Samuel A. Ward/arr. Carmen Dragon: America, the Beautiful

Season’s greetings to you and yours! All your holiday favorites… the DWS with the Dickens Singers and the Lay Family Concert Organ.

Trad./arr. Takashi Hoshide: Christmas Carol Fantasy
Alfred Reed: Russian Christmas Music
Trad.: O Channukuh
(Craig Gregory, bass)
Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Adolphe Adam/arr. Laurendau: Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night)
(Steve Fitts, trumpet)
arr. Calvin Custer: Coventry Carol/Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
John Philip Sousa: The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (encore)
arr. Alex Cauthen: A Mannheim Steamroller Christmas
arr. John Wasson: We Three Kings
arr. Randol Alan Bass: Twas the Night Before Christmas
(Craig Gregory, narrator)
Andrew Carter: Toccata on “Veni Emmanuel”
(Mary Preston, organ)
arr. David Lovrien: Christmas Carol Sing-along
Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival
(Mary Preston, organ)
John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever (encore)

Wheee! Shut up. Site down. Strap in and hang on. Listen here folks, we’re doing life in the fast lane!

Michael Daugherty: Motown Metal
Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart: Gran Partita
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
David Maslanka: Symphony #2
E. E. Bagley: National Emblem (encore)

If the simple things are the best, then here come some of the very best. Simply extraordinary music about ordinary people.

Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Percy Grainger: Mock Morris
Percy Grainger: Colonial Song
Percy Grainger: “The Gum-Suckers” March
Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore
Percy Grainger: Irish Tune from County Derry
Percy Grainger: Shepherd’s Hey
Artie Shaw: Concerto for Clarinet
(Andrew Crisanti, clarinet)
Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
(Andrew Crisanti, clarinet)
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Sketches from “West Side Story”
Karl L. King: Cyrus the Great (encore)
John Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme (encore)

Yee-hah buckaroos! Grab your hats and boots ’cause we’re headed into the sunset with the legendary Light Crust Doughboys.

John Williams: Overture to “The Cowboys”
Aaron Copland: Buckaroo Holiday from “Billy the Kid”
Morton Gould: Santa Fe Saga
David Lovrien: Texas Star
Bruce Boughten: Themes from “Silverado”
Alfred Newman, Ken Darby: How the West Was Won

Powerhouse percussion! Wondrous woodwinds! Bold brass! “America’s Premier Windband” gives you a showstopping, grand finale blowout.

Richard Wagner: Rienzi Overture
Dan Welcher: Symphony No. 3 (World Premiere)
Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F for Military Band
Camille Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3 “The Organ”

In addition to the seven season concerts, subscribers can be first in line for the Sousa concert and save up to 10%. It’s an all new red, white and blue extravaganza. The hottest ticket in town on the 4th. Always a sellout! Shows at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.