Wind Ensemble
Concert Programs: 2008–2009, 2007–2008, 2006–2007, 2005–2006
Wind Ensemble and Concert Choir to tour
the People's Republic of China (Beijing, Xian, and Shanghai)
in May 2009!
The SIUC Concert Choir and Wind Ensemble have been invited by the InterCulture Association to travel to the People’s Republic of China in May 2009 for an international concert tour and cultural exchange. This performance experience will build upon both ensembles’ recent regional and national performances at the Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference, Central Kentucky Arts Series, and Carnegie Hall. A number of the performances will take place on university campuses and in formal concert halls, including exchanges with local students and faculty. Additionally, the students will experience China’s rich culture and history, including visits to the Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, and Terra Cotta Warriors, among many others.
Contributions to University Bands may be made to the SIU Foundation
[Please clearly indicate that you wish to support the University Bands Fund]:
Southern Illinois University Foundation
Colyer Hall - Mailcode 6805
1235 Douglas Dr.
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (618) 453-4900
Website: www.siuf.org
For additional information please contact:
Dr. Christopher Morehouse
Phone: (618) 453-5813
E-mail: cmoreh@siu.edu
Wind Ensemble gives Carnegie Hall debut!
The SIUC Wind Ensemble was invited to give their Carnegie Hall debut on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 as part of the 2008 New York Band and Orchestra Festival. The Wind Ensemble was one of only two showcase ensembles selected by competitive audition to give an exhibition performance at the culmination of the festival; the other ensemble was the Northamptonshire Orchestral Winds from England.
The concert featured several SIUC faculty soloists and performers:
Jeanine Wagner, soprano, Suzanne Lord, flute, Edward Benyas, oboe, Eric Mandat, clarinet, Melissa Mackey, bassoon, and Jennifer Presar, horn.
The performance venue, the Issac Stern Auditorium/Ronald O. Perelman Stage, is the largest hall at Carnegie Hall and has been the premier classical music performance space in the United States since its opening in 1891, showcasing the world's greatest soloists, conductors, and ensembles. To exemplify the importance of this world-class performance venue, throughout the month leading up to our concert, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Philadelphia Orchestra performed on the very same stage!
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Only with the support of people like YOU!
THANK YOU to all of our generous supporters!
Concert Performance: $10,000 and above
Southern Illinois University Carbondale Wind Ensemble Student Members
Sound Check: $5,000 to $9,999
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Fernando Treviño, Chancellor
SIUC College of Liberal Arts, Alan Vaux, Dean
SIUC Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor, Don Rice
SIUC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Dean, John Koropchak
Perelman Stage: $2,500 to $4,999
Southern Illinois University, Glenn Poshard, President
SIU Alumni Association
Stern Auditorium: $1,000 to $2,499
Kathryn Bohn and Thomas Nielsen
Paul Petrucelly
Zankel Hall: $750 to $999
Weill Recital Hall: $500 to $749
Peter Alexander
Debra and Paul Sarvela
The Lobby: $250 to $499
Kent Kosmatka
Front Entrance: $100 to $249
B and A Travel, Helen and David Coracy
Kathleen Ginther and Edward Shay
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Stephen Jones
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Dorothy and Roger Beyler
Susan Ford
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The SIUC Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Christopher Morehouse, Director of Bands and Assistant Professor, is the School of Music's select, touring wind band/ensemble, made up of approximately 40 of the finest instrumentalists at SIUC. Membership is available to all SIUC students, music majors, music minors, and non-music majors, who perform at an advanced level on woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments, as well as double bass, piano, and harp.
The Wind Ensemble performs a series of five concerts each year in Shryock Auditorium, including a performance at the annual Heartland Honor Bands Festival each February, and travels regularly on state-wide, national, and international tours. In April 2006, the Wind Ensemble and SIUC Concert Choir performed at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Illinois; in January 2007, the Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at the Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference in Peoria, Illinois; in March 2008, the Wind Ensemble gave their Carnegie Hall debut as part of the 2008 New York Band and Orchestra Festival; and in May 2009, the Wind Ensemble and Concert Choir will give a concert tour of the People's Republic of China!
In recent years, the Wind Ensemble has also performed at the College Band Directors National Association North Central Division Regional Conference at Michigan State University, as well as having toured internationally with a concert tour of England.
Auditions for the Wind Ensemble are held the first week of the fall semester and on the first day of classes of the spring semester.
Interested students should contact:
University Bands/Orchestra Office, Altgeld Hall 118A
(618) 453–2776; E-mail ubands@siu.edu
Music 014 Undergraduate; Music 566C Graduate (1 credit)
Rehearsal Schedule (MWF):
Mondays 3:00–4:30 P.M.
Wednesdays 3:00–4:30 P.M.
Fridays Fall 3:00–3:50 P.M.; Spring 3:00–4:00 P.M.