The Hendrix College Wind Ensemble
Dr. Karen Fannin, Conductor
The Wind Ensemble is composed of students from a wide variety of majors on campus. Rehearsals are Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays from 4:15 - 5:35 p.m. Drawing from symphonic band, wind ensemble and chamber winds repertoire, the ensemble performs a variety of traditional and contemporary works. The Wind Ensemble performs four concerts annually.
Upcoming Events
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - Wind Ensemble informational meeting
4:15 p.m. - Staples Auditorium
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - first Wind Ensemble rehearsal
4:15 p.m. - Staples Auditorium
Saturday, September 28, 2013 - Fall Family Weekend Concert
10:00 a.m., Staples Auditorium
Monday, November 18, 2013 - Fall Wind Ensemble Concert
7:30 p.m., Staples Auditorium
Check out the Hendrix College Wind Ensemble page on Facebook.
For more information, contact the conductor, Dr. Karen Fannin.
Fast Facts:
- Students earn .25 academic credit for each semester.
- Students earn one Odyssey Expressive Arts credit through participation in Wind Ensemble in two semesters.
- To enroll, students attend the first informational meeting (please see above). After this meeting, the music department adds Wind Ensemble to your schedule - you do not register for Wind Ensemble through your advisor.
Repertoire 2012-2013
Fall Family Weekend Concert - September 29, 2012
- Ignition - Todd Stalter
- Mannin Veen - Haydn Wood
Impressions - November 12, 2012
- "Apollo Unleashed" from Symphony No. 2 - Frank Ticheli
- Sleep - Eric Whitacre
- Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Grainger
- Strange Humors - John Mackey
Danzón! - March 4, 2013
- The March from "1941" - John Williams
- West Side Story Selections - Leonard Bernstein / Duthoit
- I Dreamed a Dream - Claude-Michel Schonberg / arr. Brown (Suzanne Banister, soprano)
- Blue Moon - Rodgers and Hart / arr. Barker (Suzanne Banister, soprano)
- Freckles Rag - Larry Buck / arr. Eyles
- America the Beautiful - Ward / Dragon
- The Stars and Stripes Forever
Repertoire 2011-2012
Fall Family Weekend Concert - September 24, 2011
- "Noel" from Symphonic Sketches - George Chadwick
- Symphony No. 3 "Slavyanskaya" - Boris Kozhevnikov
Russian Music for Winds - November 14, 2011
- "Hopak" from Sorochinsky Fair - Modest Moussorgsky / arr. Bonney
- Symphony No.3 "Slavyanskaya" - Boris Kozhevnikov
- Bogoroditse Devo - Sergei Rachmaninoff / trans. Salzman
- Jazz Suite No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich / arr. de Meij
- Firebird Suite - Igor Stravinsky / arr. Longfield
Classics for Wind Band - March 5, 2012
- William Byrd Suite - Gordon Jacob
- Country Gardens - Percy Grainger
- English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Rest - Frank Ticheli
- An American in Paris - George Gershwin / arr. Krance
An Evening in the Park - April 16, 2012
- American Salute - Morton Gould / arr. Lang
- The Promise of Living - Aaron Copland / arr. Singleton
- An American in Paris - George Gershwin / arr. Krance
- My Funny Valentine - Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (Jazz Combo)
- Parker's Mood - Charlie Parker / arr. Med Flory (Jazz Combo)
- Groove Merchant - Jerome Richardson / arr. Dave Barduhm (Jazz Combo)
- The Beatles: Love - Lennon and McCartney / arr. Bocook
- America the Beautiful - Samuel Augustus Ward / arr. Dragon
- The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Repertoire 2010-2011
Fall Family Weekend Concert - September 24, 2010
- Benediction - John Stevens
- Southern Harmony - Donald Grantham
Darkness Into Light - November 15, 2010
- Overture to "Dancer in the Dark" - Bjork
- My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish - J.S. Bach / Reed
- Four Maryland Songs - Jack Stamp (Suzanne Banister, soprano)
- Shadow Rituals - Michael Markowski
- Cave - Russell Peck
Something Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue - March 7, 2011
- Selections from "The Danserye" - Tielman Susato / Dunnigan
- Funeral Music for Queen Mary (after Purcell) - Steven Stucky
- An Outdoor Overture - Aaron Copland
- Immovable Do - Percy Grainger
- Hymn to a Blue Hour - John Mackey
- Jokeri - Pertti Pekkanen
- March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis" - Paul Hindemith / Wilson
An Evening in the Park - April 18, 2011
- Them Basses - G.F. Huffine
- Candide Suite - Leonard Bernstein / Grundman
- Chasing the Ouroboro's Tail - Ryan Gaston (premiere - Jazz Combo)
- Nutty - Thelonius Monk (Jazz Combo)
- Footprints - Wayne Shorter (Jazz Combo)
- Star Wars - John Williams / Hunsberger
- America the Beautiful - Ward / Dragon
- The Stars and Stripes Forever
Repertoire 2009-2010
Fall Family Weekend Concert - September 26, 2009
- Ave Maria - Franz Schubert / Ticheli
- First Suite in E-Flat - Gustav Holst
ArtsFest Concert - October 9, 2009
- Nitro - Frank Ticheli
- Ave Maria - Franz Schubert / Ticheli
- First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst
Counterpoint - November 16, 2009
- Nitro - Frank Ticheli
- October - Eric Whitacre
- Handel in the Strand - Percy Grainger / Goldman
- Fantasia in G Major - J.S. Bach / trans. Goldman and Leist
- Islas y Montanas - Shelley Hanson
- Canzona - Peter Mennin
A Concert in Celebration of Share a Smile Day - March 1, 2010
- Light Cavalry Overture - Franz von Suppe
- Hold This Boy and Listen - Carter Pann
- Old Home Days - Charles Ives / Elkus
- March of the Belgian Paratroopers - Pierre Leemans / Wiley
- Chorale and Alleluia - Howard Hanson
An Evening in the Park - April 12, 2010
- Slava! - Leonard Bernstein / Grundman
- Amazing Grace - Frank Ticheli
- Variations on "America" - Charles Ives / Rhoads
- His Honor - Henry Fillmore
- Simple Gifts - Ticheli
- The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Repertoire 2008-2009
Dr. Karen Fannin, Conductor Fall Family Weekend Concert - September 27, 2008
- English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- "The Gum-suckers" March - Percy Grainger
Tributes - November 17, 2008
- "Fest Marsch" from Tannhauser - Richard Wagner / trans. Rumbelow
- Trauersinfonie - Richard Wagner / revised Leidzen
- Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann - Robert Jager
- English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Sanctuary - Frank Ticheli
- Strange Humors - John Mackey
Carmina Burana! - March 2, 2009
- Flight - Brian Balmages
- Irish Tune from County Derry - Percy Grainger
- Children's March - Percy Grainger
- Contre Qui, Rose - Morten Lauridsen / trans. Reynolds
- Suite from Carmina Burana - Carl Orff / arr. Krance
An Evening in the Park - April 13, 2009
- Sound Off - John Philip Sousa
- Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
- Annie Laurie - Arthur Pryor / arr. Davis
Tim Pote, trombone - Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett
- The Sound of Music - Rodgers and Hammerstein / arr. Bennett
- On the Mall - Edwin Franko Goldman
- The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Repertoire 2007-2008
Fall Family Weekend Concert - September 29, 2007
- Pacem - Robert Spittal
- Mannin Veen - Haydn Wood
Impressions - November 12, 2007
- Procession of the Nobles - Nicholai Rimsky-Korsakov / Leidzen
- Sleep - Eric Whitacre
- Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Grainger
- Eine Kleine Yiddishe Ragmusik - Adam Gorb
Blue Shades March 3, 2008
- William Byrd Suite - Gordon Jacob
- Symphony No. 6 - Vincent Persichetti
- Concerto in E-flat op. 109 - Alexander Glazunov
Bryan Rodgers, alto saxophone - Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli
- Adagio and Tarantella - Ernesto Cavallini / arr. Thomas Reed
Robert Anderson, clarinet - Little Threepenny Music - Kurt Weill
- Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Moussorgsky / arr. Leidzen
- X. The Great Gate of Kiev
An Evening in the Park April 14, 2008
- March from "1941" - John Williams / arr. Lavender
- Concertino, op. 107 - Cecile Chaminade
Katie Pearce, flute - West Side Story Selections - Leonard Bernstein / arr. Duthoit
- The Trombone King - Karl L. King
- Porgy and Bess - George Gershwin / arr. Barnes
- The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Repertoire 2006-2007
Fall Family Weekend Concert September 30, 2006
- Puszta - Jan Van der Roost
- Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Richard Wagner / arr. Cailliet
Low Brass Studio Chosen Gems November 12, 2006
- Symphonic Dance No. 3 "Fiesta" - Clifton Williams
- Dusk - Steven Bryant
- Five Short Pieces for Wind Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven / ed. Reynolds
- III. March: Zapfenstreich
- IV. Polonaise
- V. Ecossaise
- Prelude in the Dorian Mode - Antonio de Cabezon / scored Grainger
- Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst
- Shepherd's Hey - Percy GraingerFeaturing the Hendrix Dance Ensemble
Ancient Airs and Apollo Unleashed! February 26, 2007
- Selections from "The Danserye" - Tielman Susato / arr. Dunnigan
- I. La Morisque
- II. Les quatre Branles
- V. Den hoboecken dans
- VII. Ronde and Aliud
- O Magnum Mysterium - Morton Lauridsen / arr. Reynolds
- Concertino for Marimba - Niel DePonteErick Saoud, marimba
- Scenes from "The Louvre" - Norman Dello Joio
- Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14 - Dmitri Shostakovich / arr. Reynolds
- Symphony No. 2 - Frank Ticheli
An Evening in the Park April 16, 2007
- Candide Suite - Leonard Bernstein / arr. Grundman
- Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copland / arr. Patterson
- Grand Russian Fantasia - Jules Levy / arr. HunsbergerNick Barnes, trumpet
- A Set of American Marches
- Americans We - Henry Fillmore
- The Liberty Bell March - John Philip Sousa
- National Emblem March - E.E. Bagley
- Metamarch - Steven Bryant
- Ferris Wheel - Jason Nitsch
- Star Wars Trilogy - John Williams / arr. Hunsberger
- The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Repertoire 2005-2006
Fall Family Weekend Concert September 24, 2005
- Flourish for Wind Band - Ralph Vaughan Williams
- First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst
Reminiscence November 15, 2005
- Shortcut Home - Dana Wilson
- My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish - J.S. Bach / Reed
- Old Home Days - Charles Ives / Elkus
- Perthshire Majesty - Samuel Hazo
- Prelude and Fugue No. 22 - J.S. Bach / Schuller
- October - Eric Whitacre
- Slava! - Leonard Bernstein
Traditions, Tragedies, and Triumphs - March 7, 2006
- March from 'Symphonic Metamorphosis' - Paul Hindemith / Wilson
- Night Soliloquy - Kent KennanDr. Liana Tyson, flute
- Divertimento op. 42 - Vincent Persichetti
- Chester - William Schuman
- Allerseelen - Richard Strauss / Davis
- Folk Dances - Dmitri Shostakovich / Reynolds
An Evening in the Park April 18, 2006
- Slava! - Leonard Bernstein/Grundman
- Old American Songs - Aaron Copland/Silvester
- The Dodger
- Simple Gifts
- I Bought Me a Cat
- Long Time Ago
- Ching-a-Ring ChawTimothy Tucker, baritone
- Variations on "America" - Charles Ives/Rhoads
- Amazing Grace - Frank Ticheli
- Flying Aces March - Stephen GrieblingDr. Karen Griebling, conductor
- October - Eric Whitacre
- The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa