The Colburn Adult Wind Symphony, established in June 2013, is a 50-piece ensemble comprising adult musicians from the Los Angeles community. As part of the Adult Studies continuing education program at the Colburn School, the Adult Wind Symphony performs traditional and contemporary works for wind ensemble in outdoor settings across the city. The group is led by Dennis Zeisler, director of bands at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. This year, the 47th International Horn Symposium will be held at the Colburn School from August 2-8, 2015. In the culminating performance, prominent horn soloists and ensembles will appear in concert with the Adult Wind Symphony at Grand Park. The concert will be emceed by Brian Lauritzen, producer and host at Classical KUSC.

PROGRAM: 

COLBURN ADULT WIND SYMPHONY and MEMBERS OF THE 47th INTERNATIONAL HORN SYMPOSIUM / Presented in collaboration with the 47^th INTERNATINAL HORN SYMPOSIUM

Dennis Zeisler, conductor / Brian Lauritzen, emcee

JENKINS American Overture

ANDERSON (arr. Flores) Bugler’s Take a Holiday / SSG Evan Geiger, horn (Pershings Own) / Frank Lloyd, horn / Dale Clevenger, horn / Nobuaki Fukukawa, horn / Leelannee Sterrett, horn / Peter Luff, horn /

KUO Wingspan (world premiere, commission by IHS) / Jeffrey Nelsen, horn

LITTON TBD Title (world premiere) / I. Standard Alphorn TBD Mvt Title / II Jazz Alphorn TBD Mvt Title / Arkady Shilkloper, alphorn

STRAUSS Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb, Op. 11 / Yuta Igawa, Winner of 2015 IHS Concerto Competition

SAINT-SAENS Morceau de Concert, op. 94 I. Allegro Moderato / Denise Tryon, horn

GRAZIANI Variations over a Theme by Haydn / Denise Tryon, horn

HALLAM Blockbuster (world premiere) / Andrew Bain, horn / Tim Jones, horn / Stefan Dohr, horn / Sarah Willis, horn

GRAINGER Marching Song of Democracy

METRO RED or PURPLE LINE TO CIVIC CENTER/GRAND PARK STATION, GOLD LINE TO LITTLE TOKYO/ARTS DISTRICT STATION

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