Virginia Tech Wind Ensemble & Symphony Band Fall Concert October 5, 2025

The Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech - Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre

10.05.25 - 2:00 PM

FEATURING

VIRGINIA TECH SYMPHONY BAND

Chad R. Reep, conductor

VIRGINIA TECH WIND ENSEMBLE

Dr. Derek Shapiro, conductor

VIRGINIA TECH SYMPHONY BAND

Halcyon Hearts (2021)

Katahj Copley (b. 1998)

Sleep (2000/2002)

Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)

Courtly Airs and Dances

Ron Nelson (1929-2023)

I. Intrada

II. Basse danse (France)

III. Pavane (England)

IV. Saltarello (Italy)

V. Sarabande (Spain)

VI. Allemande (Germany)

Sweet Land of Liberty (1988)

James Sochinski (1947-2022)

VIRGINIA TECH WIND ENSEMBLE

Overture for Winds, op. 24 (1824/1981)

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847)

Strike! (2024)

World Première

Kyriaki Gkoudina (b. 1990)

Kyle Hutchins and Kendra Wheeler, soloists

La fiesta mexicana (1954)

H. Owen Reed (1910–2014)

I. Prelude and Aztec Dance

II. Mass

III. Carnival

Mariachi Band

Dr. Bryce Newcomer - clarinet

Dr. Jason Crafton - trumpet

Layla Wilson - trumpet

Dr. Jay Crone - trombone

Tucker Bugaj - sousaphone

Dr. Annie Stevens - percussion

Mina Black - percussion

Dance of the Jesters (1873/1997)

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)