NIU Wind Ensemble & NIU Wind Symphony Concert featuring award-winning composer Shawn E. Okpebholo

Join us for this special concert for the world premiere performance of award-winning composer Shawn E. Okpebholo's composition "Gale and Zephyr."  A Grammy-nominated artist, Okpebholo’s music has been featured on PBS Newshour and radio broadcasts across the country, including NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition, SiriusXM’s Living American series, and Chicago’s WFMT-FM. Learn more by visiting the NIU Arts Blog.

Tickets are only available online.  Tickets are not available at the door.

Thomas Bough, director

PROGRAM

NIU WIND SYMPHONY

• Vesuvius - Frank Ticheli (b. 1958), Leif Albertson, Conductor    
• Meditation - Dwayne S. Milburn (b. 1963), Leif Albertson, Conductor
• The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre (b. 1970), Leif Albertson, Conductor 
• Give Us This Day (Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble) - David Maslanka (1943 - 2017), Thomas Bough, Conductor   

NIU WIND ENSEMBLE

• Serenade, Op. 43 - Emil Hartmann (1836 - 1898) ed. Joshua Kearney, NIU Chamber Winds

1.    Andante and Allegro Pastorale
4.   Finale     
        

• William Byrd Suite - freely transcribed by Gordon Jacob (1895 - 1984) 

1.    The Earle of Oxford’s March 
2.    Pavana 
3.    Jhon come kiss me now 
4.    The Mayden’s Song 
5.    Wolsey’s Wilde 
6.    The Bells 

• Hymn to a Blue Hour - John Mackey (b. 1973)                 

• Gale and Zephyr - Shawn Okpebholo (b. 1981) **World Premiere, Commissioned by Northern Illinois University