2022 – 2023 Season
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Fall Concerts
Conductor: Michael Halstenson
Performance #265 – Friday, October 7, 2022 – 7:30 PM
Sundin Hall @ Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
Prelude for an Occasion, Edward Gregson
Scaramouche, Darius Milhaud / arr. Howard Snell
Memories on Crimond, Jessie Seymour Irvine / setting by Jack Stamp
Fantasy for Euphonium and Brass Band, Philip Sparke
Lee Dummer, Euphonium
Outlander Medley, Bear McCreary / arr. Michael Serber
Variations for Brass Band, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Jubilee!, Paul Drury
Saturnalia, Anthony O’Toole
Abide with Me (Eventide), W.H. Monk / arr. Karl Jenkins / trans. Peter Graham
Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Irving Berlin / arr. Goff Richards
The Padstow Lifeboat, Malcolm Arnold
Finale from William Tell Overture, by Giacchino Rossini / arr. Gregor J. Grant
Performance #266 – Saturday, October 8, 2022 – 7:30 PM
Zion Lutheran Church, Anoka, MN
link to YouTube video of this performance
Prelude for an Occasion, Edward Gregson
Scaramouche, Darius Milhaud / arr. Howard Snell
Memories on Crimond, Jessie Seymour Irvine / setting by Jack Stamp
Fantasy for Euphonium and Brass Band, Philip Sparke
Lee Dummer, Euphonium
Outlander Medley, Bear McCreary / arr. Michael Serber
Variations for Brass Band, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Jubilee!, Paul Drury
Saturnalia, Anthony O’Toole
Abide with Me (Eventide), W.H. Monk / arr. Karl Jenkins / trans. Peter Graham
Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Irving Berlin / arr. Goff Richards
The Padstow Lifeboat, Malcolm Arnold
Finale from William Tell Overture, by Giacchino Rossini / arr. Gregor Grant
Performance #267 – Sunday, October 9, 2022 – 4:00 PM
Wildwood Artist Series, Mahtomedi HS, Mahtomedi, MN
link to YouTube video of this performance
Prelude for an Occasion, Edward Gregson
Scaramouche, Darius Milhaud / arr. Howard Snell
Memories on Crimond, Jessie Seymour Irvine / setting by Jack Stamp
Fantasy for Euphonium and Brass Band, Philip Sparke
Lee Dummer, Euphonium
Outlander Medley, Bear McCreary / arr. Michael Serber
Variations for Brass Band, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Jubilee!, Paul Drury
Saturnalia, Anthony O’Toole
Abide with Me (Eventide), W.H. Monk / arr. Karl Jenkins / trans. Peter Graham
Let’s Face the Music and Dance, Irving Berlin / arr. Goff Richards
The Padstow Lifeboat, Malcolm Arnold
Finale from William Tell Overture, by Giacchino Rossini / arr. Gregor Grant
Performance #268 – Friday, December 2, 2022 – 7:30 PM
Meetinghouse Church, Edina, MN
Welcome Christmas, Michael Halstenson
Ding Dong Merrily on High, Traditional / arr. Roy Newsome
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Traditional Polish / setting by Jack Stamp
Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure / arr. Alan Fernie
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Meredith Wilson/ Arr. Marco Middelberg
Gary Bird, tuba
Once in Royal David’s City, Traditional / arr. Michael Halstenson
Gordy Nilsen, narrator
O Come, All Ye Faithful, Traditional / arr. Sir David Willcocks / trans. Ray Steadman-Allen
Ad Optimum (To the Highest…), Peter Graham
A Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson / arr. James Wood
We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Arthur Warrell / Arr. Halyna Ovcharenko and Liz Lane
I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Kim Gannon and Walter Kent / arr. Michael Serber
‘And the heavens rang with great joy’, Michael Halstenson
Feliz Navidad, Jose Feliciano arr. Rieks Van Der Velde
Silver Bells, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans / arr. Jack Stamp
Brett Krohn, flugelhorn
Yule Dance, Philip Harper
Performance #269 – Saturday, December 3, 2022 – 7:00 PM
Blattner Energy Arts Theatre, Albany, MN
Welcome Christmas, Michael Halstenson
Ding Dong Merrily on High, Traditional / arr. Roy Newsome
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Traditional Polish / setting by Jack Stamp
Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure / arr. Alan Fernie
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Meredith Wilson/ Arr. Marco Middelberg
Gary Bird, tuba
Once in Royal David’s City, Traditional / arr. Michael Halstenson
Gordy Nilsen, narrator
O Come, All Ye Faithful, Traditional / arr. Sir David Willcocks / trans. Ray Steadman-Allen
Ad Optimum (To the Highest…), Peter Graham
A Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson / arr. James Wood
We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Arthur Warrell / Arr. Halyna Ovcharenko and Liz Lane
I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Kim Gannon and Walter Kent / arr. Michael Serber
‘And the heavens rang with great joy’, Michael Halstenson
Feliz Navidad, Jose Feliciano arr. Rieks Van Der Velde
Silver Bells, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans / arr. Jack Stamp
Lori Towner, vocalist
Yule Dance, Philip Harper
Performance #270 – Sunday, December 4, 2022 – 2:00 PM
Anoka Ramsey Community College, Anoka, MN
Welcome Christmas, Michael Halstenson
Ding Dong Merrily on High, Traditional / arr. Roy Newsome
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Traditional Polish / setting by Jack Stamp
Do They Know It’s Christmas?, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure / arr. Alan Fernie
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Meredith Wilson/ Arr. Marco Middelberg
Gary Bird, tuba
Once in Royal David’s City, Traditional / arr. Michael Halstenson
Gordy Nilsen, narrator
O Come, All Ye Faithful, Traditional / arr. Sir David Willcocks / trans. Ray Steadman-Allen
Ad Optimum (To the Highest…), Peter Graham
A Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson / arr. James Wood
We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Arthur Warrell / Arr. Halyna Ovcharenko and Liz Lane
I’ll Be Home for Christmas, Kim Gannon and Walter Kent / arr. Michael Serber
‘And the heavens rang with great joy’, Michael Halstenson
Feliz Navidad, Jose Feliciano arr. Rieks Van Der Velde
Silver Bells, Jay Livingston and Ray Evans / arr. Jack Stamp
Lori Towner, vocalist
Yule Dance, Philip Harper
Winter Into Spring Concerts
Performance #271 – Friday, March 3, 2023 – 7:30 PM
Christ Church Lutheran, Minneapolis, MN
Fanfare Prelude, J. Robert Hanson
Dunlap’s Creek, Robert Bernat
Aubade for Trombone, Kevin Bolton.
. Mark Springer, Trombone
Pageant mvt 1,Herbert Howells
Pageant mvt 2,
Pageant mvt 3,
Circus Bee,Henry Fillmore/arr.Keith M. Wilkinson
Mahler Symphony 3, mvmt 6, Gustav Mahler/arr. Michael Serber
Mill City Flourish, Jack Stamp
Prelude ’49th Parallel’, Ralph Vaughan Williams/arr. Roy Douglas
Echoes from Skelton, Michael Halstenson
The Padstow Lifeboat, Malcolm Arnold
Sing, Sing, Sing, Louis Prima/arr. Drew R. Fennell
Performance #272 – Saturday, March 4, 2023 – 7:00 PM
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, MN
Fanfare Prelude, J. Robert Hanson
Dunlap’s Creek, Robert Bernat
Aubade for Trombone, Kevin Bolton.
. Mark Springer, Trombone
Pageant mvt 1, Herbert Howells
Pageant mvt 2,
Pageant mvt 3,
Circus Bee, Henry Fillmore/arr.Keith M. Wilkinson
Mahler Symphony 3, mvmt 6, Gustav Mahler/arr. Michael Serber
Mill City Flourish, Jack Stamp
Prelude ’49th Parallel’, Ralph Vaughan Williams/arr. Roy Douglas
Echoes from Skelton, Michael Halstenson
The Padstow Lifeboat, Malcolm Arnold
Sing, Sing, Sing, Louis Prima/arr. Drew R. Fennell
William Tell encore
Performance #273 – Sunday, March 5, 2023 – 2:00 PM
Anoka Ramsey Community College, Coon Rapids, MN
Fanfare Prelude, J. Robert Hanson
Dunlap’s Creek, Robert Bernat
Aubade for Trombone, Kevin Bolton.
. Mark Springer, Trombone
Pageant mvt 1, Herbert Howells
Pageant mvt 2,
Pageant mvt 3,
Circus Bee, Henry Fillmore/arr.Keith M. Wilkinson
Mahler Symphony 3, mvmt 6, Gustav Mahler/arr. Michael Serber
Mill City Flourish, Jack Stamp
Prelude ’49th Parallel’, Ralph Vaughan Williams/arr. Roy Douglas
Echoes from Skelton, Michael Halstenson
The Padstow Lifeboat, Malcolm Arnold
Sing, Sing, Sing, Louis Prima/arr. Drew R. Fennell
William Tell encore