Courtney Synder, conductor

This concert celebrates the music of exactly one century (1909-2009) and represents a panoply of harmonic, melodic, and rhythmic compositional styles. Two staples of the wind repertoire by Holst and Persichetti will be performed. Bryant reimagines Holst’s suite in Suite Dreams, a piece that utilizes aleatory in similar fashion to Welcher’s Laboring Songs, a composition inspired by the religious Shaker musical anthology. Both Pann and Biedenbender utilize traditional harmonies in not-so-traditional manners that range from lyrical and introspective to syncopated dance with “serious attitude.”

PROGRAM: Welcher- Laboring Songs; Pann- Hold This Boy and Listen; Holst- First Suite in E-flat; Bryant- Suite Dreams; Persichetti- Symphony No. 6; Biedenbender– Stomp