Wind Ensemble Previous Seasons

2019-2020 Season

Mother / Nature

Sunday, October 6 @ 2 pm

SJSU Concert Hall (concert with Symphonic Band)

  • Shimmering Sunshine by Kevin Day - Commissioning Consortium Performance
  • Against the Rain by Roshanne Etezady
  • Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger
  • Mother of a Revolution! by Omar Thomas

Kaleidoscope Concert

Friday, October 25 @ 2 pm and 7 pm

Hammer Theatre - Downtown San José

Transformation

Sunday, December 8 @ 2 pm

SJSU Concert Hall

Featuring Special Guests: William C. Overfelt High School Band

  • Fanfare for Friends by Joel Puckett - West Coast Premiere
  • Marche by Germaine Tailleferre
  • Rise by Adam Schoenberg - Commissioning Consortium Performance
  • Ash by Jennifer Jolley
  • Re(new)al, concerto for percussion quartet and wind ensemble by Viet Cuong - Commissioning Consortium Performance

SJSU Wind Ensemble @ CASMEC

February 20-23, 2020 - Date and time TBA

Fresno, CA

  • Rivers of Air by Jake Runestad
  • Marche by Germaine Tailleferre
  • Ash by Jennifer Jolley
  • Statement by Brent Heisinger
  • Re(new)al, concerto for percussion quartet and wind ensemble by Viet Cuong - Commissioning Consortium Performance

ReNEWal

Monday, March 16 @ 7 pm

SJSU Concert Hall (concert with Symphonic Band)

CBDNA Performance PREVIEW CONCERT

Friday, March 20 @ 2 pm

Schneebeck Concert Hall

University of Puget Sound - Tacoma, WA

Performance as part of the CBDNA W/NW Division Conference

Beethoven Adjacent

Thursday, May 7 @ 7 pm

SJSU Concert Hall

(Concert is part of the #Beethoven250 events across the Bay Area)

  • Rondino by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Ecossaise für Militarmusik in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Military March in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Polonaise für Militarmusik in D Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Zwei Märsche für Militärmusik by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Zapfenstreich No. 2 in C Major by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Pieces of Eight by Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
  • Geschwindmarsch by Paul Hindemith
  • Fantasma Lunare by Yo Goto
  • Joyride by Michael Markowski

Beethoven Outdoors

Saturday, May 9 Time TBA

Alum Rock Park - San José, CA

(Concert is part of the #Beethoven250 events across the Bay Area)

  • Program to be selected from above

2018-2019 Season

Kaleidoscope Concert

Saturday, October 20 @ 7 pm

Hammer Theatre - Downtown San José

  • Star Wars: Main Title - John Williams arr. by Stephen Bulla

Music of Star Wars

Friday, October 26 @ 7 pm AND Sunday, October 28 @ 2 pm

SJSU Concert Hall

Join the Wind Ensemble as they kick off the season with a tribute to the music from the “top soundtrack of all time” as voted on by the American Film Institute: John Williams’ music from Star Wars. In addition to music from nearly every Star Wars film, we will also feature a SOLO (get it?) by SJSU Trombone professor, Tom Hornig. Members of the cosplay groups Rebel Legion - Endor Base and 501st Golden Gate Garrison will also be in attendance and available to take pictures with concertgoers! Guests are highly encouraged to come dressed as your favorite character from the Star Wars films! 

  • Star Wars: Main Title - John Williams arr. by Stephen Bulla
  • The Rebellion is Reborn (from Star Wars: Episode VII - The Last Jedi) - John Williams arr. by Jay Bocook

Professor Craig McKenzie, Assistant Director of Bands - guest conductor

  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Soundtrack Highlights) - Michael Giacchino arr. by Paul Murtha
  • Concerto for Trombone - Henri Tomasi arr. by Donald Patterson

Tom Hornig, SJSU Professor of Trombone

II. Nocturne

  • Star Wars Epic - Part 1 - John Williams arr. by Michael W. Smith
    • "Duel of the Fates" from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    • "Across the Stars" from Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
    • "Revenge of the Sith" from Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
  • Scherzo for X-Wings from Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens - John Williams arr. by Paul Lavender
  • Symphonic Suite from The Force Awakens - John Williams arr. by Jay Bocook
  • Star Wars Trilogy - John Williams arr. by Donald Hunsberger
    • "The Imperial March" from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
    • "Princess Leia’s Theme" from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    • "The Battle in the Forest" from Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
    • "Yoda’s Theme" from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
    • "Star Wars" End Credits

AND MORE... 

Nation of Immigrants: The Search for Home

Friday, December 7 @ 7 pm

SJSU Concert Hall (Concert with SJSU Symphonic Band - Program TBA)

II. Energetically

  • Danzón No. 2 - Arturo Marquez arr. by Oliver Nickel
    • "Somewhere" from West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein arr. by Jay Bocook

Who We Are

Wednesday, April 10 @ 7:30 pm

SJSU Concert Hall

Friday, April 12

2019 CMEA State Band And Orchestra Festival @ Weill Hall, Sonoma State University - Rohnert Park, CA

San Joaquin Valley Concert Band Invitational @ Clovis North High School - Fresno, CA

Dr. Edward C. Harris, SJSU Professor Emeritus - guest conductor

Season Finale

Monday, April 29 @ 7 pm

SJSU Concert Hall (Concert with SJSU Symphonic Band and Leigh High School Wind Ensemble - Programs TBA)

  • Ouverture fur Harmoniemusik - Felix Mendelssohn edited by Asbill and Geraldi
  • Selections from Concerto for Saxophone Quartet - Philip Glass
  • Let My Love Be Heard - Jake Runestad
  • Dancing Fire - Kevin Day

2017-2018 Season

Kaleidoscope Concert

Saturday, October 21 @ 7 pm

Arrival

Thursday, October 26 @ 7 pm

  • Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach arr. by Hunsberger
  • Mothership - Mason Bates
  • As the scent of spring rain - Jonathan Newman
  • Sound and Smoke - Viet Cuong

Emblems

Friday, December 8 @ 7 pm

  • Signs and Symbols - Louis Andriessen (WEST COAST PREMIERE)
  • The Alcotts - Charles Ives arr. by Thurston
  • Emblems - Aaron Copland
  • National Emblem March - Edwin Eugene Bagley

Ecstatic Waters

Tuesday, March 20 @ 7 pm

  • Symphonies of Gaia - Jayce John Ogren
  • Earth Song - Frank Ticheli
  • Anthropogenic Tides - Tina Tallon
  • Ára Bátur - Sigur Ros arr. by Vickerman
  • Ecstatic Waters - Steven Bryant

Forward Motion

Thursday, May 10 @ 7 pm