Percy Grainger Wind Band Festival

Mar 29, 2025
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Overview

Presented by Music Celebrations International, join talented bands from across the United States in honoring the music of one of the greatest masters of the wind ensemble tradition: Percy Grainger. Hear time-honored classics and exciting new classics in the making— from a wide variety of composers, expertly performed by a curated group of highly skilled student performers hailing from some of the strongest music programs in the country. The past is alive and the future is bright at the Percy Grainger Wind Band Festival Concert!

This concert is presented by Music Celebrations International

Schedule
Program
Winter Park High School Wind Symphony
Percy Aldridge Grainger

Irish Tune From County Derry and Shepard’s Hey

Frank Ticheli

Symphony No. 2: III. Apollo Unleashed

John Philip Sousa

The Pride of the Wolverines

Paul Dooley

Canticles

Eleanore Roosevelt High School Wind Ensemble
Percy Aldridge Grainger

In a Nutshell Suite; Mvt. I

Percy Aldridge Grainger

County Derry Air (Elastic Scoring)

Warren Benson

The Solitary Dancer

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Children’s March

Rustin High School Symphonic Band
J.S. Bach - Percy Grainger

Blithe Bells

Gustav Holst

Second Suite in F

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon

Jarod Hall

Skyward Spirits

George Washington High School Concert Band
Karl King

The Torch of Liberty

Samuel R. Hazo

In Flight

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Lincolnshire Posy: I Horkstow Grange, VI The Lost Lady Found

Frank Ticheli

Joy Revisited

John Philip Sousa

King Cotton

Gary P. Gilroy

Galop

Davenport Central Wind Symphony
Randall Standridge

Choose Joy

Derek Bourgeois

Serenade Op. 22

John Philip Sousa

The Belle of Chicago

Steven Bryant

ImPercynations

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Lincolnshire Posy: I Horkstow Grange

David R. Gillingham

How Can I Keep From Singing?

Performers

Winter Park High School Wind Symphony
Michael Clemente, Ashley Dean conductors

 

Eleanore Roosevelt High School Wind Ensemble
Bill Fritz conductor

 

Rustin High School Symphonic Band
Michael Shoremount conductor

 

George Washington High School Concert Band
William Robert Jenks conductor

 

Davenport Central Wind Symphony
Alexander M. Wilga conductor