With the United States celebrating its 250th year, ensembles across the country are marking the milestone through music. I considered building this year's Beer City Winds concert around the anniversary, but the theme didn't fully take shape until I stood at the rim of the Grand Canyon earlier this year, in complete awe of the beauty. This concert features music depicting our natural vistas, from the deserts and badlands to Yosemite at sunrise, alongside music honoring the people who have worked to shape a society just as beautiful.
An Outdoor Overture - Aaron Copland
Yosemite Sunrise - Karen Kachelmeier Robertson
Banshee of the Badlands - Tyler S. Grant
Come Sunday - Duke Ellington arr. Paul Murtha
Yearning to Breathe Free - Michele Fernández
Image on Truth - Nicole Piunno
John and Jim - Viet Coung
America the Beautiful - Samuel A. Ward arr. David Gillingham
Desert Sage - Michael Markowski
Fugue on “Yankee Doodle” - John Philip Sousa arr. Keith Brion & Loras Schissel
