Join us for the Grand Finale of the 100^th Anniversary of BGSU Bands with a Gala Concert, featuring the BGSU Wind Symphony and an all-star alumni band under the baton of Director of Bands, Dr. Bruce Moss. Tickets for this performance are $10, and can be purchased here. Free admission for BGSU students with ID card at the door. This performance will also be live streamed.

PROGRAM (NOT DIGITAL)

Wind Symphony
Bruce Moss, conductor

Fanfare: Sounds of the Centennial (2011)...............Ryan Nowlin (b. 1978)

Lads of Wamphray (1905)..........................................Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

Gallito, paso doble (1905).........................................Santiago Lope (1871-1906) trans. Roy Weger, ed. Richard Blatti

Gazebo Dances (1972/1974).......................................John Corigliano (b.1938) Overture Adagio Tarantella

One Life Beautiful (2010).............................................Julie Giroux (b.1961)

Rocky Point Holiday (1969).........................................Ron Nelson (1929-2023)

~~intermission~~

Alumni Concert Band
Bruce Moss, conductor

All the Earth and Air (2023)..........................................Tyler Grant (b. 1995)
          World Premiere
Commissioned for Dr. Bruce Moss by the BGSU Band Alumni Society in recognition of
30 years of dedicated leadership as Director of Bands at Bowling Green State University

March, Thunder and Blazes (1897)...............................Julius Fucik (1872-1916)

More Thunder, More Blazes (2023)..............................Fred Speck (b. 1955)

Premier Solo de Concours (1897).................................Gabriel Pares (1852-1934)
          Chief Musician David Babich, United States Navy Band, soloist

March, Washington Grays (1856)..................................Claudio Grafulla (1812-1880)

Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral (1846).....................Richard Wagner (1813-1883), trans. Lucien Cailliet