Event Detail

Under the direction of James Beauton, the UC San Diego Wind Ensemble performs selected works by American composers. The program features classic and new works for symphonic winds, and highlights a warped patriotism embedded within American legislation (or the lack thereof) and rhetoric today.

Program:

William Schuman - New England Triptych
I. Be Glad Then, America
II. When Jesus Wept
III. Chester

Charles Ives - Variations on “America”

G.N. Gianopoulos - The Volstead Act
*world premiere*

Brief Intermission

Jennifer Jolley - the eyes of the world are upon us

Aaron Copland - Lincoln Portrait
Jonathan Nussman, speaker
Christopher Clarino, ASL Interpreter