Symphonic Band
Friday, December 6, 2024 at 7:30pm CST
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Shawn Vondran, conductor
The Symphonic Band’s second fall-quarter concert opens with Ralph Vaughan Williams’s monumental Toccata Marziale, which turned 100 this year. Joel Love’s Musica Dei, donum optimi is based on the music of Orlando di Lasso. Continuing the program is the wind band staple Suite française by Darius Milhaud. The performance concludes with Nicole Piunno’s Sunflower Studies, a symphony inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s fascination with sunflowers.
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Toccata Marziale
Joel Love, Musica Dei, donum optimi
Darius Milhaud, Suite française
Nicole Piunno, Sunflower Studies
Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.
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Address
50 Arts Cir Dr
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
About
Pick-Staiger is a 972-seat hall located in the Arts Circle on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The main lobby entrance for concerts is on the west side of the building (revolving and regular doors). Since its inception in 1975, the hall has functioned as both a classroom and performance facility for Bienen School of Music performing ensembles, faculty recitals, festivals, and professional guest artists.