Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Take Me to Church
Friday, March 14, 2025 at 7:30pm CDT
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Robert Taylor, conductor; Imran Amarshi and Sheldon Frazier, doctoral assistant conductors; Ashrey Shah, clarinet (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner)
Omar Thomas’s exuberant Come Sunday rounds out a program inspired by spiritual music. Featuring Bienen Concerto Competition winner Ashrey Shah in a performance of Scott McAllister’s Black Dog: Rhapsody for Clarinet (with playful references to Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”), as well as a new transcription of Margaret Bonds’s Spiritual Suite, the concert journeys from hymns, spiritual songs, and gospel music to life in the hereafter.
Stephen Montague, Intrada 1631 (after Juan Pérez Bocanegra)
Scott McAllister, Black Dog: Rhapsody for Clarinet
Margaret Bonds (trans. Tyler Ehrlich), Spiritual Suite
Omar Thomas, Come Sunday
Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.
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50 Arts Cir Dr
Evanston, IL 60208
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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.