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Daniel J. Farris, conductor

Featuring works celebrated on Broadway and in the cinema, the program includes selections by Michael Giacchino, Leonard Bernstein, and more. 

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Daniel J. Farris, conductor; Michael Witt, graduate assistant conductor

Northwestern University’s Concert Band celebrates the compositional voices of women in wind band. This exciting concert explores a variety of contemporary and historical female-identifying composers and their unique styles. 

Reena Esmail, Tuttarana 
Julie Giroux, Our Cast Aways 
Gala Flagello, Love & Nature 
Yukiko Nishimura, Smiling After the Rain 
Michele Fernández, Unidad en Rítmo 
Conni Ellisor, Atmospheric from Keepers of the House 
Amanda C. E. Aldridge, On Parade 

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Daniel J. Farris, conductor

Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards, including works by Frank Ticheli, Hugh Stuart, James Curnow, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

James Curnow, Rejouissance 
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Folk Song Suite 
Frank Ticheli, Cajun Folk Songs, Part One 
John Mackey, Sheltering Sky 
Hugh Stuart, Three Ayres from Gloucester 
Pierre LaPlante, In the Forest of the King 
Jan Van der Roost, Con moto e follemento from Rikudim 

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Daniel J. Farris, conductor

Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards.

David Biedenbender, Melodious Thunk 
Gordon Jacob (ed. Christopher Heidenreich), An Original Suite 
Julie Giroux, Riften Wed 
Frank Ticheli, Over the Moon 
Franz Biebl (trans. Robert Cameron), Ave Maria 
John Barnes Chance, Incantation and Dance 

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Daniel J. Farris, conductor

Talented students from across the Northwestern campus present a concert of band standards.

Morton Gould (trans. Philip J. Lang), American Salute 
Ronald LoPresti, Elegy for a Young American 
William Grant Still, From the Delta 
Kelijah Dunton, Stillwater 
Clare Grundman, Concord 
David Maslanka, Give Us This Day 

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Daniel J. Farris

Daniel J. Farris is Director of Athletic Bands at Northwestern University, where he is responsible for conducting the "Wildcat" Marching Band and Concert Band.

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Northwestern University Music in November

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A performance by classical guitarist Marcin Dylla and a vocal master class led by mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard will open two year-long concert series as part of a busy November events calendar from the Bienen School of Music.