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**Last update:April 7, 2025 **

Sunday, April 13

Winspear Centre for Music
8PM

University of Alberta Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Dr. Angela Schroeder, Conductor

Program to be chosen from:

Noisy Wheels of Joy - Eric Whitacre (Lloyd Ramirez, graduate student conductor)
Adventures on Earth - John Williams
Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone and Wind Band (Mvt 1) - Andre Waignein
(Melvin Picazo, alto saxophone & Chinley Hinacay, graduate student conductor)
Samba de Loves You - arr. Shin Kazuhara
A Child’s Garden of Dreams - David Maslanka

River City Big Band with Jens Lindemann, Trumpet Soloist
Dr. Allan Gilliland, Director

Program to be chosen from:

Second Line - Gilliland
Sonny’s Place - Fromann
St. Louis Blues - Smith (Jens Lindemann soloist)
Jupiter - Holst/Gilliland
Bundle of Funk - Nestico
Hymn to Freedom - Petersen (Jens Lindemann soloist)
Flying Fingers - Gilliland
McArthur Park - Webb (Jens Lindemann soloist)

McDougall United Church
8PM

St. Patrick Regional Secondary Chamber Choir
Tony Araujo, Director

Program to be chosen from:

Cum Sancto Spiritu - Hyo-Won Woo
Ave Maris Stella - Music by Kevin A. Memley
Ama Namin - Fidel Gener Calalang, Jr.
Jumalo - Alura Jekabsone, arranger
Janger, A Traditional Balinese Folksong - Budi Susanto Yohannes
Time - Jennifer Lucy Cook
Chua-Ay - Fidel Genter Calalang, Jr.
Chickadee, from Due West - Stephen Chatman
Ong-Hye-Ya - Music by Hye-Young Cho

The Augustana Choir
Dr. John Wiebe, director

Program to be chosen from:

Gångmarsj, Traditional - arr. Gjermund Larsen
When Music Sounds - Katharine Petkovski*
Heilig - Felix Mendelssohn
Nūr: Reflections on Light -Hussein Janmohamed*
Light: Unveiled
Light: Suspended
O Saptientia -Tadeja Vulc
Eylul Evren, alto
Earth Song - Frank Ticheli
Sonnet 18** - Laura Hawley*
The Lost Language** - Stuart Beatch*
Oliassa -Malika Tirolien
Vese Ukange, soprano
As the Ship Went Down - Woodpigeon* arr. George Chung*

*denotes Canadian composer 
**denotes Edmonton premiere performance

Monday, April 14

Winspear Centre for Music
7pm & 8:30pm (Schools will be assigned)

The Royal Canadian Artillery Band
Capt David P.-Gagnon, CD, Commanding Officer and Director of Music

Program to be chosen from:

Gaelforce -Peter Graham
Double Concertino op. 22 - Luis Cardoso
Scherzo Furioso - Jordan Gudefin
featuring the Prairie Duo (Winners of the RCA Concerto Competition)
Skyline - EKR Hammell
Vientos Y Tangos - Michael Gandolfi
Shenandoah Fantasy - Jay Chattaway
Jens Lindemann, Trumpet Soloist

McDougall United Church
8PM

University of Alberta Concert Choir & Madrigal Singers
Dr. Adam Robertson & Dr. Tim Shantz, Conductors

COMBINED CHOIRS

Nitohtamok Askiy - Sherryl Sewepagaham
a boy and a boy - Stuart Beatch

MADRIGAL SINGERS

Ispiciwin (Journey) - Balfour/Gibbons
Song for a Winter’s Night - arr. Scott Reimer
Bring Me All Your Dreams - Christopher Harris
Feller from Fortune - Harry Somers
Elsie Hoover, piano
Butterfly - Mia Makaroff
Quick! We Have But a Second - C.V. Stanford

CONCERT CHOIR

Elements (Earth, Air, Fire) - Katerina Gimon
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Chili Con Carne - Anders Edenroth
Jude Nwankwo, conductor
Water Fountain - Christopher Fulton

COMBINED CHOIRS

Dirait-on - Morten Lauridsen
Daniel Browne, conductor
Let My Love Be Heard - Jake Runestad

Korora Choir
Scott Leithead, Conductor & Kitbielle Pasagui, Associate Conductor

Program to be chosen from:

Kothbiro - Ayub Ogada, arr. Allison Girvan 
Sing for Myself - Will Cabaniss, arr. Jennifer McMillan 
Benediction - Katy Luyk
Nipîy (Water Song) - Sherryl Sewepagaham
To Walk Away - Dominique Fils-Aimé
Come and I Will Sing You - Arr. Kathleen Allan
Jauh Dekat  - Tracy Wong
O Lumière Bienheureuse - Robert Ingari
Kwela Kwela  - seSotho & isiZulu
Igazi Lemvana - isiXhosa 
Welcome to the Rock - Come from Away
Oliassa  -   Milika Tirolien

Tuesday, April 15

Winspear Centre for Music
8PM

St. Patrick Regional Secondary Chamber Choir
Tony Araujo, Conductor

Program to be announced from the stage

The Oran Choir
Kathleen Luyk, Conductor

Program to be chosen from the following:

The Stars Stand Up in the Air - Eric William Barnum
They Are Mother - Jennifer Lucy Cook
Vision Chant - Andrew Balfour*
Softest Rains - Rob Dietz
Opening Up - Sara Bareilles, arr. Mac Huff
From Now On - Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, arr. Jennifer McMillan*
Found/Tonight - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, arr. Jacob Narverud
Denn Er hat Seinen Engeln - Felix Mendelssohn
Paper Boats - Jake Runestad
Some Keep the Sabbath - Jennifer Lucy Cook

* Canadian composer/arranger

Festival Mass Choir
Derek Fox, Conductor

Journey On - Derek Fox
Let the Music Fill your Soul - Jacob Narverud

McDougall United Church
8PM

The Littlebirds Big Band
Joel Gray, Director and Trumpet Soloist

Malaga - Allen Vizzutti
East St. Louis Toodle-Ooo - Duke Ellington
Just Friends - arrangement by Larry Schrum
Heavy Town - Donald Byrd
Common Currents - Allan Gilliland
Nature Boy - arrangement by Allan Gilliland
MacArthur Park - Jimmy Webb