Concert Programs
SIWE focuses on new and standard concert literature for winds and percussion. We also have a complete alphabetical list of repertoire we have performed.
May 1, 2024, Bloomington High School South (PDF)
November 6, 2023, Bloomington High School South (PDF)
| May 3, 2023, Bloomington High School North | ||||
| John Williams/Curnow | Olympic Fanfare and Theme | |||
| Leonard Bernstein/Grundman | Candide Suite | |||
| John Mackey | Sheltering Sky | |||
| Albert Lavignac/Phelan | Galop-Marche | |||
| Frank Ticheli | Shenandoah | |||
| Howard Hanson/McBeth | Symphony No. 2 – Movement 3 | |||
| John Philip Sousa | El Capitan March | |||
| May 4, 2022, Bloomington High School South | ||||
| Leonard Bernstein/Beeler | Overture to Candide | |||
| Mark Camphouse | Fantasia on Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair | |||
| Paul Hindemith | March from Symphonic Metamorphosis | |||
| Morten Lauridsen/Reynolds | O Magnum Mysterium | |||
| Frank Ticheli | Wild Nights | |||
| Julie Giroux | One Life Beautiful | |||
| Claude T. Smith | Eternal Father, Strong to Save | |||
| May 6, 2013, Paoli Jr/Sr High School Auditorium | ||||
| Edward Gregson | Festivo | |||
| Percy Grainger | Molly on the Shore | |||
| Yo Goto | Lux Aeterna | |||
| Julius Fucik | Florentiner | |||
| Roland Seitz | March Grandioso | |||
| February 19th, 2013, Bloomington High School South | ||||
| Joseph Turrin | Scarecrow Overture | |||
| Steven Bryant | Suite Dreams | |||
| Mussorgsky/Boyd | Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition | |||
| Sousa/Brion,Schissel | El Capitan | |||
| February 14, 2013, Bloomington High School North | ||||
| Edward Gregson | Festivo | |||
| Frank Ticheli | Angels in the Architecture | |||
| Percy Grainger | Molly on the Shore | |||
| Gustav Holst | First Suite in E-flat, Op. 28, No. 1 | |||
| David Reeves | Fond Farewell | |||
| Yo Goto | Lux Aeterna | |||
| Julius Fučk | The Florentiner Marsch | |||
| November 17, 2011, Bloomington High School North | ||||
| Leonard Bernstein | Overture to Candide | |||
| Martin Ellerbe | Paris Sketches | |||
| Heather Schmidt | Ocean of Storms – Premiere performance | |||
| Camille Saint-Saens | Morceau de Concert (w/Mitch Serslev, horn) | |||
| Vincent Persichetti | Divertimento | |||
| Frank Ticheli | Wild Nights! | |||
| May 9, 2011, Bloomington High School North | ||||
| Peter Mennin | Canzona (1951) | |||
| Heather Schmidt | Sea of the Edge (2011) Premiere performance | |||
| Aaron Copland (arr. Donand Hunsberger) | Quiet City | |||
| Mike Mower | Concerto for Flute & Wind Orchestra (w/Kate Lukas, flute soloist) | |||
| Percy Aldridge Grainger (arr. Richard Franko Goldman) | Handel in the Strand | |||
| Concert preview by Peter Jacobi of the Bloomington Herald-TimesConcert review by Peter Jacobi of the Bloomington Herald-Times | ||||
![]() | February 10, 2011, Winter Concert, Brown County High School (Nashville) | |||
| SIWE Side-by-Side Series | ||||
| John Barnes Chance | Variations on a Korean Folk Song (1965) | |||
| Heather Schmidt | Sea of Serenity (2011) – Premiere performance | |||
| John Williams (arr. James Curnow) | The Cowboys | |||
| Dmitri Shostakovich (arr. Donald Hunsberger) | Galop (w/the Brown County High School Band) | |||
![]() | November 11, 2010, Veterans Day Concert, Bloomington High School North | |||
| Gordon Jacob | Celebration Overture (1984) | |||
| Robert Russell Bennett | Suite of Old American Dances (1950) | |||
| Arthur Pryor | The Patriot (w/Carl Lenthe, trombone soloist) (1904) | |||
| William Schuman | Chester (1957) | |||
| Warren Benson | The Passing Bell (1974) | |||
| Randall Thompson (trans., Lewis Buckley) | Alleluia (1940/1993) | |||
| Charles Ives (arr. Schuman/Roads) | Variations on America (1891/1968) | |||
![]() | May 10, 2010, “Offbeat Marches,” Bloomington High School North | |||
| Percy Aldridge Grainger (ed. R. Mark Rogers) | ‘The Gum-Suckers’ March (1914/1942) | |||
| Gustav Holst (arr. Gordon Jacob) | Moorside March (from A Moorside Suite, 1928) | |||
| Darius Milhaud | Suite Francaise (1945) | |||
| Michio Mamiya | Glory of Catalonia (1990) | |||
| Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Richard Franko Goldman) | Athletic Festival March, Op. 69, No. 1 (1935) | |||
| Edvard Grieg (trans. Jan Eriksen, ed. Frederick Fennell) | Funeral March for Rikard Nordraak (1866) | |||
| Samuel Barber | Commando March (1943) | |||
| Charles Ives (arr. by James B. Sinclair) | Country Band March (1903) | |||
| Paul Hindemith (trans. Keith Wilson) | March, from Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (1945) | |||
| March 1, 2010, Owen Valley High School, Spencer, Indiana | ||||
| SIWE Side-by-Side Series | ||||
| Dmitri Shostkovich (arr. Donald Hunsberger) | Festive Overture (1954/1965) | |||
| Mark Camphouse | Yosemite Autumn (2004) | |||
| Percy Aldridge Grainger (ed. Frederick Fennell) | Lincolnshire Posy (1939/1987) | |||
| Leroy Anderson (arr. Michael Edwards) | Bugler’s Holiday (1955/1994) (w/the Owen Valley High School Band) | |||
| January 23, 2010, Indiana Music Educators Association Convention, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis | ||||
| Ron Nelson | Lauds (Praise High Day) (1982) | |||
| Leonard Bernstein (arr. Frank Bencriscutto) | Profanation, from Symphony No. 1 (1943/1995) | |||
| Johnnie Vinson | Three Czech Folk Songs (1991) | |||
| Vincent Persichetti | O Cool is the Valley (1972) | |||
| Norman Dello Joio | Variants on a Mediaeval Tune (1963) | |||
| January 19, 2010, Paoli High School, Paoli, Indiana | ||||
| Ron Nelson | Lauds (Praise High Day) (1982) | |||
| Gustav Holst | Second Suite in F for Military Band (1922) | |||
| Johnnie Vinson | Three Czech Folk Songs (1991) | |||
| Leonard Bernstein (arr. Frank Bencriscutto) | Profanation, from Symphony No. 1 (1943/1995) | |||
| Vincent Persichetti | O Cool is the Valley (1972) | |||
| Norman Dello Joio | Variants on a Mediaeval Tune (1963) | |||
![]() | November 16, 2009, Bloomington High School North, “Fall Concert” | |||
| Ron Nelson | Lauds (Praise High Day) (1982) | |||
| Howard Hanson (arr. John Boyd) | Suite from the Opera Merry Mount (1934/2000) | |||
| Donald White | Concertino for Solo Timpani, Winds, and Percussion (1972) | |||
| Claude T. Smith | Eternal Father, Strong to Save (1975) | |||
| Percy Aldridge Grainger | Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon (1936) | |||
| Gustav Holst | Second Suite in F for Military Band (1922) | |||
| Norman Dello Joio | Variants on a Mediaeval Tune (1963) | |||
| “The ensemble’s fall concert … testified to the quality of membership and the players’ ability to coalesce into a true unit.” Peter Jacobi, Bloomington Herald-Times. Read Jacobi’s full review. | ||||
![]() | May 11, 2009, Bloomington High School North, “Fantasy, Mystery, and Mayhem” | |||
| John Adams (arr. Larry Odom) | Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986/1994) | |||
| Eric Whitacre | Ghost Train (1994) | |||
| Ron Nelson | Danza Capriccio (1991), Otis Murphy, saxophone soloist | |||
| Johan de Meij | Gollum, from the Lord of the Rings Symphony (1988) | |||
| Edward Elgar (arr. Alfred Reed) | Nimrod, from Enigma Variations (1899/1965) | |||
| Vincent Persichetti | Masquerade for Band (1966) | |||
| Paul Dukas (arr. Mark Hindsley) | Sorcerer s Apprentice | |||
| “The Southern Indiana Wind Ensemble is the real deal. Its program of ‘Fantasy, Mystery and Mayhem’ … affirmed that once and for all.” Peter Jacobi, Bloomington Herald-Times. Read Jacobi’s full review. | ||||
![]() | March 2, 2009, Owen Valley High School, “American Originals” | |||
| SIWE Side-by-Side Series | ||||
| Claude T. Smith | Festival Variations (1982) | |||
| Frank Tichelli | Amazing Grace | |||
| James Barnes | Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini (1989) | |||
| Brian Balmages | Summer Dances (w/Owen Valley High School Band) | |||
| February 13, 2009, Eastern Greene High School, “American Originals” | ||||
| SIWE Side-by-Side Series | ||||
| Claude T. Smith | Festival Variations (1982) | |||
| Howard Hanson | Chorale and Alleluia (1954) | |||
| James Barnes | Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Nicollo Paganini (1989) | |||
| Karl King (arr. James Swearingen) | Bonds of Glory (1955/1994) (w/Eastern Greene High School Band) | |||
![]() | November 24, 2008, Bloomington HS North, “Winds Around the World” | |||
| Andreas Makris (arr. Major Albert Bader) | Aegean Festival Overture (1967/1970) | |||
| Gustav Holst | Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo (1930) | |||
| Silvestre Revueltas (arr. Frank Bencriscutto) | Sensemay (1938) | |||
| Al Cobine | Suite for Trumpet and Concert Band (1972), Dominic Spera, Trumpet | |||
| Bernard Rogers | Three Japanese Dances (1933) | |||
![]() | May 20, 2008, Sherwood Oaks Christian Church, “Colors of the Winds” | |||
| Scott Boerma | Fanfare for a Golden Sky (2003) | |||
| Roger Cichy | Colours (1999) | |||
| Robert Russell Bennett | Rose Variations (1955), John Rommel, Trumpet | |||
| Michael Gandolfi | Vientos Y Tangos (2004) | |||
| Mark Camphouse | Fantasia On Black Is The Colour of My True Love’s Hair (2005), conducted by Stephen Pratt | |||
| Frank Ticheli | Blue Shades (1997) | |||
| Aaron Copland | The Red Pony: Film Suite for Band, Mvts. 1 and 4 (1951/1969) | |||
| “In a program of works themed on colors, the ensemble showed that challenges are what it exists to conquer, that mastering difficulties is an endeavor to enjoy,” Peter Jacobi, Bloomington Herald-Times. Read Jacobi’s full review. | ||||
![]() | February 19, 2008, Bloomington HS South, “Music of the British Isles” | |||
| SIWE Side-by-Side Series | ||||
| Haydn Wood | Tone Poem: Mannin Veen (1933) | |||
| Percy Aldridge Grainger | Irish Tune from County Derry (1918) | |||
| Malcolm Arnold, arr. John Paynter | Four Scottish Dances (1957/1978) | |||
| John Phillip Sousa | Washington Post March (1889/1983; w/the Bloomington South Advanced Concert Band) | |||
![]() | November 28, 2007, Bloomington HS North, Debut Concert | |||
| SIWE Side-by-Side Series | ||||
| Scott Lindroth | Spin Cycle (2001) | |||
| Morton Lauridsen, arr. H. Robert Reynolds | O Magnum Mysterium (1994/2003) | |||
| Percy Aldridge Grainger | Children’s March, “Over the Hills and Far Away” (1919) | |||
| H. Owen Reed | La Fiesta Mexicana (1949) | |||
| Charles W. Smith | Christmas in the Round (w/the Bloomington North Symphonic Band) | |||
| “One could already discern an admirable sense of unity and a world of promise,” Peter Jacobi, Bloomington Herald-Times. Read the full review and listen to a pre-concert interview that aired on WFIU November 27. | ||||











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