Conductor

The Symphonic Band’s second winter-quarter concert features five contemporary voices who are adding fresh perspectives to the wind band medium. Adam Schoenberg conceived his two-movement work Rise as a piece that could bookend an entire program, and the ensemble will honor this vision by separating the two movements. Omar Thomas’s setting of the well-known folk song “Shenandoah” is, in the words of the composer, “mysterious, somewhat ominous, constantly introspective, and deeply soulful.” Kevin Charoensri’s Rising Light is a powerful statement about anti-Asian hate and represents his non-apologetic celebration of the bicultural identity of Asian Americans. Kevin Day’s energetic Shimmering Sunshine opens the second half of the program, followed by Ryan George’s An Gé Fhiáin (The Wild Goose), a celebration of the Celtic people and their belief that the Holy Spirit was represented by this wild, untamed bird.

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Symphonic Band

Northwestern University

New Music Ensemble

The University of Texas at Austin

Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble concludes its 2023-24 season under the baton of Dr. Gregory X. Whitmore. The program includes spiritually uplifting music such as Satoshi Yagisawa's Fanfare - The Benefaction from Sky and Mother Earth, Rising Light by Kevin Charoensri and Morten Lauridsen's ethereal O Magnum Mysterium.

PSYWE: Joy & Light

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Symphony Orchestra

Music Building and Recital Hall

Conductor

Kevin Charoensri

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 25, 2026

Symphony Orchestra · Butler School of Music

Past events

Mar 13, 2026

Symphonic Band · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Sep 25, 2024

New Music Ensemble · Butler School of Music

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