Frank Ticheli is a distinguished conductor and composer renowned for his contributions to contemporary wind ensemble music. With a rich background in music education and performance, Ticheli has garnered acclaim for his innovative compositions and dynamic conducting style. He is set to lead the USC Thornton Winds in their upcoming concert, where he will conduct a diverse repertoire including works by Paul Hindemith and his own compositions, Over the Moon and Fantastic Dreams. This concert promises to be an engaging evening, showcasing Ticheli's artistic vision alongside fellow conductors Carl St.Clair and H. Robert Reynolds. Ticheli's works are celebrated for their emotional depth and technical brilliance, making him a prominent figure in the world of wind music. As he continues to inspire both musicians and audiences alike, Ticheli remains committed to pushing the boundaries of the genre, ensuring that his contributions resonate within the music community for years to come.

Composer

The Stanford Wind Symphony, conducted by Giancarlo Aquilanti, presents their 2023 Fall Concert program from the main stage of Bing Concert Hall with guest clarinet soloist Zoe Schramm

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Stanford Wind Symphony Fall Concert

Stanford University

Conductors Frank Ticheli, Carl St.Clair and H. Robert Reynolds lead the USC Thornton Winds in an evening concert.

USC Thornton Winds 2024 Concert 2

Bovard Auditorium (ADM)

Join the Dayton Philharmonic for the 2024 Troy Mayor’s Concert. Joined by the Festival Chorus and multiple guest conductors, enjoy a free concert of perennial favorites, including The Star-Spangled Banner, 1812 Overture, The Stars and Stripes Forever, and more.

2024 Troy Mayor’s Concert

Prouty Plaza

ISU welcomes alumni members of the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Winds, and Symphonic Band back to campus for a weekend of music-making!

School of Music Alumni Concert Band Performance

Illinois State University

Pacific Symphony Youth Concert Band, under the direction of Angela Woo, concludes their second season. The program opens with Flourish for Wind Band by Ralph Vaughan Williams and includes pieces inspired by Gaelic and Cajun folk songs.

Psycb: Season Finale

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

Representing a variety of majors across campus, the University Band is joined by the Maryland Community Band for a concert of traditional and contemporary wind band music in a performance perfect for all ages. Repertoire will be announced closer to the concert.

Community & University Band Concert

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

This performance is free and open for general seating and will be live-streamed on the School of Music's YouTube channel and Facebook

WIU Concert Band Student Conductors Concert

Western Illinois University

Join the Wind Symphony for an evening of contemporary American repertoire, including selections from Bernstein and Williams. The concert will also include Frank Ticheli’s moving An American Elegy, to commemorate those lost at Columbine High School 25 years ago.

Arizona Wind Symphony

The University of Arizona

The SDSU Wind Symphony and Orchestra perform works the new Davis Commissioning Project at the historic Balboa Theatre. The concert features premiere performances of music by composers Frank Ticheli and Jocelyn Hagen. The Wind Symphony is joined by composer Jocelyn Hagen for the premiere of her new work, Medusa, for solo soprano and wind ensemble. Susanna Phillips, soprano with the New York Met, will join our SDSU students for the performance. Additionally, Frank Ticheli’s newest short symphony, Fantastic Dreams, will be premiered on the concert. The orchestra will perform Respighi’s Pines of Rome.

SDSU Band and Orchestra Presents The Davis Commissioning Project: Music by Frank Ticheli and Jocelyn Hagen

Balboa Theatre

Join us for an enchanting evening with the University Singers at the Northwestern Bienen School of Music for their performance titled "Heartoutbursts." This concert promises a captivating exploration of love's complex emotions through a diverse repertoire spanning various styles and musical eras. Under the skilled direction of conductors A.J. Keller and Zachary Shand, with Charles Foster on piano, the ensemble will delve into the themes of longing, remorse, and the profound joy that love brings.

**Event Details:**
- **Date:** Sunday, March 3, 2024
- **Time:** 5:00pm CST
- **Location:** Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, United States. Nestled within the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, the Galvin Recital Hall offers an intimate setting with stunning views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline, enhanced by its exceptional acoustics.

**Program Highlights:**
- Frank Ticheli's "Earth Song"
- Josquin des Prez's "Gaude Virgo, mater Christi"
- Heinrich Schütz's "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, SWV 380"
- Johannes Brahms's "Im Herbst, Op. 104, No. 5"
- Claudio Monteverdi's "Cor mio, mentre vi miro"
- Eric Whitacre's "i carry your heart"
- And more, including works by Urmas Sisask, Undine Smith Moore, and arrangements of songs by Billy Joel and Nicky Mehta.

**Tickets:**
- General Public: $6
- Students (with valid ID): $4

Please note that tickets have sold out, indicating the high anticipation and excitement for this performance. However, those unable to secure a ticket can still enjoy the concert through the live stream option, ensuring no one misses out on this musical celebration of love.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the University Singers' "Heartoutbursts," a performance that promises to be as moving as it is memorable.

University Singers

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

The Chapman University Wind Symphony performs a concert of classical and contemporary works for wind band.

Chapman University Wind Symphony

Chapman University

University of Toronto Wind Symphony: Fantasia

University of Toronto Faculty of Music

Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choirs come together for a performance inspired by the beauty of the natural world, side-by-side with Kantos Chamber Choir, a professional choir shaking up the choral scene across the North West. The concert also includes the world premiere of Three Green Songs by Ian Stephens, written specially for the Liverpool Philharmonic Cambiata Choir.

Youth Company Festival: Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Choirs with Kantos Chamber Choir

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Giancarlo Aquilanti conducts the Stanford Wind Symphony's Spring 2023 program featuring guest clarinet soloists Sebastian Hayn and Steve Sánchez.

Stanford Wind Symphony: Spring Concert

The Campus Band and University Band are ensembles comprised of mostly non music-major performers and community members who come together once a week to make music. The Campus Band presents their program Dances and Dramas featuring doctoral students Luke Yoakam (trumpet) and Carly Wingfield (soprano voice). The University Band celebrates our ever-evolving world with their program Change.

Ui Campus Band And University Band

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Illini Strings is proudly represented by students from all colleges across the U of I campus.  They will perform works from the traditional string repertoire, as well as feature new and emerging composers.  This season will include works by Mendelssohn, Mozart, Florence Price, Tichelli, and others.

Ui Philharmonia Orchestra And Illini Strings

WashU Wind Ensemble will perform works under the direction of Chris Becker.

Wind Ensemble Concert

560 Music Center

Pacific Chorale’s first-ever presentation of Vaughan Williams’ powerful plea for peace, Dona Nobis Pacem, honors the composer’s 150th year, and features Deanna Breiwick and Grammy Award-winner Dashon Burton as soloists. This closing program to the Chorale’s 2021-22 season also includes a new work by former Composer-in-Residence Tarik O’Regan, a West Coast premiere by longtime collaborator Frank Ticheli, Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s playful pairing of choir and string orchestra, and an exuberant Walt Whitman setting by Jake Runestad.

Dona Nobis Pacem

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Two-time GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient Jennifer Frautschi has garnered worldwide acclaim as a deeply expressive and musically adventurous violinist with impeccable technique and a wide-ranging repertoire. The program includes Frank Ticheli's moving Rest, and Beethoven’s only concerto for one of the most popular instruments of his day: the violin.

Sundays at Soka: Beethoven's Violin Concerto

Soka Performing Arts Center

Jennifer Frautschi is a two-time GRAMMY nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient and is an internationally sought-after soloist and recitalist. She joins Pacific Symphony Chamber Orchestra and Maestro St. Clair in a program that includes Frank Ticheli’s Rest for String Orchestra and Beethoven’s only concerto for one of the most popular instruments of his day: the violin.

Pacific Symphony Performs Walker and Beethoven with Stefan Milenkovich

Join the SFCO and two acclaimed choirs, San Francisco’s stellar Volti and the amazing young singers of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir for the world premiere of Michael Gilbertson’s final commission as our BMI Composer-in-Residence.  Denial, set to both ancient and contemporary texts, is a powerful meditation on climate change and our current political deadlock.

MainStage IV - Beethoven's Seventh and Michael Gilbertson's Denial

First Congregational Church

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

Let us pause on Memorial Day to remember all the lives we have lost, and find solace in Frank Ticheli's moving piece, Rest. Originally a vocal work based on the poem There Will Be Rest by Sara Teasdale, this arrangement by the composer for string orchestra will be accompanied by visual elements. Ticheli dedicated this composition to the memory of Cole Carsan St.Clair, the son of Carl St.Clair and his wife, Susan.

There Will Be Rest

Guest conductor Akiko Fujimoto makes her debut with the Modesto Symphony this March, performing Walker's emotional Lyric for Strings and concluding with with Dvorak's lively Symphony No. 8. These two pieces bookend Korngold’s cinematic Violin Concerto in D Major performed by violinist Charles Yang, who returns to the MSO after last performing here in 2017 with the famed trio, Time for Three.

Frank Ticheli

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Events

Past events

Nov 12, 2024

Stanford Wind Symphony Fall Concert · Stanford University Department of Music

Nov 8, 2024

USC Thornton Winds 2024 Concert 2 · USC Thornton School of Music

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in Symphony in B-flat by Hindemith

USC Thornton School of Music

Conductor in Over the Moon by Ticheli

USC Thornton School of Music

Conductor in Fantastic Dreams by Ticheli

USC Thornton School of Music

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