Program Notes
A Christmas Festival — Leroy Anderson
Wand of Youth - Fairies and Giants — Edward Elgar
"Popular" and "Defying Gravity" from Wicked — Stephen Schwartz
Eden Rosenbaum, vocals
Fiddler on the Roof — Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick
Spanish Dance — Andrew Wainwright
A Christmas Tiding — Tyler Arcari
————Intermission———--
The Snowman — Howard Blake​
V Valencia, vocals
Sleigh Ride — Leroy Anderson
Eden Rosenbaum, vocals
Triangle Wind Ensemble Performers
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Flute
Cindy Chastang Merritt Flexman Lauren Robbins-Pollack Rosene Rohrer Piccolo Cindy Chastang Clarinet Meredith Bryan Lesley Chao Misti Griffith Luna Knudsen Lorena Schakel Gail VanMatre Cara Vernon Erin Wynia Bass Clarinet Victoria Alston Julie Wall |
Oboe/English Horn
Katie Michalak Isaac Weber Bassoon Dale Broadbent Robin Hashey* Wayne Wise Alto Saxophone Katherine Lee Aaron Payne* Tenor Saxophone Roberta Melton Baritone Saxophone Lynn Narveson |
Trumpet
Jim Alexander* Christine Bui Sean McCormick Clay Michalec Mark Springfield Horn Tom Honicker Dawn Jonckowski Eric Smith Isaac Tomblin Ed Walaski Euphonium Liz Jenkins Connie Varner* James Wagner Trombone Michal Evans Garry Grabow Marshall Sweet |
Bass Trombone
Dorey A. Freeman Tuba Chris Dodson Sean Myers Percussion Bill Hayes* Joshua Katz Matthew Shore Jeremy Thomas Piano Luna Knudsen Harp Samantha Horn String Bass Gregory DeMarco, Jr. Music Director Evan Feldman * Denotes Section Leader |
Special Thanks to Our 2024-25 Season Sponsors
Our Season Sponsors help provide the financial support needed to enable us to create outstanding music. To find our how you can become a Season Sponsor and the benefits of doing so, please visit our Sponsors page.
Fortississimo Level Sponsors
- Jim & Laura Alexander
- Lynn Narveson & Roberta Melton
- Kathy & Lex Silbiger
- Kim & Tim Sweet
- Gail VanMatre Photography
- Christine & Sy Bui
- Cindy Chastang
- Carey & Lisa Forman
- Bill & Sharon Hayes
- Judith & Paul Kindig
- Gerold & Kathy Mohn
- Teri Smith
- The Tomblin Family
- Triangle Swim School
- James & Cassandra Wagner
- Bill & Marlene White
- Larry & Kathy Alston
- Virginia Carty
- Cary School of Music
- Lecia Cecconi & Ray Roberts
- Alan Davidovich
- Maureen Davis
- Chris Dodson
- Stephen Erickson
- Michal Evans
- Merritt & Greg Flexman
- Garry & Kristi Grabow
- Robin Hashey
- Linda & Joel Johnson
- Dawn Jonckowski
- Luna Knudsen
- Katherine Lee
- Paul & Holly Mandelkern
- Katie Michalak
- Clay Michalec
- Aaron Payne
- Lauren Robbins-Pollack
- David & Rosene Rohrer
- Tammy Schmidt
- Nick Siedentop
- Daniel Squillace
- Marshall Sweet
- Gail VanMatre
- Connie Varner
- Ed & Kimberly Walaski
- Jennifer Wesner
- Julie Wesner
- Tara Wilkinson
- Wayne Wise
- Erin Wynia
Institutional Partners
Thanks also to the following institutional and community partners who have helped TWE in a variety of ways this year...
Our Music Director
Dr. Evan Feldman is Director of Wind Studies and Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches courses in conducting and music education. He also directs the Triangle Wind Ensemble and serves as Principal Guest Conductor of the Greensboro Sym- phony, where he conducts education, holiday, and pops concerts.
He is an active guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in and outside of the United States, with recent engagements in Spain, Switzerland, Romania, Belgium, and Tanzania, as well as all-state, all-district, and all-county honor bands in the United States. Under his direction, the UNC Wind Ensemble has twice been invited to perform at the College Band Directors National Association southern division conference.
In 2020, Dr. Feldman’s college textbook, Instrumental Music Education (Routledge Publishing), was released in its third edition and has been adopted by university music education programs throughout the country. He is the author of the first MOOC (massive open online course) dedicated to conducting and rehearsal technique. Over 30,000 students have enrolled through Coursera.org.
Dr. Feldman’s arrangements and editions of music by Léo Delibes, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Enescu, Antonin Dvořák, Ariel Ramirez, and Sergei Prokofiev are published by Tierolff Muziekcentrale.
Dr. Feldman earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied with Donald Hunsberger and Mendi Rodan and served as an assistant conductor for the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Eastman Wind Orchestra. He received his Masters in Conducting from Ithaca College and his Bachelor of Arts in Music from Duke University. He previously taught high school band in Hicksville, NY.
He is an active guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in and outside of the United States, with recent engagements in Spain, Switzerland, Romania, Belgium, and Tanzania, as well as all-state, all-district, and all-county honor bands in the United States. Under his direction, the UNC Wind Ensemble has twice been invited to perform at the College Band Directors National Association southern division conference.
In 2020, Dr. Feldman’s college textbook, Instrumental Music Education (Routledge Publishing), was released in its third edition and has been adopted by university music education programs throughout the country. He is the author of the first MOOC (massive open online course) dedicated to conducting and rehearsal technique. Over 30,000 students have enrolled through Coursera.org.
Dr. Feldman’s arrangements and editions of music by Léo Delibes, Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Enescu, Antonin Dvořák, Ariel Ramirez, and Sergei Prokofiev are published by Tierolff Muziekcentrale.
Dr. Feldman earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied with Donald Hunsberger and Mendi Rodan and served as an assistant conductor for the Eastman Wind Ensemble and Eastman Wind Orchestra. He received his Masters in Conducting from Ithaca College and his Bachelor of Arts in Music from Duke University. He previously taught high school band in Hicksville, NY.
