Triangle Wind Ensemble
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    • Latin Landscapes - April 16, 2023
    • The Music of John Williams - May 28, 2023
    • Past Concerts >
      • The Snowman - December 11, 2022 >
        • TWE Concert Program — December 11, 2022
      • Come Sunday - November 13, 2022 >
        • Come Sunday Concert Program
      • 2021-2022 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration - The Music of Disney - May 29, 2022 >
          • TWE Concert Program - May 29, 2022
        • Voices - March 27, 2022 >
          • Voices Concert Program
        • The Snowman - December 12, 2021 >
          • The Snowman Concert Program
        • NCMEA Performance - November 7, 2021 >
          • NCMEA Concert Program
      • 2020-2021 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration - Back in Action- May 30, 2021 >
          • Program Notes — Back in Action
      • 2019-2020 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration - The Music of Disney - May 24, 2020
        • Voices - April 4, 2020
        • Around the World - February 16, 2020
        • The Snowman - December 15, 2019
        • Across the Divide at Campbell University - November 19, 2019
        • Across the Divide - November 23, 2019
      • 2018-2019 Concert Season >
        • Masks and Machines - November 9, 2018
        • Music For a Lifetime - March 19, 2019
        • Sheltering Sky - 20th Anniversary Concert - April 13, 2019
        • An American Celebration Through Time & Space - May 26, 2019
      • 2017-2018 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration Salute to the Cinema - May 27, 2018
        • Spanish Spring / Primavera Español - April 14, 2018
        • Music for a Lifetime - March 15, 2018
        • 'Tis the Season - December 11, 2017
        • SOS! Surprising Overtures and Symphonies - November 18, 2017
      • 2016-2017 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration - May 28, 2017
        • Tradewinds - April 23, 2017
        • Music in Motion - January 28, 2017
        • 'Tis the Season - December 10, 2016
        • Odysseys - November 12, 2016
      • 2015-2016 Concert Season >
        • Rhapsody in Red, White, and Blue - May 29, 2016
        • Poetry In Motion - April 9, 2016
        • Music for a Lifetime - March 11, 2016
        • 'Tis the Season - December 11, 2015
        • Wanderlust - November 21, 2015
      • 2014-2015 Concert Season >
        • Pops in the Park - June 12, 2015
        • An American Celebration - At the Movies - May 24, 2015
        • Symphonies for Winds - April 11, 2015
        • Build-A-Band - February 8, 2015
        • 'Tis The Season - December 12, 2014
        • Luminescence - November 1, 2014
      • 2013-2014 Concert Season >
        • Pops in the Park - June 13, 2014
        • An American Celebration - May 25, 2014
        • Latin Landscapes - April 27, 2014
        • Music for a Lifetime - March 25, 2014
        • Invitation to the Dance(s) - February 11, 2014
        • Happy Holidays - December 15, 2013
        • Shout For Joy - November 15, 2013
      • An American Celebration 2013
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Program Notes

"Beginnings" from Rise — Adam Schoenberg
Rise is a two-movement work commissioned by the California Wind Band Consortium. The two movements can be played back-to-back or as standalone movements. Beginnings was conceived as a long gradual crescendo, beginning with a rhythmic ostinato that becomes the driving force for the entire movement. As it progresses, the overall intensity grows, building to an uplifting and optimistic ending.

Composer Adam Schoenberg is an award-winning and prolific contemporary composer for orchestra, chamber ensembles, wind band, and films. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Schoenberg earned Master's and DMA degrees from The Julliard School. He is currently a professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles, where he runs the composition and film scoring programs.
Each Moment Should be Lived Fully — Brooke Pierson
Each Moment Should Be Lived Fully is a reflection on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was commissioned by David Rogers, band director of the Walled Lake (Michigan) Central High School Band with support from band parents and is dedicated to Rogers' students and his son, Jack, who played in the band, as did his daughter. Rogers looked forward to the time when both of his children would be in his bands together, and that school year was 2020-21, when COVID-19 forced the band to halt operations for much of the year. Regret over losing this special time with his children motivated him to commission Brooke Pierson to compose a piece that reflects the reality that life brings both celebration and melancholy and each has its time and its place.
"Apollo Unleashed" from Symphony No. 2 — Frank Ticheli
Apollo Unleashed is the third movement of Frank Ticheli's Second Symphony. The title might evoke the image of a vengeful power, but in the context of the entire symphony, it refers to the brilliant and dazzling light of the sun and is thematically linked to the work's other movements through its connection to heavenly light. While Ticheli warns that the work is not explicitly programmatic, it is easy to imagine the sounds of the percolating opening conjuring the first rays of sunlight bursting over the horizon, and the galloping rhythm of the primary theme portraying Apollo the sun god streaming furiously across the sky on a chariot pulled by four white horses. The entire Second Symphony is dedicated to Dr. James Croft (1929-2012) who retired from his position as Director of Bands at Florida State University in 2003. Incorporated into this movement is a touching reference in the quotation of a Bach chorale (BWV 433), which was a favorite of Dr. Croft's and was arranged by him in a beautiful setting for band and chorus.
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"Profanation" from Symphony No. 1 — Leonard Bernstein, arr. Frank Bencriscutto
Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 was his entry into a competition sponsored by the New England Conservatory of Music. Although it didn't win the competition, the work greatly impressed Fritz Reiner, who agreed to premier it with the Boston Philharmonic. Composing it in 1942, a year before his conducting debut, Bernstein was struck by the terrible fate that was then descending upon the Jews in Europe. He expanded on his already-written Hebrew Song, retitling it as the finale of the Symphony. The preceding movements were titled Prophesy and Profanation, the three movements corresponding to the story of the prophet Jeremiah of the Book of Lamentations. Although Bernstein did not intend for the work to be literally programmatic, but rather to create an "emotional quality," the second movement, Profanation, gives a general sense of the destruction and chaos brought on by the pagan corruption within the priesthood and the people.
Grace Before Sleep — Susan LaBarr, arr. J. Eric Wilson
Grace Before Sleep (2013) was inspired by Sara Teasdale's poem of thanks. It was originally written by Susan LaBarr for a cappella voices. In this arrangement for winds J. Eric Wilson, Director of Bands at Baylor University draws upon the warm sonorities of the concert band to reflect Teasdale's poetic sentiments: 

How can our minds and bodies be
Grateful enough that we have spent
Here in this generous room, we three,
This evening of content?
Each one of us has walked through the storm
And fled the wolves along the road;
But here the hearth is wide and warm,
And for this shelter and this light
Accept, 0 Lord, our thanks tonight.
Come Sunday — Omar Thomas
Come Sunday by Omar Thomas is "a two-movement tribute to the Hammond organ's central role in black worship services. The first movement, Testimony, follows the Hammond organ as it readies the congregation's hearts, minds, and spirits to receive The Word via a magical union of Bach, blues, jazz, and R&B. The second movement, Shout! is a virtuosic celebration—the frenzied and joyous climactic moments when The Spirit has taken over the service. The title is a direct nod to Duke Ellington, who held an inspired love for classical music and allowed it to influence his own work in a multitude of ways" —program note by the composer

Omar Thomas was born in New York in 1984, earned a Master of Music degree in Jazz Composition at the New England Conservatory of Music, and was appointed, while still a student, Assistant Professor of Harmony at the Berklee College of
Music at the age of 23. Following his Berklee tenure, he served on the faculty of the Music Theory department at The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Now a Yamaha Master Educator, he is currently an Assistant Professor of Composition and Jazz Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Triangle Wind Ensemble Performers

Flute
Merritt Flexman
Lauren Robbins-Pollack
Rosene Rohrer
Tammy Schmidt*
Jennifer Wesner


Piccolo
Tammy Schmidt*

Clarinet
Louise Eaglesfield
Misti Griffith
Luke Knudsen
Vince Pistritto
Gail VanMatre
Cara Vernon
Tara Wilkinson
​Erin Wynia


Bass Clarinet
Victoria Alston
Lecia Cecconi-Roberts*
Oboe
Virginia Carty
Katie Michalak


English Horn
Virginia Carty

Bassoon
Dale Broadbent
​Robin Hashey​*


​Soprano Saxophone
Susan Fancher

​Alto Saxophone
Susan Fancher
Duke Sullivan

​Tenor Saxophone
Roberta Melton

​Baritone Saxophone
Lynn Narveson
 Trumpet
Jim Alexander*
Christine Bui
​Kaitlyn Dehority
Carey Forman
Kris Gilmore
Kathy Silbiger

Horn
Laura Alexander*
Michael Grimes
​Michael Lewis
Eric Smith
Ed Walaski

Euphonium
Josh Sheppard
Connie Varner*
James Wagner
​
Trombone
Michal Evans
Garry Grabow
Marshall Sweet
Bass Trombone
Dorey A. Freeman


Tuba
Chris Dodson
Bill White
Lars Holmberg
​

Percussion
Mark Doerffel
Lisa Forman
​Bill Hayes*
Jasmine Maya
Daniel Peterson

Timpani
Rich Bono


Piano
Drew Johnson

String Bass
Ethan Foote

Music Director
Evan Feldman


* Denotes Section Leader

Special Thanks to Our 2022-23 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
  • Kathy and Alexander Silbiger Fund of Triangle Community Foundation​
  • Anonymous​
  • Lynn Narveson & Roberta Melton
​​Fortissimo Level Sponsors
  • Michael Capps
  • Catharine & James Carty
  • Carey & Lisa Forman
  • Donna & James Sosnowski
  • Tim & Kim Sweet
Forte Level Sponsors​​
  • Bono Percussion
  • Christine Bui
  • Lecia Cecconi-Roberts
  • Maureen & James Davis​
  • Merritt & Greg Flexman
  • Garry & Kristi Grabow
  • Bill Hayes
  • Frank Hoss, Jr.
  • Joel & Linda Johnson
  • Paul & Judith Kindig
  • KLS Percussion
  • Luke Knudsen
  • Holly & Paul Mandelkern
  • Ethel Erickson Radmer
  • Lauren & Andrew Robbins-Pollack
  • David & Rosene Rohrer
  • Tammy Schmidt
  • Duke Sullivan
  • Marshall Sweet
  • Gail VanMatre
  • Connie Varner
  • Ed Walaski
  • Buddy West
  • Bill White
  • Erin Wynia

​Institutional Partners

Thanks also to the following institutional and community partners who have helped TWE in a variety of ways this year...
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United Arts Council
NC Arts Council
Cary School of Music

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.
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • What is a Wind Ensemble?
    • TWE in the Time of COVID
    • Photos
  • Concerts
    • Latin Landscapes - April 16, 2023
    • The Music of John Williams - May 28, 2023
    • Past Concerts >
      • The Snowman - December 11, 2022 >
        • TWE Concert Program — December 11, 2022
      • Come Sunday - November 13, 2022 >
        • Come Sunday Concert Program
      • 2021-2022 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration - The Music of Disney - May 29, 2022 >
          • TWE Concert Program - May 29, 2022
        • Voices - March 27, 2022 >
          • Voices Concert Program
        • The Snowman - December 12, 2021 >
          • The Snowman Concert Program
        • NCMEA Performance - November 7, 2021 >
          • NCMEA Concert Program
      • 2020-2021 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration - Back in Action- May 30, 2021 >
          • Program Notes — Back in Action
      • 2019-2020 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration - The Music of Disney - May 24, 2020
        • Voices - April 4, 2020
        • Around the World - February 16, 2020
        • The Snowman - December 15, 2019
        • Across the Divide at Campbell University - November 19, 2019
        • Across the Divide - November 23, 2019
      • 2018-2019 Concert Season >
        • Masks and Machines - November 9, 2018
        • Music For a Lifetime - March 19, 2019
        • Sheltering Sky - 20th Anniversary Concert - April 13, 2019
        • An American Celebration Through Time & Space - May 26, 2019
      • 2017-2018 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration Salute to the Cinema - May 27, 2018
        • Spanish Spring / Primavera Español - April 14, 2018
        • Music for a Lifetime - March 15, 2018
        • 'Tis the Season - December 11, 2017
        • SOS! Surprising Overtures and Symphonies - November 18, 2017
      • 2016-2017 Concert Season >
        • An American Celebration - May 28, 2017
        • Tradewinds - April 23, 2017
        • Music in Motion - January 28, 2017
        • 'Tis the Season - December 10, 2016
        • Odysseys - November 12, 2016
      • 2015-2016 Concert Season >
        • Rhapsody in Red, White, and Blue - May 29, 2016
        • Poetry In Motion - April 9, 2016
        • Music for a Lifetime - March 11, 2016
        • 'Tis the Season - December 11, 2015
        • Wanderlust - November 21, 2015
      • 2014-2015 Concert Season >
        • Pops in the Park - June 12, 2015
        • An American Celebration - At the Movies - May 24, 2015
        • Symphonies for Winds - April 11, 2015
        • Build-A-Band - February 8, 2015
        • 'Tis The Season - December 12, 2014
        • Luminescence - November 1, 2014
      • 2013-2014 Concert Season >
        • Pops in the Park - June 13, 2014
        • An American Celebration - May 25, 2014
        • Latin Landscapes - April 27, 2014
        • Music for a Lifetime - March 25, 2014
        • Invitation to the Dance(s) - February 11, 2014
        • Happy Holidays - December 15, 2013
        • Shout For Joy - November 15, 2013
      • An American Celebration 2013
  • Sponsors
  • Listen
  • Join
  • Sheltering Sky Animation
  • Contact