Program Notes
A Christmas Intrada — Alfred Reed
The Twelve Days of Christmas — Andrew Carter & Frederic Austin, arr. Julie Giroux
Nuria Shin, voice
Dreidel Dance — Robert Thurston
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus — Tommy Connor, arr. Naohiro Iwai
White Christmas — Irving Berlin, arr. Huff & Moss
Nuria Shin, voice
Let the Bells Ring — Robert Buckley
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The Snowman — Howard Blake
Tori McLaurin, voice
Sleigh Ride — Leroy Anderson
Triangle Wind Ensemble Performers
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Flute
Cindy Chastang Merritt Flexman Lauren Robbins-Pollack Rosene Rohrer Jennifer Wesner Piccolo Cindy Chastang Clarinet Lecia Cecconi-Roberts* Louise Eaglesfield Misti Griffith Luke Knudsen Vince Pistritto Lorena Schakel Gail VanMatre Cara Vernon Julie Wesner-Eidsvaag Tara Wilkinson Erin Wynia Bass Clarinet Victoria Alston |
Oboe
Katie Michalak Isaac Webber Bassoon Dale Broadbent Robin Hashey* Alto Saxophone Aaron Payne* Duke Sullivan Tenor Saxophone Roberta Melton Baritone Saxophone Lynn Narveson |
Trumpet
Jim Alexander* Christine Bui Kris Gilmore Clay Michalec Tanner Smith Horn Laura Alexander* Michael Grimes Michael Lewis Eric Smith Ed Walaski Euphonium Connie Varner* James Wagner Buddy West Trombone Michal Evans Garry Grabow Marshall Sweet |
Bass Trombone
Dorey A. Freeman Tuba Chris Dodson Bill White Tom Kohring Percussion Mark Doerffel Bill Hayes* Drew Johnson Jasmine Maya Daniel Peterson James Wagner Piano Drew Johnson Harp Samantha Horn 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
- Michael Capps
- Catharine & James Carty
- Carey & Lisa Forman
- Donna & James Sosnowski
- John Sprouse
- Tim & Kim Sweet
- 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
- Gerold & Cathy Mohn
- Ethel Erickson Radmer
- Lauren & Andrew Robbins-Pollack
- David & Rosene Rohrer
- Tammy Schmidt
- Duke Sullivan
- Marshall Sweet
- Gail VanMatre
- Connie Varner
- James Wagner
- 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...
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.
