Program Notes
Star Spangled Banner
The Flight to Neverland
Flying Theme from ET
Schindler's List
Frances Horton, Violin
The Cowboys
Armed Forces Medley
Superman/Raiders/Midway Medley
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Star Wars Main Title
Kings Row Fanfare
Leia's Theme
Lost in Space
Harry's Wondrous World
Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Imperial March
Stars and Stripes Forever
Triangle Wind Ensemble Performers
Flute
Cindy Chastang Merritt Flexman Lauren Robbins-Pollack Rosene Rohrer Jennifer Wesner Piccolo Cindy Chastang Clarinet Marianne Breneman Lecia Cecconi-Roberts* Misti Griffith Luna Knudsen Lorena Schakel Nick Siedentop Gail VanMatre Tara Wilkinson Eb Clarinet Lecia Cecconi-Roberts Bass Clarinet Victoria Alston |
Oboe/English Horn
Virginia Carty Isaac Weber Bassoon Robin Hashey* Soprano Saxophone Aaron Payne* Alto Saxophone Nicholas Lira Aaron Payne* Tenor Saxophone Roberta Melton Baritone Saxophone Lynn Narveson |
Trumpet
Jim Alexander* Mark Beamish Christine Bui Kaitlyn DeHority Carey Forman Kris Gilmore Kathy Silbiger Horn Laura Alexander* Dawn Jonckowski Michael Lewis Eric Smith Ed Walaski Euphonium Liz Jenkins Connie Varner* James Wagner Trombone Michal Evans Garry Grabow Marshall Sweet |
Bass Trombone
Dorey A. Freeman Tuba Nelson Pardo Sam Schon Bill White Percussion Phillip Brown Bill Hayes* Jasmine Maya Rachel Oglesby Krista Siachames Matthew Shore Piano Drew Johnson Harp Samantha Horn Violin Frances Horton String Bass Gregory DeMarco Music Director Evan Feldman * Denotes Section Leader |
Special Thanks to Our 2023-24 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
- The Rotary Club of Cary-Page
- Brian & Marianne Breneman
- Christine & Sy Bui
- Catharine & James Carty
- Cindy Chastang
- Carey & Lisa Forman
- Judith & Paul Kindig
- KLS Percussion
- Katie Michalak
- Donna & Jim Sosnowski
- James Wagner
- Dale Broadbent
- Virginia Carty
- Lecia Cecconi-Roberts
- Maureen Davis
- Kaitlyn DeHority
- Michal Evans
- Merritt & Greg Flexman
- Kris Gilmore
- Garry & Kristi Grabow
- Bill Hayes
- Frank Hoss
- Paul & Holly Mandelkern
- Joel & Linda Johnson
- Dawn Jonckowski
- Ethel Radmer
- Lauren Robbins-Pollack
- Rosene & David Rohrer
- Tammy Schmidt
- Nick Siedentop
- Suresh Sus
- Marshall Sweet
- Gail & Reed VanMatre
- Connie Varner
- Cara & Jamie Vernon
- Ed & Kimberly Walaski
- Jennifer Wesner
- Julie Wesner
- Buddy & Charlotte West
- Bill White
- Tara Wilkinson
- 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.