Program Notes
March of the Toys — Victor Herbert
Arr. Otto Langey and Herbert L. Clarke
Gabriel's Oboe — Ennio Morricone
Arr. Robert Longfield
Hanukkah Festival Overture — Lucas Richman
Transcribed by W. M. Harrell
Jingle Bells — Morton Gould
The Christmas Song — Mel Torme & Robert Wells
Eden Rosenbaum, vocals
Arr. John Higgins
Arr. John Higgins
Christmas on Broadway — arr. John Higgins
Eden Rosenbaum, vocals
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Sheltering Sky — John Mackey
The Snowman — Howard Blake
V Valencia, vocals
Arr. Phillip Littlemore
Arr. Phillip Littlemore
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 Marianne Breneman Lecia Cecconi-Roberts Louise Eaglesfield Misti Griffith Lorena Schakel Gail VanMatre Cara Vernon Ryan Wing Erin Wynia Bass Clarinet Victoria Alston |
Oboe
Katie Michalak Bassoon Dale Broadbent Robin Hashey* Alto Saxophone Nicholas Lira Aaron Payne* Tenor Saxophone Roberta Melton Baritone Saxophone Lynn Narveson |
Trumpet
Jim Alexander* Brian Breneman Christine Bui Carey Forman Kris Gilmore Clay Michalec Horn Dawn Jonckowski Michael Grimes Michael Lewis Eric Smith Ed Walaski Euphonium Liz Jenkins Connie Varner* Buddy West Trombone Garry Grabow Marshall Sweet |
Bass Trombone
Dorey A. Freeman Tuba Stephen Erickson Hendry Urbano Bill White Percussion Bill Hayes* Phillip Brown Jasmine Maya Matthew Shore Piano Luke Knudsen Harp Samantha Horn Vocalists Eden Rosenbaum Veena Valencia 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.
