Songs and Dances
Sunday April 1, 2012 at 3 PM

South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center

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Songs and Dances Here is how our Music Director, Dr. Erik Janners, describes the concert: The theme of the Knightwind Ensemble spring concert is Songs and Dances. The concert opens with the wonderful overture by Julie Giroux, To Walk With Wings, which is a concert overture style work that traces the development of flight. This is followed by a masterful transcription of JS Bachs Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, by Donald Hunsberger. The first half closes with a performance of Venetian Spells by Martin Ellerby. Written in 1997, each of the four movements of this work pays homage to a great composer associated with the city of Venice, including Vivaldi, Stravinsky, Monteverdi, and Gabrieli. The second half of the spring concert opens with the major work of this program, Piece of Mind for Wind Ensemble by the composer and pianist Dana Wilson. The work, also in four movements like the Ellerby, showcases his thoughts about various states of mind through music, with movement titles including Thinking, Feeling, Remembering, and Being. A truly incredible work, infused with jazz elements, eastern scales, and a shocking rhythmic intensity. Following that is the classic Colonial Song by Percy Grainger, and we close the concert with a David Holsinger selection, Scootin on Hardrock, which is subtitled Three Short Scat-Jazzy Dances. This is one of the most enjoyable works I know from the standpoint of sheer fun, and really will make you want to get up and dance! TICKETS Tickets will be available in October for $7 in advance ($12 at the door). Send a self-addressed stamped envelope along with your check to: Knightwind Ensemble Tickets PO Box 340852 Milwaukee, WI 53234 ANOTHER WAY TO GET YOUR TICKETS In addition, you can now purchase tickets directly from the South Milwaukee PAC. Please call the Box Office at 414-766-5049. You can also visit their website at www.southmilwaukeepac.org For more information, please call 414-546-1923. As a Thank You for visiting our site, print a copy of this page and bring it to the concert for $1 off each of the adult priced tickets for your party that are purchased at the door.

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