Van Cliburn Concert Hall
Friday, March 28th
6 pm

Bobby R. Francis
Conductor

Program

The Pure in Heart
Thomas Singletary
TCU Symphonic Brass
Syuzanna Kaszo, Organ

Symphony No. 6
Quinn Mason
Brian Youngblood, Conductor

I. Moderate with underlying energy
II. Elegia in memoriam Ron Nelson
III. Resonant, radiating – Joyous

Commissioned by the Big XII Band Directors Association
World Premiere

And Music Echoes Eternal Tones
Joseph Turrin

* World Premiere

Coping Cadences
For 6 Soloists and Wind Ensemble
Shuying Li
Allen Cordingley, Soprano Saxophone
Corey Mackey, Clarinet
Heather Test, Horn
Brian West, Marimba
Juliette Herlin, Cello
Haerim (Liz) Lee, Violin

I. Road Rage (contemporary)
II. Dual Lives (romantic)
III. Bottled-Up Blues (jazz/blues)
IV. The Pursuit (minimalist)
V. Uneasy Balance (classical)
VI. Shared Harmony (fusion)

* World Premiere

Symphony No. 5
For Solo Tenor, SATB Chorus, and Symphonic Wind Ensemble
James M. Stephenson
David Mejia, solo tenor
TCU Concert Chorale, chorus
Christopher Aspaas, director

I. Slow, Mysterious; Tempestuous
II. Andantino: Song of the open road

Words from Walt Whitman's "Song of the Open Road":

Afoot and lighthearted, I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me,
leading wherever I choose.

III. Presto Vivo
IV. Adagio, fugato: Hope is the thing with Feathers

Words by James M. Stephenson and Emily Dickinson, excerpt from "Hope is the thing with feathers":

I breathe, I hope, I love. (Stephenson)
(hope) ... and sing(s) the tune without the words --
and never stop(s) -- at all. (Dickinson)

* World Premiere