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<div>'''Diplomas''' are the physical manifestation of your [[degrees]]. They typically bear your name, the [[degree]] you received, the [[Columbia Seal]], and the signatures of the university president and the dean of your school. Diplomas are mailed to you after [[Commencement]].<br />
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Columbia uses a single English-language diploma design for all of its schools and degree programs with a limited number of exceptions.<ref>As it turns out, getting the registrar to provide an actual description of the diploma, e.g. the weight, quality, and material of the paper, etc. is impossible. They cite security reasons. I guess they think someone will try to forge a copy if they let that information out. It's not like they [[Degrees#Number of Degrees Conferred by Columbia and its Peers|practically hand these things out]].</ref> Specifically, (1) diplomas for [[Columbia College]] are nearly identical to standard design, except the writing is in latin<ref>Curiously, the [[Translation of Columbia College diploma|latin translation]] provided with the diplomas suggests that the English language diplomas are not exact translations of the latin ones (or vice versa, if you prefer).</ref>; (2) diplomas for [[Columbia Law School]] mirror the standard design except they are in latin, similar to Columbia College, and physically larger in size<ref>Law School diplomas followed the standard format until a redesign sometime in the 1980s, according to the [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/diploma/history.html website] for University Senator Matan Ariel's 2004 Diploma Redesign Initiative. According to that website, the law school redesign followed on the heels of a complete redesign of the M.D. diploma</ref>; (3) the College of Physicians and Surgeons diploma bears little resemblance to the shared design language of all other Columbia diplomas.<ref>According to the [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/diploma/history.html website] for University Senator Matan Ariel's 2004 Diploma Redesign Initiative, the CPS diplomas were redesigned "about 20 years ago." Prior to that they were issued in the standard design.</ref> <br />
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In addition, the [[Trustees] of Columbia University also confer degrees on graduates of Barnard College, who receive a latin language diploma similar to those granted to Columbia College graduates, but including both the Columbia University and Barnard College seals.<ref>The conferral of degrees on Barnard graduates by Columbia University is a legacy of the close relationship between the the two institutions dating back to Barnard's founding at the turn of the 20th century, and is formally ratified as part of the [[Columbia-Barnard Intercorporate Agreement]].</ref><br />
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Columbia's standard diploma size (10.5" by 12.5") isn't actually standard at all, which means you have to pay for the overpriced frames sold in the bookstore or get a frame custom made. A (relatively) cost-effective alternative is to use a 'floating' frame design, which may give you options among standard size off-the-shelf frames.<br />
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If your diploma gets damaged or lost and you want to get it replaced, you need to send $100 along with a notarized application to the [[Registrar]]. [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/registrar/docs/alumni/diploma-replacement.html] While the new diploma will display your date of graduation, it will bear the signatures of the current university president and dean of your school, who may be different from when you graduated.<br />
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== Design History ==<br />
The current standard diploma design dates back to the early 1900s.<ref>"[T]he standard diploma was designed roughly 100 years ago and has not been changed since." [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/diploma/history.html Columbia University Senate Student Affairs Caucus Diploma Design Poll (2004)]. This would make the Columbia diploma design yet another legacy of the [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] university presidency.</ref> The one exception to the standard design was the Columbia College diploma, which was uniquely printed in latin. The design went largely unchanged, except for slight changes in typography, until approximately 2007.<br />
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In the 1980s, the College of Physicians and Surgeons redesigned their diplomas entirely.<ref>"[A]bout 20 years ago the medical school changed its diplomas to a very different design from the standard diploma." [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/diploma/history.html Columbia University Senate Student Affairs Caucus Diploma Design Poll (2004)].</ref> Shortly thereafter, the Law School also redesigned its diplomas.<ref>"[S]hortly after the medical school changed its diploma, the law school redesigned its diplomas as well." [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/diploma/history.html Columbia University Senate Student Affairs Caucus Diploma Design Poll (2004)]</ref> Unlike the medical school, the Law School decided to maintain the general design of the standard diploma, but borrowed (most) of the latin inscription from Columbia College, and blew up the diploma in size. <br />
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In 2003-2004, [[GS]] student and [[University Senator]] [[Matan Ariel]] spearheaded an effort to redesign Columbia's diplomas as part of the [[C250]] celebrations, hosting an online poll and passing a University Senate resolution urging the [[Trustees]] to look into the issue.<ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/diploma/</ref><ref>E-mail feedback received by Ariel and the Task-Force was anonymized and collected in a report presented to the administration.[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/diploma/diplomaemails.pdf]</ref><ref>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/senate/resolutions/03-04/diploma.htm</ref> Ariel and the Diploma Task-Force of fellow students consulted with a representative from the [[Registrar]] and the Jostens company to generate four new designs.<ref>Exemplars of the four proposed designs can be found in the [[University Archives]].</ref> <br />
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Although there is no record of an official change, the the standard diploma design changed by 2007 in ways responsive to complaints highlighted by Ariel's task force, namely by altering the typography to place greater emphasis on the school name, the student's name, and the degree earned on the diploma. Most noticeably, the layout was reformatted so that for the first time "The Trustees of" and "Columbia University" appeared on two lines, with the latter in a much larger font. In addition, the [[University Seal]], which had been located on the lower left corner of the diploma, while the signatures of the University President and School Dean were located the lower right corner, was moved to the center of the bottom, while the signatures were split up and moved to the two lower corners.<br />
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GS students, who had responded to Ariel's initiative by asking for the latinization of their english-language diplomas, raised the issue again in 2009-2010. However, Dean [[Peter Awn]] quashed the idea, stating that a latin diploma was inappropriate for a school founded in 1947 with a non-traditional mission.<ref>[http://gs.columbia.edu/news-school?article=regarding-school-general-studies-diploma-2010-03-10 Regarding the School of General Studies Diploma (E-mail from Dean Peter Awn to Students) March 10, 2010]</ref><ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2010/02/02/gs-debates-diplomas-latin-or-english</ref><ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2010/03/09/gs-diplomas-remain-english</ref> Awn also cited that it seemed like an inappropriate allocation of resources to make the necessary logistical changes in a time of fiscal restraint. Awn also found it "difficult to grasp why any student would want a diploma written in a language that he or she could not understand."<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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<gallery><br />
Image:Ccdiploma1930.jpg|[[Columbia College|CC]] [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] 1935<br />
Image:Ccdiploma.jpg|[[Columbia College|CC]] [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] 2004<br />
Image:Ccdiploma2007.jpg|[[Columbia College|CC]] [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] 2007<br />
Image:Nintendo-seal-of-quality.jpg|Columbia's most prestigious degree<br />
Image:PupinPulitzer.gif|Michael Pupin's Pulitzer Prize (which apparently is a recycled diploma)<br />
Image:BCdiploma2005.jpg|[[Barnard College|BC]] [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] 2005<br />
Image:SEASdiploma2003.jpg|[[SEAS]] [[Bachelor of Science|BS]] 2003<br />
Image:CLSdiploma.jpg|[[CLS]] [[Juris Doctor|JD]] 2010<br />
Image:Tesladiploma.jpg|Nikola Tesla's honorary doctorate 1894<br />
Image:PSMD1945.jpg|[[P&S]] [[MD]] 1945<br />
Image:PSMD2004.jpg|[[P&S]] [[MD]] 2004<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Commencement]]</div>Ohricehttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Latin_phrases&diff=54766Latin phrases2017-05-19T17:48:08Z<p>Ohrice: /* Latin honors */</p>
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<div>'''Latin phrases''' are par for the course at an institution founded before the 20th century in the model of the great English universities. Nowadays, Columbia tries to appeal to this classical tradition in many ways, including preserving its latin diplomas (for some schools), honors, inscriptions and various other things of that nature.<br />
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==Latin in Academia==<br />
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The Latin language has been the ''lingua franca'' of Europe, roughly from the time of Charlemagne to the eighteenth century. Universities taught primarily in Latin, as it was both the language of scholars and a common language through which students across Europe could converse. When Columbia was founded, more than half of its curriculum was in the Greek and Latin classics. As far along as the 1850s, 14 of Columbia's 32 courses required for the [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree had to do with Greek and Latin literature.<br />
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When Columbia's [[History of the Morningside Heights campus|Morningside campus]] was being built, there was a huge disagreement over whether the inscription the frieze of [[Low Library]] would be in Latin or English. Around the same time, the College abolished the Greek entrance and curriculum requirements.<br />
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Latin has long ago left the day-to-day functions of this University, and in many ways is slowly being phased out of the ceremonial aspects as well. Harvard and Princeton, for example, still have a Latin oration given as part of the commencement ceremony. At Columbia, there was even talk recently of issuing English-only [[diplomas]] for Columbia College, an arrangement that would oddly enough have made Barnard the only Columbia-associated school to still issue Latin [[diplomas]]. Naturally, this was overwhelmingly voted down.<br />
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In the 1960s, Harvard switched to English-only [[diplomas]], a move that provoked the infamous "Diploma Riots", when angry, pretentious students dressed up in togas in the style of Roman orators and traveled the campus, delivering disputations in Classical Latin on the "vile, dog-like, and incestuous qualities of the English language".<br />
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More recently, a Dickinson College Latin professor published an op-ed<ref>Christopher A. Francese, [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/opinion/15Francese.html A Degree in English], ''The New York Times'', May 15, 2009</ref> in ''The New York Times'' in favor of English-language [[diplomas]], to general disapproval.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/opinion/l19latin.html Letters], ''The New York Times'', May 19, 2009.</ref><br />
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Both Columbia and Harvard continue granting honorary degrees (Honoris Causa) in Latin.<br />
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==Academic Degrees==<br />
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===A.B. or B.A.===<br />
'''Artium Baccalaureus''', or as it is known at Columbia, '''Baccalaureus in Artibus''', meaning "Bachelor of Arts". Only the [[diplomas]] of [[Columbia College]], [[Barnard College]], and [[Columbia Law School]] are in Latin.<br />
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The diploma itself reads:<br />
''Curatores Universitatis Columbia Noveboracensis Collegii Olim Regalis omnibus et singulis quos praesentes litterate pervenerint salutem sciatis nos [NAME] cum exercitationes omnes ad gradum BACCALEUREI IN ARTIBUS attinentes rite ac legitime peregerit ad istum gradum provexisse eique omnia iura privilegia et honores quae adsolent in tali re adtribui dedisse et concessisse in cuius rei plenius testimonium chirographis Praesidis huius Universitatis et Decani Collegii Columbiae nec non sigillo nostro communi diploma hocce muniendum curavimus [DATE]''<br />
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Translated:<br />
"The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, of the College formerly known as King's, present our greetings to all and everyone to whom this document may come. We inform you that NAME has duly and lawfully completed all the requirements appropriate to the degree of Bachelor of Arts and as accordingly been advanced to that degree with all the rights, privileges, and honors customarily pertaining thereto. In fuller testimony of this action, we have ensured that the signatures of the President of the University and the Dean of Columbia College as well as our corporate seal be affixed to this diploma. Done at New York on DATE in YEAR."<br />
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===A.M. or M.A.===<br />
'''Artium Magister''', meaning "Master of Arts".<br />
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===M. Phil===<br />
'''Philosophiae magister''', meaning [[Master of Philosophy]].<br />
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===Ph. D.===<br />
'''Philosophiae doctor''', meaning "Doctor of Philosopy".<br />
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===LL.B.===<br />
'''Legum Baccaleureus''', meaning "Bachelor of Laws". The "LL" signifies a plural of the Latin ''lex'' or "law", hence the two L's. The LL.B. was a "first-professional" degree and usually could be earned only after already earning a Bachelor of Arts. Replaced with the J.D. in the 1970s.<br />
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===J.D.===<br />
'''Juris doctor''', or "Doctor of Law". Replaced the LL.B. in the 1970s because law students didn't want the world thinking they were undergraduates. It should be noted that the US Department of Education does not consider the J.D. a doctoral degree, even though it is denoted "Doctor", because there is no dissertation work associated therein. That being said, the US Department of Education does not consider the M.D. degree a doctoral degree either. Both are "first-professional" degrees. Both the J.D. and the J.S.D. are granted in Latin.<br />
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===J.S.D.===<br />
'''Juris scientiae doctor''', or "Doctor of the Science of Law". The Ph.D. equivalent of a law degree. As this does involve dissertation work, the J.S.D. degree is considered a doctoral degree. Both the J.D. and the J.S.D. are granted in Latin.<br />
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===M.D.===<br />
'''Medicinae doctor''', or "Doctor of Medicine". Not considered a doctoral degree by the US Department of Education, but rather a "first-professional' degree because of the lack of dissertation work.<br />
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===D. Litt===<br />
'''Litterae doctor''', meaning "Doctor of Letters", an "upper-level" doctorate, usually not granted in the United States. Used, however, for granting honorary degrees.<br />
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===H.C.===<br />
'''Honoris causa''', appended to the end of a degree, meaning "for the reason of honor (or merit)". Used to signify an honorary degree.<br />
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==Latin honors==<br />
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Academic honors for graduating students are also awarded in Latin. While traditionally called "Latin Honors", at Columbia College they're referred to as "College Honors." The three levels of such honors apply to most of Columbia schools; in [[Columbia College]] they are chosen on the basis of [[GPA]] and faculty recommendations. For CC, the [[Committee on Honors, Awards, and Prizes]] reviews the records of the top 35% of the class by GPA. The cutoff GPA is unknown, but anecdotal evidence suggests that it falls somewhere around 3.70.<br />
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The number of people receiving honors varies each year. No more than 25 percent of CC students receive honors; this compares with less stringent cutoffs elsewhere in the [[Ivy League]], e.g. [[Yale]] (30 percent)<ref>[http://www.yale.edu/yalecol/publications/ycps/chapter_i/honors/general.html Yale Registrar]</ref> and [[Harvard]] (50 percent)<ref>[http://www.registrar.fas.harvard.edu/fasro/ugrad/honors.jsp?cat=ugrad&subcat=registration Harvard Registrar]</ref>. Basically, Latin honors at Harvard are meaningless. In fact, career services personnel in Harvard grad schools often consider the Latin honors given to Columbia grads "an injustice" for their high cutoff rates.<br />
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The levels for Latin honors are:<br />
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*''Summa Cum Laude'': "with highest praise"<br />
*''Magna Cum Laude'': "with great praise"<br />
*''Cum Laude'': with praise [In 2009, the cutoff to receive this honor was a 3.6 GPA in CC.]<br />
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Students are notified when they have earned Latin Honors (or which honorific it is) via email in mid-May and also on [[Class Day]], when it is printed in the official program. <br />
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The honors are inscribed in Latin on graduates' diplomas, regardless of those diplomas' primary language.<br />
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==Inscriptions==<br />
===Trustee's Room, Low Library===<br />
''Hujus collegii, regalis dicti, regio diplomate constituti in honorem dei O. M. atq in ecclesiae reiq publicae emolumentum, primum hunc lapidem posuit vir praecellentissimus, Carolus Hardy, eques auratus, hujus provinciae praefecturs dignissimus augti. die 23 AN DOM MDCCLVI''<br />
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Translation:<br />
"The first stone of this college called King's established by Royal charter for the Honor of Almighty God and the advancement of the public good both in Church and State, was laid by His Excellency Sir Charles Hardy, Knight, the very worthy governor of this province. August 23, A.D. 1756."<br />
*This is the cornerstone of [[College Hall]], Columbia's first building, located down by where City Hall is today.<br />
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===Low Plaza===<br />
''De super artificis spectant monumenta per annos''<br />
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Translation:<br />
"The monuments of an artist look down upon us throughout the ages"<br />
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===St. Paul's Chapel, Frieze===<br />
''Pro Ecclesia Dei''<br />
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Translation:<br />
"For the church (congregation) of God"<br />
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===Hamilton Hall, Exterior===<br />
''Huius collegii olim regalis nunc Columbiae dicti regio diplomate AN DOM MDCCLIIII constituti in honorem dei optimi maximi atq in ecclesiae reiq publicae emolumentum primus hic lapis positus est Sept. Die XXVII AN DOM MDCCCCV''<br />
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Translation:<br />
"This first stone of this College, once called King's now Columbia, established by royal charter AD 1754 to the honor of Almighty God and the advancement of the church and the state, was laid September 27, 1905 AD"<br />
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===Kent Hall, Exterior===<br />
''IVS EST ARS BONI ET AEQUI'' <br />
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"Law is the art of the good and the just." <ref>This is a quote of [[w:Publius Iuventius Celsus|Celsus]] from Section 1.1.1 of the [[w:Pandects|Pandects]] (or 'Digesta') of the [[w:Corpus Juris Civilis|Corpus Juris Civilis]] (better known as the Justinian Code.)[http://web.upmf-grenoble.fr/Haiti/Cours/Ak/Corpus/d-01.htm#1]</ref><br />
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===Sundial, Inscription===<br />
''Horam expecta, veniet.''<br />
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Translation: "Await the hour—it will come."<br />
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==Miscellaneous==<br />
===Motto===<br />
''In lumine tuo videbimus lumen.''<br />
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Translation:<br />
"In thy light, we will see light."<br />
(Psalm 36:9)<br />
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===Fight song===<br />
''Some time ago, I translated "Roar, Lion, Roar" into Latin. I'll see if I can dig it up.''<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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[[Category:Definitions|*]]</div>Ohricehttps://www.wikicu.com/index.php?title=Salutatorian&diff=54765Salutatorian2017-05-19T17:45:22Z<p>Ohrice: </p>
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<div>A '''Salutatorian''' is typically judged to be the second most worthy degree candidate in his or her school's respective graduating class by [[GPA]] and other measures.<br />
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==List of [[Columbia College]] salutatorians==<br />
*[[2013]]: [[Yoshiaki Ko]]<br />
*[[2012]]: [[Zachary Levine]]<br />
*[[2011]]: [[Elizabeth Lyon]]<br />
*[[2010]]: [[Jeff Spear]]<br />
*[[2009]]: [[Mollie Schwartz]]<br />
*[[2008]]: [[Julia Kalow]]<br />
*[[2007]]: [[Nick Klagge]]<br />
*[[2006]]: [[Julia DiBenigno]]<br />
*[[2005]]: [[Alexander Prescott-Couch]]<br />
*[[2004]]: [[Tienmu Ma]]<br />
*[[2003]]: [[Denise De Las Nueces]]<br />
*[[2002]]: [[Daniel Immerwahr]]<br />
*[[2001]]: [[Lauren Monacell]]<br />
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*[[1999]]: [[Dave Koenig]]<br />
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*[[1997]]: [[Aravind Adiga]]<br />
*[[1996]]: [[Yair Galil]]<br />
*[[1994]]: [[Emilie T. Hsu]]<br />
*[[1992]]: [[Robert Miller]]<br />
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*[[1990]]: [[Ali Yegulalp]]<br />
*[[1989]]: [[Leora Mogilner]]<br />
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*[[1987]]: [[Ilaria Rebay]]<br />
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*[[1982]]: [[George Stephanopoulos]]<br />
*[[1981]]: [[Christopher Jackson]]<br />
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*[[1976]]: [[Tom Schwartz]]<br />
*[[1975]]: [[John Matelski]]<br />
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*[[1974]]: [[James Russell]]<br />
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*[[1972]]: [[Joseph D. “Jody” Pope]]<br />
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*[[1970]]: [[Lawrence Rosenwald]]<br />
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*[[1967]]: [[Allen Michael Spiegel]]<br />
*[[1966]]: [[Paul Bogrow]]<br />
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*[[1963]]: [[Carl C. Chi]]<br />
*[[1962]]: [[Peter E. Winn]]<br />
*[[1961]]: [[Nathaniel Reichek]]<br />
*[[1960]]: [[Neil Decter]]<br />
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*[[1958]]: [[Henry Solomon]]<br />
*[[1957]]: [[Alvin Kass]]<br />
*[[1956]]: [[David Emery Wolf]]<br />
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*[[1955]]: [[Leroy L. Constantin]]<br />
*[[1954]]: [[Avrom H. Fleishman]]<br />
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*[[1950]]: [[Carl Hovde]]<br />
*[[1949]]: [[Gene Hawes]]<br />
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*[[1947]]: [[Robert L. Bonaparte]]<br />
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*[[1943]]: [[Eugene Remmer]]<br />
*[[1942]]: [[Seymour Ethan]]<br />
*[[1941]]: [[Donald Dike]]<br />
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*[[1939]]: [[Jerome Kurshan]]<br />
*[[1938]]: [[Alfred M. Duschatko]]<br />
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*[[1914]]: [[Benjamin Graham]]<br />
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*[[1882]]: [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] (also listed in some sources as valedictorian)<br />
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==List of [[SEAS]] Salutatorians ==<br />
[[2011]]: [[Michael Wang]]<br />
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==List of [[School of General Studies]] Salutatorians==<br />
*[[2013]]: <br />
*[[2012]]: [[Aliza Kathryn Minogue-Nachison]]<br />
*[[2011]]: [[Elliot Shackelford]]<br />
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<div>The '''Valedictorian''' of [[Columbia College]] is selected each year by the faculty [[Committee on Honors, Awards, and Prizes]] each year along with the [[Salutatorian]]. The valedictorian gets to deliver a speech at [[Class Day]].<br />
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Each year COHAP identifies no more than 15 students with GPAs over 4.00 on the basis of the "strength, breadth, depth, and rigor of the student's academic achievements as well as on evidence of the student's intellectual promise, character, and achievement outside the classroom." Following the identification of this cohort, the departments in which the students majored are contacted and asked to submit evaluations of the identified students, which are used by the committee in selecting the winners.<br />
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For a period, [[Rabi Scholars]] dominated the Valedictorian competition, having been selected as the Val in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007. This may have been a result of their tendency to be among the brightest science students accepted to Columbia (and therefore likely to take advantage of the GPA bias inherent in the hard sciences, where top students earn A+s, a grade typically not awarded by professors in 'softer' disciplines), the close relationship with faculty that the scholars typically enjoy, or a combination of the two.<br />
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The overwhelming next move for valedictorians in the last decade has been a [[PhD]], with every valedictorian since at least 2002 earning or having earned one.<br />
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Because the qualifications for it are virtually synonymous, valedictorians usually also receive the [[Albert Asher Green Memorial Prize]].<br />
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==Valedictorians of [[Columbia College]]==<br />
*[[2013]] - [[Leah Friedman]]<br />
*[[2012]] - [[Zachary Brill]]<br />
*[[2011]] - [[Margot Lazow]]<br />
*[[2010]] - [[Arianne Richard]]<br />
*[[2009]] - [[Emily Clader]]<br />
*[[2008]] - [[Maxim Pinkovskiy]]<br />
*[[2007]] - [[Claire Lackner]]<br />
*[[2006]] - [[Jaehee Kim]]<br />
*[[2005]] - [[Ramsey McGlazer]]<br />
*[[2004]] - [[Jacob Barandes]]<br />
*[[2003]] - [[Max Lipyanskiy]]<br />
*[[2002]] - [[Kareen Rozen]]<br />
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*[[2000]] - [[Brandon Dammerman]]<br />
*[[1999]] - [[Joyce Marie Kassouf]]<br />
*[[1998]] - [[Zita Peterlin]]<br />
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*[[1996]] - [[Elena Khazanova]]<br />
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*[[1992]] - [[Scott Feldman]]<br />
*[[1991]] - [[David Brafman]]<br />
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*[[1989]] - [[Shai Shaham]]<br />
*[[1988]] - [[Sherry F. Colb]]<br />
*[[1987]] - [[Linda Mischel]]<br />
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*[[1985]] - [[Noam Elkies]]<br />
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*[[1983]] - [[Philip Huang]]<br />
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*[[1981]] - [[Sami Walid Mnaymneh]]<br />
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*[[1978]] - [[Michael Eisenberg]]<br />
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*[[1976]] - [[Arthur Radin]]<br />
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*[[1972]] - [[Gerard E. Lynch]]<br />
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*[[1970]] - [[Eugene Hill]]<br />
*[[1969]] - [[Michael Brown]]<br />
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*[[1967]] - [[Martin William Oster]]<br />
*[[1966]] - [[Richard Mosack]]<br />
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*[[1964]] - [[Alan Blaer]]<br />
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*[[1962]] - [[Walter Hilse]]<br />
*[[1961]] - [[John Vaio]]<br />
*[[1960]] - [[Stanley Horowitz]]<br />
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*[[1958]] - [[Robert Chazan]]<br />
*[[1957]] - [[Erich S. Gruen]]<br />
*[[1956]] - [[Jonas Schultz]]<br />
*[[1955]] - [[Walter Karp]]<br />
*[[1954]] - [[Henry Buchwald]]<br />
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*[[1950]] - [[Stephen Lloyd Whythe]]<br />
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*[[1949]] - [[Arthur F. Okun]]<br />
*[[1948]] - [[Bernard W. Wishy]]<br />
*[[1947]] - [[Joseph Kraft]]<br />
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*[[1943]] - [[Gil Turner]]<br />
*[[1942]] - [[Herbert Deane]]<br />
*[[1941]] - [[Robert Wallerstein]]<br />
*[[1940]] - [[Harry Schwartz]]<br />
*[[1939]] - [[Abraham Genecin]]<br />
*[[1938]] - [[David Schwartz]]<br />
*[[1937]] - [[Quentin Anderson]]<br />
...<br />
*[[1927]] - [[Jacques Barzun]]<br />
*[[1926]] - [[Dwight Miner]]<br />
*[[1925]] - [[Frederick Van Pelt Bryan]]<br />
...<br />
*[[1910]] - [[William Langer]]<br />
...<br />
*[[1882]] - [[Nicholas Murray Butler]] (also listed in some sources as salutatorian)<br />
...<br />
*[[1807]] - [[James Renwick]]<br />
...<br />
*[[1798]] - [[Clement Clarke Moore]]<br />
<br />
==Valedictorians of [[SEAS]]==<br />
*[[2012]] - [[Yuan Jochen]]<br />
*[[2011]] - [[Norases Vesdapunt]]<br />
<br />
==Valedictorians of [[School of General Studies]]==<br />
*[[2012]] - [[Maxwell Bertolero]]<br />
*[[2011]] - [[Kira Boesch]]<br />
<br />
==Valedictorians of [[Barnard College]]==<br />
*[[1990]] - [[Sumati Murli]]<br />
<br />
== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.college.columbia.edu/facultyadmin/dus/honors Valedictorian and Salutatorian]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Valedictorians|*]]<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Sara Wright<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Esther Moerdler and Betsy Ladyzhets<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Evan Ziebart<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Scott Sonnenberg<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Brent Morden<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Evan Cao<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Allison Clark<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Celine Lessard<br />
<br/><b>Social Chair</b>: Ella Bartlett<br />
<br/><b>Alumni Relations Chair</b>: Nick Luber<br />
<br/><b>CUPAL Liaison</b>: Sam Muller<br />
<br />
<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Autumn in the Meadows'' - November 20, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lincolnshire Posy''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Elegy for English Horn and Band''' - Jack Stamp<br />
*'''Concerto for Eb Alto Saxophone and Band''' - Frank Erickson<br />
*'''Sleep''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''And the grass sings in the meadows''' - Travis Cross<br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concert'' - April 30, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pathfinder of Panama''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Rush''' - Samuel Hazo<br />
*'''Lady of the Lake''' - Ernest Lubin<br />
*'''Serenade''' - Derek Bourgeois<br />
*'''Armenian Dances, Part I''' - Alfred Reed<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - November 22, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from ''Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber''''' - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Sara Wright<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Esther Moerdler and Betsy Ladyzhets<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Evan Ziebart<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Scott Sonnenberg<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Brent Morden<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Evan Cao<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Allison Clark<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Celine Lessard<br />
<br/><b>Social Chair</b>: Ella Bartlett<br />
<br/><b>Alumni Relations Chair</b>: Nick Luber<br />
<br/><b>CUPAL Liaison</b>: Sam Muller<br />
<br />
<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Autumn in the Meadows'' - November 20, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lincolnshire Posy''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Elegy for English Horn and Band''' - Jack Stamp<br />
*'''Concerto for Eb Alto Saxophone and Band''' - Frank Erickson<br />
*'''Sleep''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''And the grass sings in the meadows''' - Travis Cross<br />
<br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concert'' - April 30, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pathfinder of Panama''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Rush''' - Samuel Hazo<br />
*'''Lady of the Lake''' - Ernest Lubin<br />
*'''Serenade''' - Derek Bourgeois<br />
*'''Armenian Dances, Part I''' - Alfred Reed<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - November 22, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from ''Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber''''' - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Sara Wright<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Esther Moerdler and Betsy Ladyzhets<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Evan Ziebart<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Scott Sonnenberg<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Brent Morden<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Evan Cao<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Allison Clark<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Celine Lessard<br />
<br/><b>Social Chair</b>: Ella Bartlett<br />
<br/><b>Alumni Relations Chair</b>: Nick Luber<br />
<br/><b>CUPAL Liaison</b>: Sam Muller<br />
<br />
<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
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The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
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Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
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In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concert'' - April 30, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pathfinder of Panama''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Rush''' - Samuel Hazo<br />
*'''Lady of the Lake''' - Ernest Lubin<br />
*'''Serenade''' - Derek Bourgeois<br />
*'''Armenian Dances, Part I''' - Alfred Reed<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - November 22, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from ''Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber''''' - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Sara Wright<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Esther Moerdler and Betsy Ladyzhets<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Evan Ziebart<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Scott Sonnenberg<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Carina Miller<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Allison Clark<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Alumni Relations Chair</b>: Nick Luber<br />
<br/><b>CUPAL Liaison</b>: Evan Ziebart<br />
<br/><b>Alumni Mentor</b>: Charles Sanky<br />
<br />
<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concert'' - April 30, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pathfinder of Panama''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Rush''' - Samuel Hazo<br />
*'''Lady of the Lake''' - Ernest Lubin<br />
*'''Serenade''' - Derek Bourgeois<br />
*'''Armenian Dances, Part I''' - Alfred Reed<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - November 22, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from ''Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber''''' - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Sara Wright<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Esther Moerdler and Betsy Ladyzhets<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Evan Ziebart<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Scott Sonnenberg<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Carina Miller<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Allison Clark<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Ella Bartlett<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concert'' - April 30, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pathfinder of Panama''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Rush''' - Samuel Hazo<br />
*'''Lady of the Lake''' - Ernest Lubin<br />
*'''Serenade''' - Derek Bourgeois<br />
*'''Armenian Dances, Part I''' - Alfred Reed<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - November 22, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from ''Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber''''' - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concert'' - April 30, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pathfinder of Panama''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Rush''' - Samuel Hazo<br />
*'''Lady of the Lake''' - Ernest Lubin<br />
*'''Serenade''' - Derek Bourgeois<br />
*'''Armenian Dances, Part I''' - Alfred Reed<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - November 22, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from ''Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber''''' - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Outdoor Spring Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - November 22, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from ''Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber''''' - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from ''Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber''''' - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber'''* - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Carnegie Hall Concert'' - March 12, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Afterlight'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Chester Overture''' – William Schuman<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Afterlight''' - William Pitts<br />
*'''El Camino Real''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''March from Symphonic Metamorphosis'''* - Paul Hindemith<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 6, 2016 ===<br />
<br />
*'''joyRiDE''' – Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Downtown Divertimento''' - Johan de Meij<br />
*'''Pale Blue on Deep''' - Aaron Perrine<br />
*'''Turbo Scramjet''' - William Pitts<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since 1965.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
In 2016, the Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall, their second appearance since<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Jason Noble currently serves as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in New York, New York. In addition to his duties at Columbia <br />
University, Noble currently serves as Conductor and Director of the Wind Ensemble <br />
at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. Noble has held recent positions <br />
at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York <br />
University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed <br />
Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He has served as an adjunct lecturer at <br />
Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean <br />
University. Noble has previously held positions as Director of Bands at Miami <br />
Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Noble holds degrees from New York <br />
University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music <br />
Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music <br />
Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite <br />
Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Since that commissioning project, he has <br />
also been part of consortia commissions of composers Michael Markowski and <br />
James Syler. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a <br />
professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records <br />
in 2003. Ensembles under Jason Noble’s direction have consistently received <br />
national and international acclaim. Honor bands and ensembles under Noble’s <br />
direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall <br />
(2003, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009, 2015), <br />
Prague, Czech Republic (2009, 2015), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, <br />
Spain (2010), London, England (2013), at The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, <br />
Finland (2013), Budapest, Hungary (2015) and were invited to perform exclusively <br />
at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004).<br />
<br />
Jason Noble is in frequent and high demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music <br />
performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad. He recently guest <br />
conducted wind ensembles in South Africa, Australia, United Kingdom, and <br />
China. Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States <br />
Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication <br />
organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental <br />
Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Jason Noble has been cited as “one of the nation’s most promising music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine and as a teacher who makes a positive difference (The Miami Herald). In addition to his duties as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, he currently serves as Director of Bands at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, a position he has held since September 2007. Noble has held recent positions at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He recently served as an adjunct lecturer at Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. Noble previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble’s ensembles received both national and international acclaim. In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003. Noble and the Hanover Wind Symphony released a professional CD in 2006, “Icons,” also on the Mark Custom label. Honor bands and ensembles under Mr. Noble’s direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall (2003, 2010, 2012), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009), Prague, Czech Republic (2009), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2010), London, England (2013), The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (2013), and were invited to perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004). Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education. Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad and has guest conducted or adjudicated numerous band performances in nineteen states and eight countries abroad.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 2, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Caccia and Chorale''' - Clifton Williams, conducted by Sarah Quiroz<br />
*'''Requiem''' – David Maslanka<br />
*'''Fantasia (for Alto Saxophone)''' – Eric Ewazen, feat. soloist Dr. Paul Cohen<br />
*'''Moth''' – Viet Cuong<br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Music Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Jason Noble has been cited as “one of the nation’s most promising music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine and as a teacher who makes a positive difference (The Miami Herald). In addition to his duties as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, he currently serves as Director of Bands at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, a position he has held since September 2007. Noble has held recent positions at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He recently served as an adjunct lecturer at Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. Noble previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble’s ensembles received both national and international acclaim. In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003. Noble and the Hanover Wind Symphony released a professional CD in 2006, “Icons,” also on the Mark Custom label. Honor bands and ensembles under Mr. Noble’s direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall (2003, 2010, 2012), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009), Prague, Czech Republic (2009), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2010), London, England (2013), The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (2013), and were invited to perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004). Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education. Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad and has guest conducted or adjudicated numerous band performances in nineteen states and eight countries abroad.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Musical Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Jason Noble has been cited as “one of the nation’s most promising music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine and as a teacher who makes a positive difference (The Miami Herald). In addition to his duties as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, he currently serves as Director of Bands at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, a position he has held since September 2007. Noble has held recent positions at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He recently served as an adjunct lecturer at Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. Noble previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble’s ensembles received both national and international acclaim. In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003. Noble and the Hanover Wind Symphony released a professional CD in 2006, “Icons,” also on the Mark Custom label. Honor bands and ensembles under Mr. Noble’s direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall (2003, 2010, 2012), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009), Prague, Czech Republic (2009), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2010), London, England (2013), The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (2013), and were invited to perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004). Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education. Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad and has guest conducted or adjudicated numerous band performances in nineteen states and eight countries abroad.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]], [[SGA]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Musical Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Jason Noble has been cited as “one of the nation’s most promising music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine and as a teacher who makes a positive difference (The Miami Herald). In addition to his duties as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, he currently serves as Director of Bands at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, a position he has held since September 2007. Noble has held recent positions at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He recently served as an adjunct lecturer at Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. Noble previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble’s ensembles received both national and international acclaim. In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003. Noble and the Hanover Wind Symphony released a professional CD in 2006, “Icons,” also on the Mark Custom label. Honor bands and ensembles under Mr. Noble’s direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall (2003, 2010, 2012), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009), Prague, Czech Republic (2009), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2010), London, England (2013), The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (2013), and were invited to perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004). Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education. Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad and has guest conducted or adjudicated numerous band performances in nineteen states and eight countries abroad.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind-exec@columbia.edu for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has commissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC]], [[SGA]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Musical Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Jason Noble has been cited as “one of the nation’s most promising music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine and as a teacher who makes a positive difference (The Miami Herald). In addition to his duties as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, he currently serves as Director of Bands at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, a position he has held since September 2007. Noble has held recent positions at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He recently served as an adjunct lecturer at Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. Noble previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble’s ensembles received both national and international acclaim. In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003. Noble and the Hanover Wind Symphony released a professional CD in 2006, “Icons,” also on the Mark Custom label. Honor bands and ensembles under Mr. Noble’s direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall (2003, 2010, 2012), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009), Prague, Czech Republic (2009), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2010), London, England (2013), The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (2013), and were invited to perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004). Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education. Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad and has guest conducted or adjudicated numerous band performances in nineteen states and eight countries abroad.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind.exec@gmail.com for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has comissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC, SGA]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br />
<b>Conductor/Musical Director</b>: Jason Noble<br />
<b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Personnel Manager</b>: Hannah Liu<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Music Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Social Media Chair</b>: Nicholas Luber<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Jason Noble has been cited as “one of the nation’s most promising music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine and as a teacher who makes a positive difference (The Miami Herald). In addition to his duties as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, he currently serves as Director of Bands at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, a position he has held since September 2007. Noble has held recent positions at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He recently served as an adjunct lecturer at Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. Noble previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble’s ensembles received both national and international acclaim. In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003. Noble and the Hanover Wind Symphony released a professional CD in 2006, “Icons,” also on the Mark Custom label. Honor bands and ensembles under Mr. Noble’s direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall (2003, 2010, 2012), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009), Prague, Czech Republic (2009), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2010), London, England (2013), The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (2013), and were invited to perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004). Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education. Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad and has guest conducted or adjudicated numerous band performances in nineteen states and eight countries abroad.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind.exec@gmail.com for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has comissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC, SGA]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br/><b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE is now collaborating with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Jason Noble has been cited as “one of the nation’s most promising music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine and as a teacher who makes a positive difference (The Miami Herald). In addition to his duties as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, he currently serves as Director of Bands at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, a position he has held since September 2007. Noble has held recent positions at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He recently served as an adjunct lecturer at Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. Noble previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble’s ensembles received both national and international acclaim. In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003. Noble and the Hanover Wind Symphony released a professional CD in 2006, “Icons,” also on the Mark Custom label. Honor bands and ensembles under Mr. Noble’s direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall (2003, 2010, 2012), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009), Prague, Czech Republic (2009), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2010), London, England (2013), The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (2013), and were invited to perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004). Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education. Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad and has guest conducted or adjudicated numerous band performances in nineteen states and eight countries abroad.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind.exec@gmail.com for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has comissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC, SGA]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br/><b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
<br />
The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
<br />
Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. The CU Wind Ensemble developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education. However, the CUWE has collaborated with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) to provide music education to children.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Jason Noble has been cited as “one of the nation’s most promising music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine and as a teacher who makes a positive difference (The Miami Herald). In addition to his duties as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, he currently serves as Director of Bands at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, a position he has held since September 2007. Noble has held recent positions at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He recently served as an adjunct lecturer at Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. Noble previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble’s ensembles received both national and international acclaim. In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003. Noble and the Hanover Wind Symphony released a professional CD in 2006, “Icons,” also on the Mark Custom label. Honor bands and ensembles under Mr. Noble’s direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall (2003, 2010, 2012), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009), Prague, Czech Republic (2009), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2010), London, England (2013), The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (2013), and were invited to perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004). Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education. Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad and has guest conducted or adjudicated numerous band performances in nineteen states and eight countries abroad.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind.exec@gmail.com for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has comissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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<div>{{Infobox club<br />
|Name=Columbia University Wind Ensemble<br />
|Image=CUWE Logo.jpg<br />
|Founded=[[1930]]<br />
|Recognition=[[ABC, SGA]]<br />
|Membership= approx. 50<br />
|Executive board=<br/><b>President</b>: Yuxuan Xia<br />
<b>Vice Presidents</b>: Sara Wright and Sara Koutcher<br />
<br/><b>MMC Liaison</b>: Cindy Saenz<br />
<br/><b>Treasurer</b>: Wallace Teska<br />
<br/><b>Equipment Manager</b>: Jose Mata/Yuxuan Xia<br />
<br/><b>Secretary</b>: Annemarie Chen<br />
<br/><b>Librarian</b>: Ross Chapman<br />
<br/><b>Publicity Manager</b>: Esther Moerdler<br />
<br/><b>Webmaster</b>: Eric Ho<br />
|Website=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wind/main.html<br />
|Contact=wind-exec@columbia.edu<br><br />
|Category=[[:Category:Performance_clubs|Performance]]}}<br />
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The '''Columbia University Wind Ensemble''' has, since [[1998]], grown in membership, audience, musical ability, organization, and has come to be one of the top providers of music performance in the Columbia community. The ensemble strives to play the best of the wind ensemble literature and also performs some marches and orchestral transcriptions for band. They give two themed concerts per semester, culminating in a spring concert which is chosen by and pays tribute to the members of the graduating senior class. The musicians are very involved, suggesting concert repertoire and taking opportunities to compose and guest-conduct. <br />
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Comprised mainly of undergraduate students from all schools and academic disciplines, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble strives to provide an outlet for musicians to perform the best of the wind ensemble repertoire and to meet other musicians in a social environment. Recently, the CU Wind Ensemble has developed a music program at P.S. 125 called [[Making Music Matter]] which is mainly funded through the annual [[Columbia Festival of Winds]], an all-day concert celebrating wind music and music education.<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
Founded in the 1930s as the Columbia University Concert Band, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble was first directed by Harwood Simmons, then the conductor of the [[Columbia University Orchestra]]. After a long hiatus, former president Kenneth Cho revived the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 1998 under the direction of conductor Theodore "T.J." Perlick Molinari after finding that the former group had dissolved, leaving the university community with no outlet for serious wind music. Soon, the ensemble grew from a core membership of fifteen players to a full wind ensemble of almost forty musicians performing the standard wind ensemble repertoire.<br />
<br />
In 2002, Andrew Pease entered as conductor and music director. Because of his dedicated work, Mr. Pease has increased the group's recognition throughout Columbia and New York City, and has allowed the ensemble to perform some of the most challenging wind ensemble repertoire. In addition, the executive board, comprised of all undergraduate students, continues to works hard completing the ensemble's administrative tasks and advancing the musical and social environment of the ensemble.<br />
<br />
Recently, the Columbia University Wind Ensemble has grown to a full wind ensemble of almost sixty brass, woodwind, and percussion musicians. In 2006, the ensemble began the [[Teachers College]] Conducting Partnership, allowing a qualified TC student to serve as a guest conductor for one concert. The group has played at Merkin Hall, [[St. Paul's Chapel]], [[Miller Theatre]], [[Philosophy Hall]], [[Roone Arledge Auditorium]], and Yale's Woolsey Hall, and performed in joint concerts with other University ensembles such as the Yale Concert Band, MIT Concert Band, the Queens College Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Dartmouth Wind Symphony, and the Brown Wind Symphony.<br />
<br />
In 2009, the Wind Ensemble produced two new programs: the Columbia Festival of Winds, an all-day concert promoting wind band performances, and Making Music Matter, a free music-education program at P.S. 125 funded in part by the Festival.<br />
<br />
In 2013, Jason Noble became the new conductor and music director of the Wind Ensemble.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education.<br />
<br />
== Music Director - Jason Noble ==<br />
<br />
Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Jason Noble has been cited as “one of the nation’s most promising music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine and as a teacher who makes a positive difference (The Miami Herald). In addition to his duties as Conductor of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, he currently serves as Director of Bands at Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York, a position he has held since September 2007. Noble has held recent positions at Hofstra University (Director of Bands, Visiting Assistant Professor), New York University (Associate Director of Wind Ensembles), and the critically acclaimed Hanover Wind Symphony (Music Director). He recently served as an adjunct lecturer at Teachers College - Columbia University, Montclair State University, and Kean University. Noble previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (M.A., Music Education) and University of Miami (B.M., Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ed.D, Music Education) at Teachers College, Columbia University.<br />
<br />
During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble’s ensembles received both national and international acclaim. In 2004, Noble commissioned a new significant work for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by composer Mark Camphouse. Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003. Noble and the Hanover Wind Symphony released a professional CD in 2006, “Icons,” also on the Mark Custom label. Honor bands and ensembles under Mr. Noble’s direction have performed by exclusive competitive invitation at Carnegie Hall (2003, 2010, 2012), Salzburg and Vienna, Austria (2009), Prague, Czech Republic (2009), Gran Canaria, Spain (2010), Barcelona, Spain (2010), London, England (2013), The Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland (2013), and were invited to perform exclusively at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia (2004). Noble is an executive board member and adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA), one of the nation’s premier musical adjudication organizations. Noble's research interests include Band Education, Instrumental Music Education, and Philosophies of Music Education. Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States and abroad and has guest conducted or adjudicated numerous band performances in nineteen states and eight countries abroad.<br />
<br />
== Audition Process ==<br />
<br />
Auditions for the CU Wind Ensemble usually occur during the first weekend after classes start. Musicians must prepare a two-minute selection that best represents their performance level and sight-read music from the upcoming concert. Auditions typically last about ten minutes and musicians are asked to arrive five minutes early to warm up.<br />
<br />
E-mail wind.exec@gmail.com for an audition slot or more information!<br />
<br />
== Columbia Festival of Winds and Making Music Matter ==<br />
<br />
The [[Columbia Festival of Winds]] is a daylong series of concerts to benefit public school music education. Featured New York City area music ensembles including the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Princeton University Wind Ensemble, the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, the Lesbian and Gay Big Apple Corp, Frank Sinatra High School Band, and Jambalaya Brass have participated in this all-day event to raise money for Making Music Matter. Wycliffe Gordon, an internationally recognized jazz trombonist, and New York Philharmonic Director of Education Theodore Wiprud, have also participated in the festival to promote public school music programming.<br />
<br />
Proceeds from the festival provide funding for [[Making Music Matter]], a free after-school music education program founded by members of the Columbia University Wind Ensemble in 2009. With the support of the Morningside Area Alliance, volunteers from the CU Wind Ensemble work with a group of fourth grade musicians at P.S. 125. Money raised during 2008's inaugural festival has provided funds for renting flutes, clarinets, trumpets and trombones, buying music books, and supplying instrument accessories such as reeds and valve oil. The P.S. 125 Band performed for the first time during the 2009 Columbia Festival of Winds (receiving great applause for Hot Cross Buns). The program is continuing to expand, with a large donation from Ali Hard through the Van Am Award, given to her in 2010.<br />
<br />
In 2014, the Wind Ensemble began a new partnership with the Musical Mentors Collaborative (MMC) in order to mutually improve their abilities to provide music education. The Columbia Festival of Winds proceeds now go to the MMC to help them with their programs.<br />
<br />
== Notable Alumni and Guest Conductors ==<br />
<br />
Notable alumni include [[Maxine Woods]], former principal bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony, and [[Armando Ghitalla]], former principal trumpeter with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Notable guest conductors have included Edwin Franko Goldman and Karel Husa. The ensemble performed joint concerts with other University musical ensembles such as the MIT Concert Band, Queens College Wind Ensemble, Yale Concert Band and the Harvard Wind Ensemble, which was a sold-out performance at Carnegie Hall in 1965.<br />
<br />
== Commissioned Pieces ==<br />
<br />
In the past, the CU Wind Ensemble has comissioned many pieces including Michael DiGiacinto’s Soundscape (2006), Erik Jorgen Jorgensen's Chaconne (2007), and Oliver Caplan’s Reason for Hope in a Complex World (2008).<br />
<br />
The ensemble also had the honor of the NYC premiere of Frank Ticheli’s Nitro in March 2007 and the world premiere of Dr. Edward Green's Overture in E-flat, arranged by Andrew Pease, in April 2010.<br />
<br />
== Recent Concert Programs ==<br />
<br />
=== ''Spring Concert Series - Van Am Quad and Riverside Park'' - April 25, 2015 and May 3, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Short Ride in a Fast Machine''' – John Adams, arr. Richard L. Saucedo<br />
*'''Suite of Old American Dances''' - Robert Russell Bennett<br />
*'''The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"''' - Aaron Copland, arr. Kenneth Singelton<br />
*'''Occident and Orient''' - Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Loras John Schissel<br />
*'''Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird"''' - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 1, 2015 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Hymn to the Sun with the Beat of Mother Earth''' – Satoshi Yagisawa<br />
*'''Give Us This Day''' - David Maslanka <br />
<br />
=== ''Holiday Concert'' - December 1, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
*'''Irish Tune from County Derry''' - Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Woodwind and Brass Chamber Groups'''<br />
<br />
=== ''Memory'' - October 27, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' - Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Colonial Song''' – Percy Grainger<br />
*'''Esprit de Corps''' – Robert Jager<br />
*'''Watchman, Tell Us of the Night''' – Mark Camphouse <br />
<br />
=== ''Riverside Park Concerts'' - May 3 and 4, 2014 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Florentiner March''' - Julius Fucik<br />
*'''Sheltering Sky''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Linconshire Posy''' – Percy Grangier<br />
*'''Pines of the Appian Way''' – Ottorino Respighi (arr. Erik Leidzen)<br />
*'''America the Beautiful''' – arr. Carmen Dragon <br />
<br />
=== ''Tales and Visions'' - December 8, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Russian Christmas Music''' - Alfred Reed<br />
*'''Strange Humors''' – John Mackey<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Entry March of the Boyars''' – Johan Halvorsen<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' – Richard Wagner <br />
<br />
=== ''"Transformations" at Miller Theatre'' - November 14, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral''' - Richard Wagner<br />
*'''Of Sailors and Whales''' – W. Francis McBeth<br />
*'''Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra, I. Awakening Overture''' – Alfred Reed<br />
*'''October''' – Eric Whitacre <br />
<br />
=== ''Epic'' - April 22, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Raise of the Son''' - Rossano Gallante<br />
*'''Selections from the "Star Wars" Trilogy''' – John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger<br />
*'''"Italian in Algiers" Overture''' – Gioachino Rossini<br />
*'''Selections from "Carmina Burana"''' – Carl Orff, arr. Krance<br />
*'''Hands Across the Sea''' – John Philip Sousa<br />
*'''Jupiter from “The Planets”''' – Gustav Holst, arr. Merlin Patterson<br />
*'''Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah"''' – Camille Saint-Saëns <br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 3, 2013 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Festive Overture''' – Dmitri Shostakovich<br />
*'''Acrostic Song from “Final Alice”''' - David del Tredici, arr. Mark Spede<br />
*'''The Last Polka''' – Beck Hansen, arr. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''First Suite in E-flat''' – Gustav Holst (conducted by Sarah Quiroz)<br />
*'''Reason for Hope in a Complex World''' – Oliver Caplan <br />
<br />
=== ''Symphony'' - December 9, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Pageant''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Symphony for Band''' - Edward Green<br />
*'''Shepherd’s Hey''' – Percy Grainger<br />
<br />
=== ''Scenes'' - October 21, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Lauds''' - Ron Nelson<br />
*'''Hymn to a Blue Hour''' - John Mackey<br />
*'''Scenes from the Louvre''' - Norman Dello Joio<br />
*'''La Muerte del Angel''' - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Andrew Pease (feat. Sarah Frisof)<br />
*'''Blue Shades''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
<br />
=== ''Perspectives'' - April 14, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Huapango''' - Jose Pablo Moncayo<br />
*'''William Byrd Suite''' - Gordon Jacob<br />
*'''"Gnomus" from Pictures at an Exhibition''' - Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Mark Hindsley<br />
*'''Second Suite in F''' - Gustav Holst<br />
<br />
=== ''Columbia Festival of Winds'' - March 4, 2012 ===<br />
<br />
*'''American Overture for Band''' - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins<br />
*'''Cuban Overture''' - George Gershwin, arr. Mark Rogers<br />
*'''Slava!''' - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman<br />
*'''Kingfishers Catch Fire''' - John Mackey<br />
<br />
=== ''Traveling East'' - December 11, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''Orient et Occident''' - Camille Saint-Saëns<br />
*'''Variations on a Korean Folk Song''' - John Barnes Chance<br />
*'''Come, Drink One More Cup''' - Chen Qian<br />
*'''Selections from Princess Mononoke''' - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Kazuhiro Morita<br />
*'''Festal Scenes''' - Yashuhide Ito<br />
<br />
=== ''Light'' - October 23, 2011 ===<br />
<br />
*'''"Overture" from Dancer in the Dark''' - Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Vince Mendoza, trans. Andrew Pease<br />
*'''Shadow Rituals''' - Michael Markowski<br />
*'''Angels in the Architecture''' - Frank Ticheli<br />
*'''Divertimento''' - Vincent Persichetti<br />
*'''Lux Aurumque''' - Eric Whitacre<br />
*'''Beacon Fires''' - Rob Smith<br />
<br />
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