Wind Symphony Programs
5 April 2018 : "Life and Death"
Nikk Pilato, conductor
Lexie Rich, guest conductor
- Joy Revisited - Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)
- The Promise of Living (1954) - Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- Chant Funeraire (1921) - Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
- Corsican Litany (1976) – Vaclav Nelhybel (1919-1996)
- Unending Stream of Life (2007) - David Maslanka (1943-2017)
15 February 2018 : "War and Peace"
Nikk Pilato, conductor
- Epinicion (1975) – John Paulson (b. 1948)
- Pacem: A Hymn for Peace (2005) - Robert Spittal (b. 1963)
- Symphony No. 1, In Memoriam Dresden (1978) - Daniel Bukvich (b. 1954)
- Serenity (2014) - Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)/tr. Wilson
- A Soldier's Mass (1968) - Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)
29 November 2017 : "Sea and Sky"
Nikk Pilato, conductor
- Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- Sheltering Sky (2012) – John Mackey (b. 1973)
- Wings that Work: The Invention of Flight (2003) – Steven Bryant (b. 1972)
- Sea Chanteys (2011) – Bill Hoehne (b. 1957)
4 October 2017 : "Night and Day"
Nikk Pilato, conductor
- The World is Waiting for the Sunrise (1919/1939) – Ernest Seitz (1892-1987)/arr. Alford
- On This Bright Morning (2013) – David Maslanka (1943-2017)
- Daydream (1989) – Timothy Mahr (b. 1956)
- A Little Night and Day Music (1976) – Samuel Adler (b. 1928)
- Dusk (2004) – Steven Bryant (b. 1972)
- Night Dances (1994) – Bruce Yurko (b. 1951)
27 April 2017 : "Devotionals"
Nikk Pilato, conductor
Kurt Fowler, cello
Abby Layer, guest conductor
- Resting in the Peace of His Hands - John Gibson
- Amen! - Frank Ticheli
- Ave Maria - Franz Biebl, arr. Pilato
- Prayer - Michael Schelle
- Give Us This Day (Short Symphony) - David Maslanka
16 February 2017 : "Oh Percy"
Nikk Pilato, conductor
- Themes from "Green Bushes" - Percy Aldridge Grainger
- Immovable Do, The - Percy Aldridge Grainger
- Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon - Percy Aldridge Grainger
- Walking Tune - Percy Aldridge Grainger
- Mock Morris - Percy Aldridge Grainger
- Two Grainger Melodies - Percy Aldridge Grainger
- Handel in the Strand - Percy Aldridge Grainger
1 December 2016 : "Postcards from the Motherland"
Nikk Pilato, conductor
- Abschied der Slawin - Wassily Agapkin
- Folk Dances - Dmitri Shostakovich
- Salvation is Created - Pavel Tchesnokov, arr. Nikk Pilato
- Procession of the Nobles - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, tr. Erik Leidzen
- Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
4 October 2016 : "Wu Xing: The Five Phases"
Nikk Pilato, conductor
Roby G. George, guest conductor
Jimmy Finnie, percussion
Alec Branstetter, percussion