Fall Concert

This is the first fall concert for the Woodland Park Wind Symphony and features a wide range of band literature:

• The ballad Evensong
• The popular and well-known Folk Song Suite by R. Vaughan Williams
• Selections from Chicago
• Variants on an Early American Hymn Tune featuring the full spectrum of timbres and colors for the concert wind symphony

One piece featured is the composition “City Above the Clouds.” Intended to encapsulate the history and beauty of the mountain town known as Woodland Park, Colorado, and the Ute Pass area, composer Rod Harkins, Spirit of America Press, researched and visited the very historical places of this area which was transformed and molded by the Native American, Spanish Conquistador, and the gold miner. The Woodland Park Wind Symphony is proud to perform this exciting multi facetted musical selection which weaves the cultural diversity of the area augmented with video prepared by Craig Harms.

Also featured is “Swashbuckler,” by John Roberts. Written to pay tribute to all of the great movie heroes and cavaliers from pirates to sword-fighting musketeers, this music brings alive theses valiant and exciting characters.

The Woodland Park Wind Symphony invites you to meet the musicians at 6 p.m. for appetizers, featuring the Mountain Brass, Clarion Winds, and the High Altitooters.