The UMass Symphony Band begins the spring semester with 2nd-year Graduate Conductor Samantha Franciosa on the podium. She will lead the band through a mix of wind band standards and new repertoire by exciting composers Omar Thomas and Katherine Bergman. The Wind Ensemble continues their collaboration with UMass Professor of Trombone, Greg Spiridopoulos, on two more brand-new concertos by jazz faculty members Jeffrey Holmes and Felipe Salles.

SYMPHONY BAND (Samantha Franciosa, graduate conductor)

Mother of a Revolution (2019) - Omar Thomas

Dream Machine (2016) - Katherine Bergman

Suite Francaise, Op. 248b (1944) - Darius Milhaud

October (2000) - Eric Whitacre

Festal Scenes (1988) - Yasuhide Ito

WIND ENSEMBLE

Dancing Fire (2016) - Kevin Day

Asynchronous, Synchronously (2021) - Felipe Salles (Greg Spiridopoulos, trombone)

Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble (2021) - Jeffrey Holmes (Greg Spiridopoulos, trombone)

Danzon No. 2 (1994) - Arturo Marquez, arr. Nickel