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FIU Wind Ensemble presents Sound & Vision: Silent Shadows

Buy Tickets   Brenton F. Alston, conductor The Wind and Percussion Concert Series is proud to the second concert with the FIU Wind Ensemble entitled “Sound & Vision: “Silent Shadows.” This concert will feature James Stephenson’s “Requiem Dances,” a consortium premiere of James Syler’s “Silent Shadows” for wind ensemble and soprano based on the poetry of [...]

By |2018-09-21T21:18:08-04:00August 8th, 2018||Comments Off on FIU Wind Ensemble presents Sound & Vision: Silent Shadows
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FIU Festival of Bands Finale Concert presents Sound & Vision: African-American Experience

Buy Tickets   The FIU Festival of Bands finale concert features an eclectic celebration of Black History Month. This concert draws together instrumental and vocal music featuring the FIU Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Brenton Alston and special guest gospel sensation from Atlanta, Georgia, Psalm 150, under the direction of Reverend Lee Franklin. [...]

By |2019-02-01T01:16:59-05:00July 13th, 2018|, |Comments Off on FIU Festival of Bands Finale Concert presents Sound & Vision: African-American Experience
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FIU Wind Ensemble: Sound & Vision: This World Alive

Buy Tickets   Brenton Alston, conductor The Wind and Percussion Concert Series is proud to present the first concert with the FIU Wind Ensemble entitled “Sound & Vision: The World Alive.” This concert will feature Michael Daugherty’s tribute to Desi Arnaz and a consortium premiere of Steve Danyew’s "Into the Silent Land," a poignant [...]

By |2018-09-21T19:35:21-04:00July 5th, 2018||Comments Off on FIU Wind Ensemble: Sound & Vision: This World Alive
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FIU Festival of Bands

For the tenth year in a row, the FIU Annual Festival of Bands is back! Each year, up to 12 area bands are chosen to perform their MPA musical program in an onstage clinic within the acoustically superior Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall, where they receive written and recorded feedback by the FIU Director of Bands Barry Bernhardt,  FIU [...]

By |2018-01-23T19:06:53-05:00January 11th, 2018|, |Comments Off on FIU Festival of Bands
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FIU Wind Ensemble and Miami Arts Studio present “Unleashed” at New World Center

The Miami Arts Studio @ Zelda Glazer and Florida International University bands come together to bring a night of “UNLEASHED” power of music.   TICKETED BY THE NEW WORLD CENTER $20 General Admission - BUY NOW! For $10 student tickets, please call the NWC Box Office at 305.902.6856.   PROGRAM Combined Bands: Hazo : Olympiada   [...]

By |2017-10-17T15:19:30-04:00August 16th, 2017||Comments Off on FIU Wind Ensemble and Miami Arts Studio present “Unleashed” at New World Center
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FIU Wind Ensemble & Soloist Karli Viña present Reflections

Join the FIU Wind Ensemble for their season finale with a feature performance by new FIU faculty member, Karli Viña, as percussion soloist for “Concertino for Timpani, Brass, and Percussion” by Michael Colgrass. Enjoy other works by Bin Kaneda, Brahms, Sweelinck, Pierson, and Bach that are designed to make you reflect on life. Directed by Dr. [...]

By |2018-04-09T22:17:38-04:00August 16th, 2017||Comments Off on FIU Wind Ensemble & Soloist Karli Viña present Reflections
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FIU Wind Ensemble – World Premiere by Thomas Sleeper

Join the FIU Wind Ensemble for an unforgettable performance of Thomas Sleeper's WORLD PREMIERE of  Recursive Variations, a work that explores both intimate chamber music and full band with a wide variety of emotional explorations. Directed by Dr. Brenton F. Alston.   PROGRAMMING Little Concerto for Six Players by David Maslanka Consort for Ten Winds by [...]

By |2017-11-21T18:19:05-05:00August 14th, 2017||Comments Off on FIU Wind Ensemble – World Premiere by Thomas Sleeper
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