This track includes two contrasting excerpts from a LIVE performance of Michael Daugherty's "Raise the Roof" for timpani and wind ensemble. 

The full recording of this live performance is available at http://goo.gl/Bi1IWi

Ensemble:   Cal Poly Wind Ensemble (http://windorchestra.calpoly.edu)
Soloist:   John Astaire
Conductor:  Andrew McMahan
Recording Date:  June 6, 2014
Location:   San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center (http://www.pacslo.org)

The concert program (with a complete listing of all performers) is located at http://goo.gl/jH6Tz9

"Raise the Roof" by Michael Daugherty (LIVE) [Excerpts]

This track includes two excerpts from a LIVE performance of Leonard Bernstein's "Overture to CANDIDE" as arranged by Walter Beeler.

The full recording of this live performance is available at http://goo.gl/oEWf85

Ensemble: Cal Poly Wind Ensemble (http://windorchestra.calpoly.edu)
Soloists:   Emily O'Hanlon, piccolo (Liberal Arts and Engineering); Shawna Sherwood, flute (Aerospace Engineering); Jason Lu, clarinet (Liberal Arts and Engineering)
Conductor: Andrew McMahan
Recording Date: June 6, 2014
Location: San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center (http://www.pacslo.org)

The concert program (with a complete listing of all performers) is located at http://goo.gl/jH6Tz9

"Overture to CANDIDE" by Leonard Bernstein (LIVE) [Excerpts]

This is a LIVE performance of Jonathan Newman's "Uncle Sid"

Ensemble: Cal Poly Wind Ensemble (http://windorchestra.calpoly.edu)
Soloists: Andrew Nishida, clarinet(Mechanical Engineering); Austin Graves, trumpet (Civil Engineering); Zack Fisher, tuba (Music)
Conductor: Andrew McMahan
Recording Date: June 4, 2011
Location: San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center (http://www.pacslo.org)

The concert program (with a complete listing of all performers) is located at http://goo.gl/R9WRRo

Upon hearing this recording, Newman wrote “Wow! That is actually really, really great!   I've got a big 'ol smile on my face!   ...this is stylistically smack-on.”

"Uncle Sid" by Jonathan Newman (LIVE)

This is a LIVE performance of John Mackey's "Strange Humors" (http://www.ostimusic.com/HumorsWinds.php)

Ensemble: Cal Poly Wind Ensemble (http://windorchestra.calpoly.edu)
Djembe:  Jonathan Withem (Music - 2012 graduate)
English Horn: Laura Borovilos (Food Science)
Conductor: Andrew McMahan
Recording Date:  April 17, 2015
Location: San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center (http://www.pacslo.org)

The concert program (with a complete listing of all performers) is located at http://goo.gl/r2P8Zv

A video of a February 2015 performance of the same ensemble and soloist is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t--l6AEGR8

"Strange Humors" by John Mackey [LIVE]

This is a LIVE performance of the following movements from Robert W. Smith's transcription of John Williams "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" soundtrack:
   - Leaving Hogwarts
   - Harry's Wondrous World

Ensemble: Cal Poly Wind Ensemble (http://windorchestra.calpoly.edu)
Conductor: Andrew McMahan
Recording Date: April 19, 2013
Location: San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center (http://www.pacslo.org)

The concert program (with a complete listing of all performers) is located at http://goo.gl/YPB0Ut

Selections from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" [LIVE]

This is a LIVE performance of John Mackey's "Asphalt Cocktail" (http://www.ostimusic.com/Asphalt.php)

Ensemble: Cal Poly Wind Ensemble (http://windorchestra.calpoly.edu)
Soloist:   Andrew Nishida, Clarinet [Mechanical Engineering]
Conductor: Andrew McMahan
Recording Date: April 14, 2012
Location: San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center (http://www.pacslo.org)

The concert program (with a complete listing of all performers) is located at http://goo.gl/dYRXje

Asphalt Cocktail

"Asphalt Cocktail" by John Mackey [LIVE]

This is a LIVE performance of Philip Sparke's"Year of the Dragon" (Mvt. I).

Ensemble: Cal Poly Wind Ensemble (http://windorchestra.calpoly.edu)
Conductor: Andrew McMahan
Recording Date: November 17, 2012
Location: San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center (http://www.pacslo.org)

The concert program (with a complete listing of all performers) is located at https://goo.gl/lDV1EX

Year of the Dragon

"Year of the Dragon" (Mvt. I) by Philip Sparke [LIVE]

This is a LIVE performance of Mvt. I from Karel Husa's "Music For Prague".

Ensemble: Cal Poly Wind Ensemble (http://windorchestra.calpoly.edu)
Soloists: Doug Gallatin, piccolo (Computer Engineering); Ema Miille, flute (Graphic Communication); Timothy Joyce, baritone saxophone (Mathematics)
Conductor: Andrew McMahan
Recording Date:  March 5, 2011
Location: San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center (http://www.pacslo.org)

The concert program (with a complete listing of all performers) is located at https://goo.gl/LLjcqW

Music For Prague (Mvt. I)

"Music For Prague" (Mvt. I) by Karel Husa [LIVE]

The Cal Poly Wind Ensemble and Wind Orchestra enjoys a national as well as international reputation for musical excellence. Each year, these ensembles perform several major concerts in the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center and often goes on national and international tours. Through numerous special invitations, the Wind Ensemble has performed in many of the world’s finest concert halls including Beethoven Hall at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, the Town Hall in Auckland, New Zealand, the Michael Fowler Performing Arts Centre in Wellington, New Zealand, the Sydney Opera House and the Town Hall in Sydney, Australia, Douglas College in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, St. John's Smith Square in London, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

The ensemble made its debut in Carnegie Hall, in New York City on April 3, 2003 as a part of the New York City Wind Band Festival. In July, 2006, the Cal Poly Wind Ensemble and the PolyPhonics (university choir) went on an eighteen-day concert tour of Hungary, Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic performing in such halls as the Karlskirche Cathedral in Vienna and Smetana Hall in Prague. The combined ensembles also performed the opening concerts for the Mid-Europe Conference held in Schladming, Austria.

On several occasions the Cal Poly Wind Ensemble has performed at Western Division conferences of the College Band Directors National Association and the California Music Educators Association. The ensemble’s first performance for The American Bandmasters Association (ABA) was in March of 1991 on the campus of Arizona State University. Other performances for the ABA were on March 5, 1997 in San Diego and March 7, 2007 in San Luis Obispo. The Wind Ensemble will once again perform for ABA in March 2016. On February 22, 2008 the Wind Ensemble performed an evening concert for the members of the California All-State Honor Bands and conference delegates of the California Band Directors Association.

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