2013 - 2014 Repertoire

Band Staff

Dr. Wayne Gallops
Director of University Bands

Elizabeth Good
Graduate Conducting Assistant

Antionnete Tortorici
Library Equipment

Jesse Lykins
Equipment Management/Percussion

Dominick Havens
Personnel/Equipment

Coleman Gilleland
Equipment/Library

RU Bands 2013 – 2014 Season

From the New World: A Sonic History of America
Radford University Wind Symphony
Dr. R. Wayne Gallops, conductor
Wednesday – October 2, 2013

  • Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World, Op. 95. “Finale” by Antonin Dvorak
  • Chester Overture (1778) by William Schuman
  • Trail of Tears – American Salute: “When Johnny Comes
  • Marching Home” (1863) by James Barnes/Morton Gould
  • The Cowboys by John Williams
  • President Garfield’s Inaugural March (1881) by John Philip Sousa
  • Colonel Bogey March (1914) by Kenneth Alford
  • Fanfare for the Common Man (1942) by Aaron Copland
  • A Hymn for the Lost and the Living (2001) by Eric Ewazen
  • America by Carmen Dragon

Annual Student Conductor Concert (TBA)
Wednesday – Nov. 20, 2013

Tri-State Chamber Winds Festival
Faculty Chamber Winds
University Wind Ensemble
Dr. R. Wayne Gallops, conductor
Dr. Dayl Burnett, trombone soloist
Thursday – Dec. 5, 2013

Overture for Band............................................................John Hiens
Othello.............................................................................Alfred Reed
Colloquy Concerto for Trombone and Wind Symphony.............................................................William Goldstein
Symphony No. 1 ‘Finale’.......................................Vasily Kalinnikov

University Wind Ensemble
Dr. R. Wayne Gallops, conductor
Student Concerto Winner (TBA)
Friday – Feb. 28, 2014

Fantasia on ‘Black is the Color of My True Loves Hair’
                                        ........................................Mark Camphouse
Paris Sketches............................................................Martin Ellerby
March from the Symphonic Metamorphosis..........Paul Hindmeth
Student Concerto Winner (Selection TBA)

RU Chamber Winds
University Symphonic Band

Elizabeth Good, Graduate Conducting Recital
Wednesday – April 23, 2014

William Byrd Suite........................................................William Byrd
Other Selections TBA


Faculty Chamber Winds
University Wind Ensemble

Dr. R. Wayne Gallops, conductor
Dr. Jeffrey Traster, tuba soloist – guest conductor
Wednesday – April 20, 2014

Overture to Candide...........................................Leonard Bernstein
Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon......................Percy Grainger
Yiddish Dances...............................................................Adam Gorb
Concerto For Tuba...................................Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. IV for Band........................................Morton Gould

Past Seasons