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Fall Concert

• Saturday, September 20
• overture to orpheus in the underworld by jacques offenbach
• symphony no. 2, mvmt. 3 "apollo" by frank ticheli
• zion by dan welcher
• the divine comedy by robert w. smith
• • I. Inferno
  • II. Purgatorio
  • III. The Ascension
  • IV. Paradiso

Summer Concert

• Saturday, June 14
• Rhosymedre - Vaughan Williams/ Beeler
• Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Wagner/ Cailliet
• Quartets - Cichy
• Symphony in Bb - Hindemith
• • -Movement I -Movement II -Movement III
• Strange Humors - John Mackey
• Tempered Steel - Charles Young

World Tour

• Saturday, March 8
• Mitchell Davis, Conductor
• Charlie Fix, Conductor
• Dan Sitomer, Conductor
• David Irving, Conductor


• Vientos y Tangos - Michael Gandolfi (Argentina/ Uruguay)
• Vesuvius - Frank Ticheli (Italy)
• Arabesque - Samuel Hazo (Middle East)
• Suite Francais - Darius Milhaud (France)
• Rocky Point Holiday - Ron Nelson (Rhode Island)
• Africa: Ceremony, Song, and Ritual - Robert W. Smith (Africa)

The Lord of the Rings

• Sunday, December 15
• Dan Sitomer, Conductor


• Johann de Meij's Symphony No. 1 (The Lord of the Rings)

Stolen!

• Saturday, September 21
• Mitchell Davis, Conductor
• Charlie Fix, Conductor
• Dan Sitomer, Conductor
• David Irving, Conductor


• Strange Humors by John Mackey
• March Slav by Tchaikowsky/ Laurendeau
• O Magnum Mysterium by Lauridsen/ Reynolds
• Oberon Overture by Weber/ Lake
• Eternal Father, Strong to Save by Claude T. Smith
• Slava! by Leonard Bernstein
• Jupiter by Gustav Holst

Bowie Festival of Community Bands*

• Saturday, June 8, 2013
• Mitchell Davis, Conductor
• Charlie Fix, Conductor
• Dan Sitomer, Conductor


• Crown Imperial - William Walton
• Handel in the Strand - Percy Grainger
• Armenian Dances, Part 1 - Alfred Reed
• Puszta - Jan Van der Roost
• American Salute - Morton Gould
• Variations on America - Charles Ives
• Pastime - Jack Stamp
• Pandemonium - Roger Cichy
• Solas Ane - Samuel Hazo
• Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold
• Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett


• *The Category 5 Wind Ensemble in conjunction with the City of Bowie Arts Council hosted this festival of community bands at Allen Pond Park. Participating bands were the Category 5 Wind Ensemble, Mt. Vernon Concert Band, and Falls Church Concert Band.

In the beginning...

• Sunday, April 28
• Mitchell Davis, Conductor
• Charlie Fix, Conductor
• Dan Sitomer, Conductor
• David Irving, Conductor


• Aegean Festival Overture - Makris
• An Outdoor Overture - Copland
• 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky
• Overture to Candide - Bernstein
• Academic Festival Overture - Brahms
• A Festival Prelude - Reed

Winter Concert

• Saturday, December 15, 2012
• Mitchell Davis, Conductor
• Charlie Fix, Conductor
• Dan Sitomer, Conductor


• Festive Overture- Shostakovich/ Hunsberger
• Greensleeves- arr. Reed
• William Byrd Suite- Jacob
• Handel in the Strand- Grainger/ Goldman
• Russian Christmas Music- Reed
• City of Bowie March

Gustav Holst

• September 22, 2012
• Mitchell Davis, Conductor
• Charlie Fix, Conductor
• Dan Sitomer, Conductor


• Moorside March- Gustav Holst, arranged by Gordon Jacob
• Hammersmith- Gustav Holst
• Mars- Gustav Holst
• Jupiter- Gustav Holst
• 1st Suite in Eb for Military Band- Gustav Holst
• 2nd Suite in F for Military Band- Gustav Holst

Lincolnshire Posy

• October 1, 2011
• Mitchell Davis, Conductor
• Dan Sitomer, Conductor


• Crown Imperial- William Walton
• Lincolnshire Posy- Percy Grainger
• La Fiesta Mexicana- H. Owen Reed
• Shenandoah- Frank Ticheli
• Sketches on a Tudor Psalm- Fisher Tull

Dancing in the Wind

• June 11, 2011
• Mitchell Davis, Conductor
• Dan Sitomer, Conductor


• Four Scottish Dances- Malcolm Arnold
• Suite of Old American Dances- Robert Russell Bennett
• Faroe Island Dance- Percy Grainger
• Incantation and Dance- John Barnes Chance
• Armenian Dances- Alfred Reed

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