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(fall 2000 – present)

Michel van der Aa: Above (1999), 1.09.10

Michel van der Aa: Attach (2000), 12.04.09, 1.09.10

John Adams: “Soledades” - part II from El Dorado (1991) – 11.15.08

John Adams: “The Perilous Shore” from Gnarly Buttons (1996), 10.23.09, 12.04.09 (Alex Taylor ‘10, clarinet)

John Adams: Grand Pianola Music (1982) – 11.11.06 (Joseph Shippee ‘07, Noah Lindquist ‘07, piano)

John Adams (arr. James Spinazzola): Lollapalooza (1995) – 10.26.07 (New England premiere of wind ensemble version)

John Luther Adams: The Farthest Place (2001) – 11.15.08 (Brian Simalchik ‘10, conductor)

Timo Andres: The Night Jaunt (2006), 1.7.10 (Iota; Alex Creighton ‘10, conducting)

Louis Andriessen: De Materie (including Hadewijch and De Stijl)(1985-1989) – 2.16.08 (New England premiere/collegiate premiere/2nd performance in the U.S.) (Charles Blandy, tenor; Jennifer Ashe, soprano; Margot Bernstein ‘10, speaker; Dr. Sarah Bolton, narrator)

Louis Andriessen: De Staat (1976), 2.20.10, 3.13.10 (CBDNA)

Louis Andriessen: De Stijl (1985) – 2.19.05

Louis Andriessen: Hadewijch (1988) – 2.17.07 (Jennifer Ashe, soprano)

Louis Andriessen: Hymne to the memory of Darius Milhaud (1974) – 3.23.06 (American premiere)

Louis Andriessen: M is for Man, Music, Mozart (1991) – 11.20.04; 3.23.06; 12.7.06

Louis Andriessen: Passeggiata in Tram in America E Ritorno (2000) – 5.11.07 (Jennifer Ashe, soprano; Teng Jian Khoo ‘09, violin), 12.04.09 (Yanie Fecu ‘10, soprano; Stephanie Jensen ‘12, violin’ Brian Simalchik ‘10, piano)

Louis Andriessen: Symphonieen der Nederlanden (1973) – 5.11.07 (American premiere)

Louis Andriessen: Workers Union (1975) – 9.26.07, 9.23.09

Malcolm Arnold (arr. John Paynter): Four Scottish Dances (1957) – 2.10.01

Robert Russell Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances (1949) – 4.28.01

David Bedford: Sun Paints Rainbows on the Vast Waves (1982) – 11.17.07

Eve Beglarian: FeedForward (2007) – 9.29.07 (workshop/premiere performance at Mass MoCA; choreography by David Neumann)

Eve Beglarian: Landscaping for Privacy (1995) – 11.15.08

Warren Benson: Dawn’s Early Light (1987) – 2.18.06

Warren Benson: The Leaves Are Falling (1963), 2.20.10

Warren Benson: Variations on a Handmade Theme – 5.3.03

Leonard Bernstein (arr. Clare Grundman): Candide: Overture and Suite for Band (1956) – 11.16.02

Leonard Bernstein: “I am easily assimilated” from Candide (1956) – 5.12.06 (Kerry Ryer-Parke, soprano)

Leonard Bernstein: selections from Candide (1956) - “Westphalia Chorale,” “The Best of All Possible Worlds,” “Auto-da-fe,” “Words, Words, Words,” “Universal Good,” “Make Our Garden Grow” – 5.11.07 (Keith Kibler, baritone; members of Williams Chamber Choir)

Leonard Bernstein: “Mambo” from West Side Story – 5.12.06

Leonard Bernstein (arr. Frank Bencriscutto): Profanation from Symphony No. 1 (“Jeremiah”) (1940) – 2.15.03

Leonard Bernstein (arr. Clare Grundman): Slava! (1977) – 11.16.02

Charles Bestor: Three Portraits (1984) – 11.12.05

Douglas Boyce ‘92: A soggetto cavato on the name of David Kechley (Aftershock Postcard) (2010), 5.8.10 (premiere)

Johannes Brahms (arr. John Boyd): “O Gott, du frommer Gott” from Three Chorale Preludes (1896) – 2.18.06

Henry Brant: Verticals Ascending (1967) – 2.19.05

Benjamin Britten: Russian Funeral (1936) - 2.18.06 (Benjamin Wood ‘08, conductor)

Steven Bryant: Chester Leaps In (1997) – 11.20.04

Steven Bryant: Ecstatic Moments #1, #2, #3 (2010), 12.04.09 (premiere)

Steven Bryant: Ecstatic Waters (2009), 12.04.09

Andres Carrizo ‘04: For David (Aftershock Postcard) (2010), 5.8.10 (premiere)

Michael Colgrass: Old Churches (2001) – 2.15.03

Michael Colgrass: Winds of Nagual (1985) – 2.21.04; 5.9.08

Aaron Copland (arr. Merlin Patterson): Down a Country Lane (1962/1988) – 11.18.00

Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (1942) – Argentina tour, January 2009

Aaron Copland: The Red Pony Suite (1948/1966) – 11.18.00

Aaron Copland: Variations on a Skaker Melody (1943/1960) – 11.18.00

John Corigliano: Gazebo Dances (1973) – 5.10.02 (movements #1 & #4); 11.11.06

Brian Coughlin ‘95: Cor (Aftershock Postcard) (2010), 5.8.10 (premiere) (Alex Creighton ‘10, conductor)

Alex Creighton ‘10: City of Orange Lights (2009), 4.11.09

Alex Creighton ‘10: Repercussions (2010), 1.7.10 (Iota)

Richard Danielpour (arr. Jack Stamp): Vox Populi (1998) – 11.12.05

Michael Daugherty: Oh Ken from *What’s That Spell?” (1995) – 2.17.07 (Emily Bruce ‘07, soprano; Ian Jessen ‘07, oboe; Christina Lee ‘08, glockenspiel)

Claude Debussy (arr. Merlin Patterson): The Engulfed Cathedral (1913) – 2.19.05, 12.04.09

Johan de Meij: “Journey in the Dark” from Symphony No.1: Lord of the Rings (1987) – 2.21.04

Jonathan Dove: Figures in the Garden (1991) – 11.20.04

Jacob Druckman: In memoriam Vincent Persichetti (1987) – 11.12.05

Paul Dukas: Fanfare from La Peri (1912) – 12.3.08

Donald Erb: “The Stars Come Out” from Stargazing (1969) – 11.15.08

Lukas Foss: Concerto for Band (2002) — 5.10.02 (premiere of movement #2); 11.16.02 (premiere); 5.9.09 (movement #2 only)

Lukas Foss: For 24 Winds (1966) – 11.16.02

Lukas Foss: March from the opera Griffelkin (1956/1989) – 11.16.02

Lukas Foss: Renaissance Concerto (1990) – 11.11.06 (Jeffrey Wessler ‘07, flute)

John Frantzen: Pater Noster (2002) – 2.15.03 (premiere)

Peter Racine Fricker: Sinfonia, op. 76 (“In memoriam Benjamin Britten”) (1977) – 2.18.06

Nancy Galbraith: Danza de los Duendes (1996) – 5.12.06

Michael Gandolfi: Vientos y Tangos (2003) – 5.12.06; Argentina tour, January 2009

Kyle Gann: Sunken City (2007) – 5.9.08 (American premiere) (Brian Simalchik ‘10, piano, movement 1; Noah Lindquist ‘08, piano, movement 2)

David Gillingham: Serenade for Winds and Percussion (“Songs of the Night”) (1990) – 5.10.02

David Gillingham: Waking Angels (1997) – 5.3.03

Osvaldo Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses (2001) – 10.26.07; 11.17.07 (Augusta Caso ‘09, soprano)

Adam Gorb: Yiddish Dances (1998) – 5.14.04

Michael Gordon: selections from Van Gogh (1991) – 2.21.09 (Augusta Caso ‘09, soprano; Eric Kang ‘09, tenor; Chaz Lee ‘11, bass)

Michael Gordon: Yo Shakespeare (1992) – 5.9.09

Henryk Gorecki: Kleines Requiem fur eine Polka (1993) – 5.13.05

Morton Gould (arr. Philip Lang): American Salute (1943) – 11.18.00

Trevor Gureckis: Squarepusher (from Suspended Harmonies), 1.7.10 (Iota; Brian Simalchik ‘10, conductor)

Percy Aldridge Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy (1939) – 5.13.05

Percy Aldridge Grainger: Molly on the Shore (1920) – 4.28.01

Percy Aldridge Grainger: Ye Banks and Braes, O’ Bonnie Doon (1932) – 4.28.01

Judd Greenstein: Get Up/Get Down (2006), 3.13.10 (CBDNA), 5.8.10

Judd Greenstein (arr. Steven Bodner): Today and Everyday (2004/2006) – 3.23.06 (premiere)

Judd Greenstein ‘01: Today and Everyday (2004/2007) – 5.11.07 (premiere of revised wind ensemble version)

Daron Aric Hagen: Wedding Dances from the opera Bandanna (1998) – 5.10.02; 5.9.09

Reynaldo Hahn: Le bal de Béatrice d’Este (1906) – 2.21.04; 5.9.09 (Jacob Walls ‘11, conductor)

Howard Hanson (arr. John Boyd): Suite from the opera Merry Mount – 2.15.03

John Harbison: Three City Blocks - Block 1 (1993) – 10.24.08; 11.15.08

Kenneth Hesketh: Danceries (1999) – 11.15.03

Paul Hindemith: Geschwindmarsch by Beethoven (1946) – 2.23.02

David Holsinger: Liturgical Dances (1983) – 2.10.01

Gustav Holst: Hammersmith (1930) – 11.15.08

Karel Husa: Les Couleurs Fauves (1996) – 2.19.05; 2.21.09

Karel Husa: “Slovak Dance” from Divertimento for Brass and Percussion (1959) – 5.13.05

Charles Ives (arr. Richard Thurston): The Alcotts (1915, rev. 1947) – 11.11.06

Charles Ives (arr. Jonathan Elkus): Old Home Days Suite (arr. 1974) – 11.18.00; Argentina tour, January 2009

Gordon Jacob: More Old Wine in New Bottles (movements 1, 2) (1980) – 11.15.03

Gordon Jacob: Old Wine in New Bottles (movement 4) (1960) – 11.15.03

Gordon Jacob: William Byrd Suite (1923) – 4.28.01

Giya Kancheli: Magnum Ignotum (1994) – 5.9.08

David Kechley: BANG! (2005) – 5.13.05 (premiere), 5.8.10

David Kechley: Rush (2002/2010), 3.13.10 (CBDNA) (premiere), 5.8.10

Ernst Krenek: Drei Lustige Märsche, Op. 44 (1926) – 2.23.02

Robert Kurka: The Good Soldier Schweik Suite (1956) – 5.10.02

David Lang: How to Pray (2002, arr. SDB 2009), 12.04.09

David Lang: Shelter (2005) – 10.22.08 (“Before I enter”); 10.24.08 (“Before I enter”); 11.12.08 (“I want to live”); 11.15.08 (“Before I enter” & “I want to live”)

David Lang: Street (1994), 3.13.10 (CBDNA), 5.8.10

Libby Larsen (arr. John Boyd): Holy Roller (1997/2001) – 2.17.07 (David Jenkins, alto saxophone)

James MacMillan: …as others see us… (1990) – 2.21.09

Elizabeth Maconchy: Music for Brass and Woodwind (1965) – 2.17.07

Gustav Mahler: Nun will die sonn (from Kindertotenlieder) (1901-1904) – 11.17.07 (Richard Giarusso ‘00, baritone)

Gustav Mahler: Um Mitternacht (1901) – 11.17.07 (Richard Giarusso ‘00, baritone)

Martin Mailman: for precious friends hid in death’s dateless night (1988) – 5.9.09

Christopher Marshall: Aue! (2001) – 11.15.03

Ingram Marshall: Fog Tropes (1981) – 10.24.08; 11.15.08

Steve Martland: Kick (1996) – 5.14.04

David Maslanka: Golden Light (1990) – 2.18.06; 3.23.06

David Maslanka: Mother Earth (2006) – 5.11.07 (Massachusetts premiere)

David Maslanka: Tears (1993) – 2.15.03

Jules Massenet (arr. Verne Reynolds): Ballet Music from Le Cid (1885) – 11.17.01

Andrea Mazzariello ‘00: Brave Art New God (Aftershock Postcard) (2010), 5.8.10 (premiere)

Missy Mazzoli: In Spite of All This (2005), 1.7.10 (Iota; Brian Simalchik ‘10, conductor)

Felix Mendelssohn (ed. John Boyd): Overture for Winds, Op. 24 (1824) — 11.17.01

Olivier Messiaen: La Ville d’en-Haut (1987) – 11.15.08 (Eric Kang ‘09, piano soloist)

Olivier Messiaen: “Les oiseaux de Karuizawa” from Sept Haikai (1962) – 12.3.08 (Steve Beck, piano soloist; with members of Williams Chamber Players)

Olivier Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques (1956) – 12.3.08 (Steve Beck, piano soloist; with members of Williams Chamber Players)

Darius Milhaud: Le création du monde (1923) – 2.21.04; 11.17.07; 12.11.07

Philip Miller: Hottentot Venus (2009), 9.25.09 (premiere)

Dominic Muldowney: Dance Suite (1996) – 5.14.04

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (arr. Johan Wendt): Le nozze di Figaro (1786, arr. 1791) – 11.20.04

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade No. 10, K. 361 (370a) “Gran Partita”12.7.06

Jonathan Newman: My Hands Are a City (2008) – 11.15.08 (premiere)

Carl Orff (arr. Steven Bodner): Ave formosissima from Carmina Burana (1936) – 2.17.07

Carl Orff (arr. Friedrich Wanek): Carmina Burana (1936) – 2.23.02

Arvo Part: Fratres (1977) for 8 cellos – 5.9.09

Arvo Part (arr. Beat Briner): Fratres (1977) for wind octet & percussion – 5.9.09 (Brian Simalchik ‘10, conductor)

Arvo Part (orchestrated by Steven Bodner): Littlemore Tractus (2001) – 10.26.07

Robert Patterson: Stomp Igor (1998) – 11.20.04

Vincent Persichetti: Chorale Prelude: So Pure the Star (1962) – 11.12.05

Vincent Persichetti: Masquerade for Band, op. 102 (1966) – 11.12.05

Vincent Persichetti: Serenade No. 1, Op. 1 (1929) – 11.12.05

Vincent Persichetti: “Soliloquy” from Divertimento for Band, op. 42 (1950) – 11.12.05 (Ben Wood ‘08, trumpet)

Astor Piazzolla (arr. Steven Bodner): Oblivion from the film Enrico IV (1984) – 5.12.06 (Ian Jessen ‘07, oboe)

Henry Purcell (trans./elab. Steven Stucky): Funeral Music for Queen Mary (1695/1992) – 11.15.03; 2.17.07

Einojuhani Rautavaara: “At Death’s Door/In Hora Mortis” from Soldier’s Mass (1968) – 11.12.05 (Karl Schultz, trumpet)

H. Owen Reed: La Fiesta Mexicana (1949) – 5.12.06

Steve Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood (1973) – 11.12.05

Silvestre Revueltas: Homenaje a Federico García Lorca (1936) – 2.18.06; 3.23.06

Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemaya (1938) – 5.9.08

Wallingford Riegger: New Dance (1935) – 5.14.04

Terry Riley: In C (1964) – 7.27.07; 5.7.08; 5.11.09, 5.13.10

Sarah Riskind ‘09: Heart’s Place (2009) – 5.9.09 (Kerry Ryer-Parke, soprano soloist; Sarah Riskind ‘09, conductor)

Frederic Rzewski: Les Moutons de Panurge (1968) – 9.17.08

Kathryn Salfelder: Cathedrals (2007) 10.23.09, 2.20.10

William Schuman: New England Tripych (1956) — 11.18.00 (“When Jesus Wept” only); 11.20.04

Joseph Schwantner: In Evening’s Stillness (1996) – 11.17.07 (Scott Smedinghoff ‘09, piano)

Joseph Schwantner (arr. Nikk Pilato): New Morning for the World (1982/2007) – 11.17.07 (New England premiere of wind ensemble version); 2.3.08 (Omar Sangare, narrator)

Roberto Sierra: “Batata-Coco (¿Mambo?)” from Cuentos (1997) – 5.12.06

Brian Simalchik ‘10: Modular Homes (2009), 1.7.10 (premiere) (Iota; Brian Simalchik ‘10, conductor)

Brian Simalchik ‘10: Rain Towards Morning (2010), 5.8.10 (premiere)

Brian Simalchik ‘10: untitled (2009), 4.11.09 (premiere)

Brian Simalchik ‘10: when I lived in permanence (2009) – 5.9.09 (Katie Palmer ‘10, Mimi Lou ‘09, Betsy Ribble ‘09, cello soloists)

Sarah Kirkland Snider: Thread and Fray (2006), 1.7.10 (Iota; Brian Simalchik ‘10, conductor)

John Philip Sousa: The Glory of the Yankee Navy (1909) – 4.28.01

Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka (1943) – 5.13.05

Igor Stravinsky: “Tango” from L’histoire du soldat (1918) – 10.24.08

Jan Sweelinck (arr. Ramon Ricker): Variations on “Mein junges Leben hat ein End” – 2.18.06; 3.23.06

Toru Takemitsu: Day Signal (from Signals from Heaven) (1987) – 10.26.07; 11.17.07

Toru Takemitsu: Night Signal (from Signals from Heaven) (1987) – 10.26.07; 11.17.07

Randall Thompson (arr. Lewis Buckley): Alleluia (1940) – 11.17.01

Frank Ticheli: Blue Shades (1997) – 11.17.01

Ernst Toch: Spiel für Blasorchester, Op. 39 (1926) – 2.23.02

Michael Torke: Adjustable Wrench (1987) – 5.13.05

Michael Torke: Bliss: Variations on an Unchanging Rhythm (2003) – 5.3.03 (second performance)

Klas Torstensson: Self-portrait with percussion (Lantern Lectures, Volume V) (2006), 2.20.10 (Matthew Gold, percussion soloist)

Joan Tower (arr. Jack Stamp): “Celebration Fanfare” from Stepping Stones (1998) – 5.3.03

Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 5 (1993) – 2.17.07

Edgard Varese: Octandre (1923) – 2.21.09

Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr. Donald Hunsberger): Variations for Wind Band (1957) – 11.15.03

Kevin Volans: Walking Song (1984) – 5.3.03 (Joyia Chadwick ‘05, flute; Paul Lindemann ‘06, harpsichord)

Jay Wadley: Upon Awakening, Still Burning (2009) – 2.21.09 (premiere; Thomas Bergeron, trumpet soloist)

Jacob Walls ‘11: The Scope of Another (2009), 1.7.10 (Iota; Jacob Walls ‘11, conductor)

Jacob Walls ‘11: Three Bands (2010), 5.8.10 (premiere) (Elizabeth Irvin ‘10 & Peter Gottlieb ‘11, horn)

Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra (1924) – 5.3.03 (Joanna Kurkowicz, violin)

Kurt Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik (1929) – 2.23.02

Michael Weinstein: Suite of Dances (2003) – 5.14.04 (premiere)

Dana Wilson: “Being” from Piece of Mind (1984) – 2.18.06

Dana Wilson: When I am Gone Away (2006) – 11.11.06 (second performance)

Benjamin Wood ‘08: Forgotten Skies (2007) – 5.11.07 (premiere) (Ian Jessen ‘07, English horn)

Benjamin Wood ‘08: Sky Islands (Aftershock Postcard) (2010), 5.8.10 (premiere)

Guy Woolfenden: French Impressions (1998) – 2.19.05

Iannis Xenakis: Plekto (1993) – 12.3.0