Southwest Washington Wind Symphony: Imagination
Free
- Patrick Murphy, conductor
Kara Williams — Overture to an Endless Summer
Daisuke Shimizu — Welcome to the Imagination World
Charles Ives — Variations on "America"
The Southwest Washington Wind Symphony will present colorful and zany music by contemporary composers at a concert titled "Imagination." Under the baton of conductor Patrick Murphy from the University of Portland, the 55-musician concert band will perform Xerxes by John Mackey, Overture to an Endless Summer by Kara Williams, Welcome to the Imagination World by Daisuke Shimizu, and more.
About Southwest Washington Wind Symphony
The Southwest Washington Wind Symphony is a 50-musician, professional quality concert band organized in 2005. The mission of the Southwest Washington Wind Symphony is to:
(1) nurture the appreciation of symphonic band music by performing free concerts for the community
(2) provide local musicians and music educators with opportunities for musical growth while performing challenging, high quality band literature
(3) encourage and support music education in the public schools with special emphasis on wind band music appreciation
(4) educate the audience and community on the cultural, historical, and musical significance of the symphonic band genre.
Phone: (503) 545-8867
http://www.swwindsymphony.orgAbout Patrick Murphy, conductor
Dr. Patrick Murphy is Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Portland. He has presented sessions at regional, national, and international conferences in both the United States and Europe. His historical research includes on Soviet wind band music, about which he is consulted by conductors and researchers worldwide, and on music in Japanese internment camps during World War II. Additionally, he is an active presenter and presider at music education and music theory conferences. A proponent of new and diverse repertoire for wind bands, Dr. Murphy's degrees include a Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from the University of Arizona, an M.A. in Music Education from the University of Minnesota, and a B.M. from Washington State University, also in Music Education. Locally, he is conductor of the Southwest Washington Wind Symphony and Portland Community Wind Band, in addition to being an active adjudicator and clinician.
https://www.up.edu/directory/Patrick-Murphy.html