Portland Wind Symphony – Past Concerts
PWS is a high quality ensemble that presents wind band concerts to the public free of charge. This is our 32nd year. Our members include professional musicians, educators, health care and tech professionals. All are volunteers who played in top college bands.
PSU Wind Symphony & University Band Concert
Portland Wind Symphony,
Portland State University Bands, and
Portland State University School of Music & Theater
Thursday, December 5, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Lincoln Performance Hall (LH 175) at Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
Wind Symphony and University Band in concert featuring exciting wind band works by diverse composers.
$10 (PSU student/faculty free)
Portland Wind Symphony: European Influences
Sunday, October 6, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Lakeridge High School Auditorium, Lake Oswego, OR, United States
Jaime Texidor
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Amparito Roca
Johannes Brahms — Ein Deutsches Requiem ("German requiem"), Op. 45 ("I. Blessed are they"; trans. Barbara Buehlman)
Darius Milhaud — Suite Française
Leroy Anderson — Irish Suite ("I. The Irish Washerwoman")
Julius Fučík — Florentiner March, Op. 214 (arr. Mayhew Lake; ed. Frederick Fennell)
Malcolm Arnold — Four Scottish Dances
Alfred Reed — Armenian Dances (Part 1)
Johannes Brahms — Ein Deutsches Requiem ("German requiem"), Op. 45 ("I. Blessed are they"; trans. Barbara Buehlman)
Darius Milhaud — Suite Française
Leroy Anderson — Irish Suite ("I. The Irish Washerwoman")
Julius Fučík — Florentiner March, Op. 214 (arr. Mayhew Lake; ed. Frederick Fennell)
Malcolm Arnold — Four Scottish Dances
Alfred Reed — Armenian Dances (Part 1)
Free
Portland Wind Symphony: Summertime
Sunday, August 18, 2024 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Cathedral Park, Portland, OR, United States
Program includes works by
George Gershwin,
Katahj Copley,
Edwin Franko Goldman,
Clare Grundman,
Amanda Aldridge,
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Camille Saint-Saëns,
Julie Giroux,
Harold Arlen,
Frank Ticheli, and
John Philip Sousa.
Free
Portland Wind Symphony: The Music of Frank Ticheli
Sunday, February 18, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
West Linn High School, West Linn, OR, United States
Frank Ticheli
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Nitro
Frank Ticheli — Sanctuary
Frank Ticheli — Over the Moon
Frank Ticheli — Joy Revisited
Frank Ticheli — Cajun Folk Songs
Frank Ticheli — Angels in the Architecture
Frank Ticheli — Sanctuary
Frank Ticheli — Over the Moon
Frank Ticheli — Joy Revisited
Frank Ticheli — Cajun Folk Songs
Frank Ticheli — Angels in the Architecture
Free (donations accepted)
Portland Wind Symphony: Celebracion!
Monday, February 13, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Sherwood Center for the Arts, Sherwood, OR, United States
Alberto Ginastera
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Four Dances from Estancia (Suite), Op. 8a
("Danza Final"; arr. David John)
Shelley Hanson — Islas y Montañas
Satoshi Yagisawa — Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Giovanni Santos — Mayagüez
Astor Piazzolla — Libertango (arr. Lorenzo Bocci)
Arturo Márquez — Danzón No. 2 (trans. Oliver Nickel)
Zequinha de Abreu — Tico-Tico no Fubá (arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Shelley Hanson — Islas y Montañas
Satoshi Yagisawa — Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Giovanni Santos — Mayagüez
Astor Piazzolla — Libertango (arr. Lorenzo Bocci)
Arturo Márquez — Danzón No. 2 (trans. Oliver Nickel)
Zequinha de Abreu — Tico-Tico no Fubá (arr. Naohiro Iwai)
Free
Portland Wind Symphony Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 4, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Sam Barlow High School, Gresham, OR, United States
Timothy Mahr
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Fantasia in G
Gustav Holst — Second Suite in F for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 2
Ron Nelson — Aspen Jubilee
Claude T. Smith — A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols
Robert Thurston — Dreidel Dance
Randol Bass — The Night Before Christmas
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Gustav Holst — Second Suite in F for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 2
Ron Nelson — Aspen Jubilee
Claude T. Smith — A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols
Robert Thurston — Dreidel Dance
Randol Bass — The Night Before Christmas
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Free
Portland Wind Symphony: Ito, Blackshaw, Thomas
Monday, October 10, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lincoln Performance Hall (LH 175) at Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
Program includes works by
John Williams,
Yasuhide Ito,
Jodie Blackshaw,
Mark Camphouse,
Charles Ives,
James Barnes,
Omar Thomas, and
Henry Fillmore.
Free
Portland Wind Symphony: Grainger, Barnes, Giroux
Sunday, April 24, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Roosevelt High School, Portland, OR, United States
Dudley Buck
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Festival Overture
David R. Gillingham — One True Life
Percy Grainger — Handel in the Strand
James Barnes — Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Aaron Perrine — Only Light
Julie Giroux — Culloden III
Karl King — The Viking March
David R. Gillingham — One True Life
Percy Grainger — Handel in the Strand
James Barnes — Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Aaron Perrine — Only Light
Julie Giroux — Culloden III
Karl King — The Viking March
Free