The 36th Annual Carolina Band Festival and Conductors Conference ∙ The Wind Ensemble presents a bright, energetic program of works by John Philip Sousa, Carolyn Bremer, Ingolf Dahl, Morton Gould, and Leonard Bernstein. They will be joined by Dr. Robert Young, professor of saxophone, and festival guest clinicians Sarah McKoin, William L. Lake, Jr., and John R. Locke.
The Symphonic Band is joined by Dr. Abigail Pack, professor of horn, in a program of works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Catherine Likhuta, and Théo Schmitt.
The Symphony Orchestra is joined by Mongolian horsehead fiddle player Suyahan for program of works by Weber, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and a premiere from Chinese composer 温泽 (Wenze).
The Symphonic Band pays tribute to the USA with a program of works by American composers Morton Gould, Elena Specht, Charles Ives, Mary Lou Williams, and William Schuman.
The Wind Ensemble rounds out their season with a program featuring Dr. Ryan Reynolds, professor of bassoon, and works by Igor Stravinsky, Omar Thomas, Luke Ellard, and a world premiere by Marianne Ploger.
It is John’s arrangement of the “Star Spangled Banner” that helped propel Whitney Houston in her 1990 performance at the Super Bowl (the recording went platinum). His recordings with the Clayton Brothers, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Milt Jackson, Monty Alexander, Count Basie and others are plentiful. John feels “I’ve been... Continue reading...
The Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program rounds out the year with jazz bassist, composer, arranger, and producer John Clayton. A GRAMMY® winner with nine additional nominations and has written and/or recorded with artists such as Milt Jackson, Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Regina Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gladys Knight, Queen Latifah, McCoy Tyner, YoYo Ma, and Charles Aznavour, to name only a few.