The U of A Bands will kick off the fall 2023 concert season at 7:30 p.m. today, Oct. 5, in the Faulkner Performing Arts Center on the campus of the U of A.

The evening will begin with a performance by the Wind Symphony under the direction of Jeffrey Summers, associate director of bands. The Wind Ensemble will close out the concert and will feature a guest conductor, Capt. Brandon Hults of the United States Air Force Band.

This concert is dedicated to Chris Knighten, director of bands, who is on medical leave for the remainder of the fall semester but anticipates returning to conducting the Wind Ensemble in spring 2024.

Wind Symphony 

Folk Song Suite (1924) | Ralph Vaughn Williams (1872-1958) 

I. March, Seventeen Come Sunday 
II. Intermezzo, My Bonny Boy 
III. March, Folk Songs from Somerset 

"October" (2000) | Eric Whitacre (b. 1970) 

"Planet B" (2021) | Catherine Likhuta (b. 1981)

"Dancing in Rain" (2009) | Yo Goto (b. 1958) 

Wind Ensemble 

"System Shock" (2023) | Trey Jeter (b. 1998) 

"D'un Matin du Printemps" (1917) | Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) trans. Jack Hontz

"Sweet Chariot" (2019) | Carlos Simon (b. 1986)

First Suite in E-Flat (1909) | Gustav Holst (1874-1934) 

I. Chaconne 
II. Intermezzo 
III. March

"Rolling Thunder" (1916) | Henry Fillmore (1881-1956) ed. Fred Fennell 

Admission to all U of A Bands performances is free and open to the public. Information about ticketing can be found at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center website.