Children’s Concert: Heroes

Sunday, May 5, 2019

3:00 PM

Scottish Rite Consistory - Auditorium

519 Park Street

Des Moines, IA  50309

FREE ADMISSION

$10 donation suggested

The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble concludes their season with the popular Children’s Concert Series. Conduct the band, sing along or march with us! This concert is full of music for children of all ages including the “young at heart”. We will recognize this year’s winner of the Aimee Krug Memorial Student Solo Competition, Elizabeth Hertzberg, as she performs her flute solo with the ensemble. CIWE members Ryan Rowley and Joseph Thering will direct the group for singalongs to The Greatest Showman and Mary Poppins. The trumpet section will take us on an adventure with Bugler’s Holiday. We will honor local heroes in our community with a fitting march conducted by Des Moines Fire Chief, John TeKippe. You will also have a chance after the concert to see a fire truck up close and talk with our fire heroes. This courageous concert will surely inspire young music lovers and older ones alike!

Be sure to show up early at 2:15 pm to enjoy a Q&A session with our interim conductor, Mark Doerffel.

This family friendly event will be held in the historic and beautiful Scottish Rite Consistory Auditorium (519 Park Avenue, Downtown Des Moines). We hope to see you there!

Program

Entry of the Gladiators – Julius Fucik

Selections from The Greatest Showman – arr. Paul Murtha

Fantasie Pastorale Hogroise – Franz Doppler
— Elizabeth Hertzberg, flute soloist

Concord – Clare Grundman

Selections from Mary Poppins – arr. Ted Ricketts

Bugler’s Holiday – Leroy Anderson

76 Trombones – Meredith Wilson

Hampden Firemen, March – George Robert Rehrer

 

 

 

 

Celebrating Women’s History Month

Sunday, March 10, 2019

3:00 PM

Pre-Concert Talk – 2:15 PM

Scottish Rite Consistory - Auditorium

519 Park Street

Des Moines, IA  50309

FREE ADMISSION

$10 donation suggested

The ensemble continues its cultural diversity series with a tribute to women’s history month. This concert will feature music written by female composers including three written by native Iowans as well as pieces inspired by events in women’s history.

Special Guests:
Jillian Whitaker – graduate of Urbandale HS and UNI, returns to Des Moines to speak with a number of metro school bands about her current career in Los Angeles as a film composer. She will also be on hand for the pre-concert lecture to give further history about her piece, Coming Home.

Linda Robbins Coleman – Des Moines local, former resident composer for Drake University Theatre, and internationally performed composer of symphonic and chamber music will be premiering the wind band version of her piece, Nolens Volens. She will also be available before the concert for our Q&A session.

CIWE Member Spotlights:
Cristina Deeds (French horn) – performing a movement from a Mozart horn concerto.

Rachel Sullivan (percussion) – guest conducting

Rose Kundel (flute) – guest conducting

Pre-Concert Talk
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to direct the ensemble or write music? Perhaps how to shatter the glass ceiling in the music world? Be sure to show up early at 2:15 pm to enjoy a Q&A session with our interim conductor, Mark Doerffel, and special guests featured in this concert.

This family friendly event will be held in the historic and beautiful Scottish Rite Consistory Auditorium (519 Park Avenue, Des Moines). We hope to see you there!

Program

Nolens Volens – Linda Robbins Coleman

Into the Dragon’s Keep – Sarah Smith

Women of the Podium March – Virginia Allen

A Movement for Rosa – Mark Camphouse

Concert no. 3 in E-flat for Horn in F – W.A. Mozart
III. Allegro — Cristina Deeds, soloist
March of the Women Marines – Louis Saverino

Coming Home – Jillian Whitaker

A Symphony of Fables – Julie Giroux
III. The Tortise and the Hare

 

 

 

 

CIWE with Central College Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Sunday, December 2, 2018

3:00 PM

Central College - Douwstra Auditorium

812 University Street

Pella, IA  50219

FREE ADMISSION

The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble performs as a special guest of Central College’s very own Symphonic Wind Ensemble in their newly remodeled Douwstra Auditorium.  We hope you will join us in Pella, Iowa!

Program

 

 

 

 

Christkindlmarket: Small Ensembles

Saturday, December 1, 2018

11:00am - 12:00pm & 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Cowles Commons

221 Walnut Street

Des Moines, IA  50309

FREE ADMISSION

Des Moines’ German inspired Christmas market is held November 30 – December 2 at Cowles Commons, across from the Civic Center. Enjoy European-inspired food and drink, cultural experiences, as well as diverse holiday entertainment. The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble, one of many other groups, will provide small ensembles performing at two different times on Saturday. Admission to the market and entertainment are FREE! Visit www.christkindlmarketdsm.com for more info.

 

 

 

 

British Band Classics

Sunday, October 14, 2018

3:00 PM

Scottish Rite Consistory - Auditorium

519 Park Street

Des Moines, IA  50309

FREE ADMISSION

$10 donation suggested

The Central Iowa Wind Ensemble opens its 16th season featuring an array of classic wind band literature from our friends “across the pond.” We’ll travel back in time to the court of King Henry VII, roam the countryside to discover folk tunes and enjoy music written for Queen and Country.

Be sure to show up early to enjoy a Q&A session with our conductor, Dr. Mitchell Lutch. This family friendly event will be held in the historic and beautiful Scottish Rite Consistory Auditorium (519 Park Avenue, Des Moines). We hope to see you there!

Program

Colonel Bogey March – Kenneth Alford

First Suite in E-flat – Gustav Holst

Flourish for Wind Band – Ralph Vaughan Williams

Hammersmith – Gustav Holst

I Vow to Thee, My Country – Gustav Holst

Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Grainger

“Nimrod” from Enigma Variations – Edward Elgar

Pastime with Good Company – King Henry VIII