ENSEMBLES
Concert Band
The Concert Band is a select group of 50 to 60 instrumentalists who perform wind and percussion masterworks and premiere new compositions and arrangements. The ensemble has gained a reputation for performances that are extremely expressive and beautiful, as well as technically sound.
Bradley Miedema, director of instrumental music, conducts the Concert Band, as well as the Campus-Community Band. Dordt's wind ensemble program also includes the Jazz Band and smaller chamber ensembles.
Recent repertoire includes:
- Puszta, Van der Roost
- Chorale and Alleluia, Hanson
- Overture to 'Colas Breugnon,' Kabalevsky
- Festive Overture, Shostakovich
- Fervent is My Longing, Bach
- American Elegy, Ticheli
- Variants on a Mediaeval Tune, Dello Joio
- Lincolnshire Posy, Grainger
- Chester, Schuman
- Overture to 'Candide,' Bernstein
- O Magnum Mysterium, Lauridsen/Reynolds
- Suite of Old American Dances, Bennett
The band tours extensively throughout the United States and Canada and performed in Hungary and Romania during the summer of 2006.
Anyone interested in visiting a rehearsal of the Dordt College Concert Band can come to the instrumental room Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 5 to 6:05 p.m. Prospective students are encouraged to apply for scholarships and to submit an audition form. More information can also be found in the syllabus or in Dordt's catalog.
