Mason Wind Symphony: "The Blue Marble: An Earth Concertvation Experience"

In collaboration with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Mason Wind Symphony presents “The Blue Marble: An Earth Concertvation Experience.” Guest are invited to a Pre-Concert Discussion titled “Mission eARTh – A Call to action for Artists and Audience in Earth Conservation,” a sustainability marketplace featuring vendors who repurpose goods in unique ways, and to explore emerging research from various Mason disciplines that are tackling issues on climate change, our ecosystem, and impactful initiatives that raise awareness.

The featured Wind Symphony concert presents works that connect themes of our planet and the concert experience. The concert opens with Jun Nagao’s “Earth” from “The Planets” by Trouvère. This thrilling work uses themes by beloved classical composer Gustav Holst imaginatively as a nod to his popular compositions personifying the planets of our solar system.

The Mason Wind Symphony is excited to perform newly hired Professor of Composition Andrea Reinkemeyer’s “Smoulder” inspired by our ever-increasing concern about climate change as witnessed in forest fires. The work creatively uses the wind ensemble as a medium to challenge audiences to take action on complex issues of our planet through color, tension, and effect.

The Mason Wind Symphony will welcome to the stage, retiring professor of the Reva and Sid Dewberry School of Music, Anthony Maiello. Professor Anthony Maiello conducted the Mason Bands with vigor and passion leading to the growth and artistry that still radiates in the Mason Bands and throughout the School of Music. Maiello will conduct an arrangement of Bob Thiele and George Weiss’ “What a Wonderful World” made popular by Louis Armstrong.

The concert ends with Julie Giroux’s Symphony No. 6: “The Blue Marble,” a symphony written to high-definition film that captures the beauty of the history of our planet, the cultures that define it, and the harmony that is required to sustain it. Audiences will be immersed in the sights, sounds, and smells of the rainforest in this thrilling conclusion to the program.

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