Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Brendan Caldwell, conductor
Friday, October 10 at 7:00 PM
Bernstein: Overture to 'Candide'
Gounod: Petite symphonie
Ticheli: Angels in the Architecture
Grainier: Irish Tune from County Derry
Shostakovich: Prelude and Folk Dances
Brendan Caldwell is the new director of wind ensembles and will be both teaching and conducting in this role. As director of bands at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, he conducted the UWSP Wind Ensemble and Concert Band, taught undergraduate and graduate level classes and co-directed the instrumental UWSP Apprentice Conducting Program.
Caldwell’s research and scholarship have explored personal and musical transformation through the spiritual practice of “Integrated Listening,” a unique approach to pedagogy that has been modeled by institutions across the country. At UWSP, he also directed the ''Courtyard Connections Forum,'' a lecture series, modeled after the TED Talks, which brought audiences together from across the campus community.
Caldwell’s degrees have come from Louisiana State University, the University of Colorado, and the University of Minnesota.