The ASU Wind Ensemble welcomes to campus Dr. Gillian MacKay, Professor of Music and Director of the Wind Ensemble at the University of Toronto, to conduct David Maslanka’s Traveler. We are also excited to share the stage with ASU’s bassoon professor Dr. Albie Micklich on the consortium premiere of Nico Muhly’s Reliable Sources.
Mackey: Asphalt Cocktail
In collaboration with the Sidney Poitier New American Film School, the ASU Wind Ensemble presents an evening of music from the movies. Highlights include music from Star Wars and Whitacre’s Godzilla Eats Las Vegas.
Li, Shuying: The Last Hive Mind
de Meij: The Lord of the Rings: Hobbits
Whitacre: Godzilla Eats Las Vegas
Williams/Hunsberger: Star Wars
Presented by Music Theatre and Opera Student Organization.
Join our Music Theatre and Opera students for an informal night of merriment and music-making. All monies received through ticketing will be used to support the annual music theatre showcase. Music direction by Lindsay Noel Miller (Music Theatre and Opera teaching assistant).
The content of this performance includes mature themes and language. It is intended for mature audiences.
The Wind Symphony turns to composers who were inspired by the work of William Shakespeare, while the Wind Ensemble features ASU’s Nathan De’Shon Myers, assistant professor of voice, in Erik Santos’ "The Seer," winner of the 2020 American Bandmasters Association Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Award.
As part of ASU's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, ASU Wind Bands launches their 2022–23 season on Sept. 15 at ASU Gammage with a concert featuring composers representing Argentina, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico.
Joining them on stage are students from ASU Dance, CONDER|dance and Grupo BombAZo, a collective of Phoenix-based musicians.
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As part of ASU's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, ASU Wind Bands launches their 2022–23 season on Sept. 15 at ASU Gammage with a concert featuring composers representing Argentina, Colombia, Cuba and Mexico.
Joining them on stage are students from ASU Dance, CONDER|dance and Grupo BombAZo, a collective of Phoenix-based musicians.
All Herberger Institute students, faculty and staff are eligible for complimentary tickets to most events (see policies). Click buy tickets to obtain your complimentary tickets using your 10-digit ASU ID as the promo code.
"Into the Woods," the 1988 Tony Award winner for both score and book of a musical, is a brilliantly conceived exploration of what happens after “happily ever after.” With a moving and profound score by Stephen Sondheim and a powerful, witty book by James Lapine, "Into the Woods" is a magical, imaginative journey to the darker side of fairy tales as they explore the pain of growing up, communal responsibility and the values we pass on to our children.
ASU is pleased to present Stravinsky’s rarely performed operatic masterpiece, "The Rake's Progress", an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue, based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings "A Rake’s Progress" (1733–1735) of William Hogarth.
Arizona State University’s Music Theatre and Opera 2022–23 season is filled with full-scale productions after two years of smaller productions due to COVID-19.