Western Illinois University
Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Concert Program

College Band Directors National Association
North Central Regional Conference
University of Nebraska-Omaha
March 13, 2008

Western Illinois University Wind Ensemble
Macomb, Illinois
Mike Fansler, conductor
Douglas Phillips, guest conductor
Tammie Walker, guest soloist

Program

 

Cityscape _______________________________________Scott Boerma (b. 1964)
Douglas Phillips, conductor

Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16* _________Edvard Grieg/Trans. Joseph Kreines
Allegro molto moderato
Tammie Walker, piano

Aubusson* ______________________________________James Caldwell (b. 1957)

The Pines of Rome ___________________Ottorino Respighi/Trans. Guy M. Ducker

The Pines of the Villa Borghese
The Pines Near a Catacomb
The Pines of the Janiculum
The Pines of the Appian Way

University of Nebraska – Lincoln Wind Ensemble Brass, Carolyn Barber, director

*Premiere

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Fansler
Director of Bands

Mike Fansler is Director of Bands and conductor of the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Winds at Western Illinois University, where he also teaches graduate wind conducting and literature, and various undergraduate music education courses. He joined the faculty in 2001, and is currently Associate Professor of Music.
Fansler has conducted in Australia, Germany, Holland, and throughout the United States, where has made guest adjudicating and conducting appearances with numerous high school and honor bands. In addition, he has appeared with the Army Ground Forces Bands, Northern Arizona Wind Ensemble, Johnson City (TN) Symphony Orchestra, and has twice been the featured conductor for the Western Illinois University Orchestra. He has lectured on the music of Percy Grainger at the Midwest Clinic and received a grant to visit the Grainger Museum in Melbourne to further study Grainger’s music and life. Under his direction, the Western Illinois Wind Ensemble has performed at the Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference and on the prestigious Armour Stage in Chicago’s Orchestra Hall.
Fansler received his education from James Madison University (1993), Syracuse University (1995), and is currently ABD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he studied conducting with James F. Keene. His teaching experience includes: Director of Bands at Sullivan East High School in Bluff City, TN; Director of Bands (interim) at Mars Hill College, NC; Director of Athletic Bands/Professor of Saxophone at Idaho State University; and most recently Associate Director of Bands/ Athletic Band Director at Western Illinois University.
Fansler serves as the Director of the Western Illinois University Summer Music Camps program and has also directed the Idaho State University and Mars Hill College Summer Music Camps. He is Advisor for the WIU chapters of the College Music Educators National Conference and National Band Association. His professional memberships include the College Band Directors National Association, National Band Association, Conductors Guild, Music Educators National Conference, Illinois Music Educators Association, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.