2026 - 2027 Frost Bands Season

Current Season

Fall 2025

Frost Wind Ensemble “We Are America" Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of America 

Sunday, September 6, 2026. 4:00 p.m.

Kim Josephson, narrator

 

Star-Spangled Banner, John Stafford Smith arr. John Williams

New England Triptych, William Schuman 

Be Glad Then America 

When Jesus Wept 

Chester   

American Guernica, Adolphus Hailstork 

John and Jim, Viet Cuong

Lincoln Portrait, Aaron Copland

          Go Big or Go Home, Jessica Meyer

 

Frost Symphonic Winds “Lights”

Sunday, September 20, 2026. 4:00 p.m.

 

Lichtweg/Lightway - Jennifer Jolley

An American Elegy - Frank Ticheli   

Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre  

Luminescence, David Biedenbender 

Break Forth O Beauteous Heavenly, Johnann Sebastien Bach 

Lights Out, Alex Shapiro

 

Frost Wind Ensemble “Shared Spaces”

Sunday, October 4, 2026. 4:00 p.m.

James David, composer in residence

Svet Stoyanov, percussion

 

Sideman, Mason Bates 

Blue Riders Concerto for Wind Ensemble (world premiere), James M. David

Symphony No. 2 (Movts 2 & 4), Adolphus Hailstork (trans. Kevin Joseph)

 

Frost Symphonic Winds “Dreams”

Sunday, October 18, 2026. 4:00 p.m.

 

Fanfare: A Vision and a Dream, Ryan Nowlin

Dream of Oenghus, Rolf Rudin

Suite Dreams - Steven Bryant

Sunrise at Angel’s Gate, Philip Sparke  

Awakening…, Dana Wilson

 

Frost Wind Ensemble “Light and Reflection”

Sunday, November 1, 2026. 4:00 p.m.

Jennifer Grim, flute 

Hila Plitmann, soprano 

 

Glimmerglass, Kevin Day 

Mother, Aaron Perrine (WORLD PREMIERE)

Fantasia on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Steve Danyew

 

Frost Symphonic Winds “Serenatas y danzas”

Sunday, November 15, 2026. 4:00 p.m.

 

Cuban Overture, George Gershwin

Entre Amigos, Ruben Dario Gomez

Serenade for Winds, Derek Bourgeois

La Chancla, Denis Llinas 

Rumba Encendida - Michele Fernandez

Spring 2026

Frost Wind Ensemble “43rd Annual Frost Honor Band Concert”

Saturday, January 24, 2026. 5:30 p.m.

 

*More information to be announced*

 

Frost Symphonic Winds “Trysts”

Sunday, February 8, 2026. 4:00 p.m.

Dale Underwood, guest soloist

 

March and Cortege of Bacchus, Leo Delibes, arr. Kreines

Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, Richard Wagner, trans. Calliet

A Jerome Kern Songbook, arr. Ralph Martino (feat. Dale Underwood, saxophone)

Suite from the Ballet "Romeo and Juliet," Sergei Prokofiev, arr. de Meij

 

Frost Wind Ensemble “Evening of Chamber Music”

Saturday, February 21, 2026. 7:30 p.m.

 

*More information to be announced*

 

Inaugural Frost Conducting Workshop

March 6-8, 2026

Michael Hancock, Director of Bands

Gary Green, guest clinician

*More information to be announced*

  

Frost Symphonic Winds “Changing Winds”

Sunday, March 29, 2024. 4:00 p.m.

 

Sinfonietta No. 3, Etienne Crausaz

WORK UNTITLED, Willie Cornish Jr. *World Premiere*

Petite Suite, Claude Debussy, arr. Keiser

Vox Populi, Richard Danielpour, arr. Stamp

Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa: Mvmts II & III, Ira Hearshen

 

Frost Wind Ensemble "New Directions"

Saturday, April 11, 2026. 4:00 p.m.

Matthew Cochran, guest soloist

Hila Plitmann, guest soloist

Sean Hickey, composer

Donald Grantham, composer

 

Millennium Canons, Kevin Puts, arr. Spede

Winter Morning Walks, Maria Schneider, trans. Keiser - WORLD PREMIERE of Wind Transcription (feat. Lindsay Kesselman, Soprano)

To Be Announced

WORK UNTITLED, Donald Grantham (feat. Hila Plitmann, soprano)

 

Frost Symphonic Winds “Grow”

Sunday, April 26, 2025. 4:00 p.m.

Obertura BandidaGuido López-Gavilán

Deciduous, Viet Cuong

Overture from "Dancer in the Dark," Bjork, arr. Dorn

Second Suite, Gustav Holst

Danza Final from "Estancia," Alberto Ginastera, trans. John

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