Music

Wind Orchestra Commissions

Carthage has supported several composers in the creation of outstanding new works for wind orchestra. New commissions are currently in progress from:

  • Martin Ellerby — A Soliloquy for Solferino (in conjunction with WASBE)
  • Tom Vignieri & James Ripley — American Hymn, wind band version

Recent commissions were offered to:

  • James Syler — A Blue Streak (2010), in conjunction with CBDNA
  • Christopher Theofanidis — The Here and The Now (2009), in conjunction with Rumbelow Consortium
  • Daniel Bukvich — INFERNO for Chamber Ensemble (2009), in conjunction with Cochran Consortium
  • Matthias Kern — Two Lives, One Music (2006)
  • Charles Rochester Young — Songs without Words (2004), with Wisconsin Band Directors' Consortium
  • Keith Carpenter — Palimpsest (2003)
  • Steven Stucky — Concerto for Percussion (2002), with Eastman Conductors' Consortium