In their final performance of the season, the Rowan University Wind Ensemble explores the history and future of environmental conservation in the United States. The concert features the world premiere of Anthony Plog’s song cycle for soprano and band, God’s First Temples; inspired by the book Guardians of the Valley by Dean King, this new work sets the words of legendary outdoorsman and conservationist John Muir as he advocates passionately for the preservation of Yosemite National Park. The concert also features premieres of Gala Flagello’s beautiful three-movement Love & Nature and student composer Alexander DeStefano’s Our Glass, inspired by glassmaking and glass recycling in Glassboro, NJ.

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Program:

Gala Flagello – Love & Nature (Consortium Premiere)

Alexander DeStefano – Our Glass (World Premiere)

Buck McDaniel – So Love was Crowned, but Music Won the Cause

featuring Matthew Drinkard, concerto competition winner

— Intermission —

Helen May Butler – Cosmopolitan America

Charles Ives – The Alcotts

Anthony Plog – God’s First Temples (World Premiere)

Viet Cuong – Deciduous