HIDDEN GEMS

Directed by Patrick Burns, the NJCU Symphony of Winds and Percussion will present HIDDEN GEMS, an evening of music for band consisting mainly of works which are rarely performed today. The repertoire, created over the course of nearly a century, represents composers from Japan, Great Britain, and the United States, and features two compositions by Clifton Williams (1923-1976) on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

• Foshay Tower Washington Memorial March (John Philip Sousa, 1929)
• Dedicatory Overture (Clifton Williams, 1963)
• Smiling After the Rain (Yukiko Nishimura, 2020)
• Hill Country Ballad (Clifton Williams, 1953)
• Notturno (Frank Erickson, 1963)
• Capriol Suite (Peter Warlock/arr. Geddes, 1926/2003)
• Elegy for Winds (Takafume Hikage, 2021)
• Juba Dance (Florence Price/trans Bocook, 1931/2018)