UBC Bands: A Gallery of Classics
Schedule
Sun, 08 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
UTC-08:00Location
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts | Vancouver, BC
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UBC Bands invites audiences on a richly coloured musical tour starting with conductor Meijun Chen and the UBC Concert Winds celebrating energy and expressive depth with highlights including John Philip Sousa’s The Thunderer and Copland’s Variations on a Shaker Melody to Reed’s The Hounds of Spring, Hanson’s rhythmic Albanian Dance, and Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy. Conductor Cheng Xin Ip then leads the UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble, expanding the canvas with Shostakovich’s exhilarating Festive Overture and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in the dazzling Ravel orchestration, transformed for winds. Together, these timeless classics form a musical gallery—vivid, bold and immersive.
Concert Winds
The Thunderer March by John Phillip Sousa
The Hounds of Spring by Alfred Reed
Variations on a Shaker Melody (from Appalachian Spring) by Aaron Copland
Albanian Dance by Shelley Hanson
Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger
Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich (trans. Donald Hunsberger)
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, orchestration Maurice Ravel (trans. Paul Lavender)
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Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 Crescent Road,Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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