April 6, 2011 @ 8PM – Stony Brook University Staller Center, Main Stage

Tickets Prices: $10 General Admission, $5 for Students and Senior Citizens
Conducted by Bruce Engel, Music Director

Program:
The Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key
Chester Overture for Band by William Howard Schumann
Semiramide Overture by Gioachino Rossini
Lawrence of Arabia by Maurice Jarre
Selections from Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg
1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

November 18, 2010 @ 8PM – Stony Brook University Staller Center, Main Stage

Tickets Prices: $10 General Admission, $5 for Students and Senior Citizens

Program:
Moldau by Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)
Water Music by Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
The Engulfed Cathedral by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Sea Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Victory at Sea by Richard Rogers (1902-1979)
Colonel Bogey by Kenneth J. Alford (1881-1945)
Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badelt (b. 1967)
Selections from Showboat by Jerome Kern (1885-1945)

Wednesday, April 21th at 8PM – The Staller Center, Main Stage

Bruce Engel, Maestro

Bringing the Best of Brooklyn’s Independent Music Scene to Stony Brook University

21 and over

Free and Open to the Public

Doors Open: 8:30 PM

West Dakota (www.myspace.com/westdakotayeah) – 9 PM

Small Black (www.myspace.com/smallblacksounds) – 10 PM

Spinto Band (www.myspace.com/thespintoband) – 11 PM

Location: University Cafe, Stony Brook University

On November 17, 2009 I was privileged to play first trumpet with the Stony Brook University Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Maestro Bruce Engel. I actually had a small solo in Phantom of the Opera, by Andrew Lloyd Webber – since it was the last piece of the program I was nearly exhausted by then. You can see the advertisement we distributed above, which came out beautifully. We are very lucky to have some dedicated community members who give their time to design and print these flyers for us. During the performance on the Staller Center Main Stage, the musicians (myself included!) get to wear a tuxedo on stage with bow ties while we are playing. I’ve been in this ensemble for over a decade now, and I always love it. Below I am putting a few videos taken of our performance, including one from ‘Harlem by Night’ by David Bennett with a terrific trumpet solo, and other of Phantom of the Opera. Enjoy!

Hello All! We are having a concert in the Staller Center this Wednesday November 19, 2008. The Stony Brook University Wind Ensemble is led by conductor Bruce Engel (Hi Dad!), a fabulous director and musician. Come and watch, it will definitely be worth your while!