University Wind Ensemble "Picture Studies"
2128 Fourth Street South
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
Join us at our “Picture Studies” concert where the University Wind Ensemble presents evocative and illuminating repertoire composed by living composers. Repertoire includes Quinn Mason’s Dallas Arts District Fanfare, Edward Gregson's Tuba Concerto (1976/1986), Michael Daugherty’s Passicaglia in Primary Colors, and Adam Schoenberg’s Picture Studies. The 2025 Wind Band Student Concerto Competition winner will also be featured in this concert.
Emily Threinen, conductor
Rose Craig Tyler, graduate conductor
Muhamad Yusri Bin Mohamed Ali, graduate conductor
Perry Brennan, tuba, concerto winner
This School of Music event is free & open to the public. A livestream will be available (click on the Ted Mann Concert Hall link in the right callout box).
University Wind Ensemble Program (opens PDF, an accessible version is found below).
Dallas Arts District Fanfare (2016/2019) by Quinn Mason
Rose Craig Tyler, conductor
Tuba Concerto (1976/1978) by Edward Gregson
Perry Brennan, tuba
Passacaglia in Primary Colors (2023) by Michael Daugherty
Muhamad Yusri Bin Mohamed Ali, conductor
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Picture Studies (2012/2016) by Adam Schoenberg (trans. Donald Patterson)
- Intro
- Three Pierrots
- Repetition
- Olive Orchard
- Kandinsky
- Calder’s World
- Miró
- Interlude
- Cliffs of Moher
- Pigeons in Flight
Emily Threinen is director of bands and associate professor at the University of Minnesota. She conducts the Wind Ensemble, guides the graduate wind band conducting program, and provides administrative leadership for the bands. Threinen consistently works with composers, arrangers, and performing artists of varied disciplines. She is active across the nation and abroad (recently in Brazil, Spain, Australia, and Canada) as a guest conductor, clinician, and conference presenter. An advocate for music education, Threinen is a Yamaha Master Educator and is active in ABA, WASBE, CBDNA, NBA, and NAfME.
Rose Craig Tyler is a wind band conducting doctoral candidate. Rose holds a masters degree in wind band conducting from the University of Minnesota and dual bachelor degrees from the University of Illinois in Instrumental Music Education and Piano Pedagogy. From 2017-2022, Rose served as band director at Matthews Middle School in Wauconda, Illinois. Rose currently serves as conductor of the UMN Maroon Campus Band. Outside the university, Rose is a professional collaborative pianist, serves as associate conductor of LadyBand Minneapolis, and is the Visiting Director of Symphony Band at Carleton College.
Muhamad Yusri Bin Mohamed Ali is a doctoral candidate in Conducting with a wind band emphasis. He serves as a teaching assistant in the School of Music and Band program. Prior to coming to the U.S., Yusri completed his Master of Education (Music) at the Nanyang Technological University and also the Specialist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore. He completed his Bachelor of Arts (Music) from Kingston University and Bandmaster Certificate from the Royal Military School of Music in the United Kingdom. Yusri served in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Band for 18 years, rising from a Musician to becoming the Director of Music of the SAF Central Band. He was also conductor of the Republic Polytechnic Wind Symphony. Yusri is a Reynolds Conducting Institute Fellow for 2025 and recently was appointed as the Principal Conductor of the Twin Cities Gamer Symphony Orchestra.
Perry Brennan Native to the Twin Cities, Perry Brennan is recognized for his rich tone, musical sensitivity, and dedication to artistic excellence on the tuba. Perry has performed with several local ensembles, including the Grand Symphonic Winds and Sheldon Theatre Brass Band. He currently serves as the Principal Tuba of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Steven Amundson, with whom he recently performed the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto.
Perry earned his Bachelor of Music in Tuba Performance from Concordia College in Moorhead, where he studied under Doug Neill and Nat Dickey. He began his Graduate studies at the University of North Texas, where he studied with Don Little, before transferring to the University of Minnesota to complete his Master's in Tuba Performance under the guidance of Steve Campbell.
Thank you to the Ted Mann Concert Hall staff for the partnership in making this performance possible. University Bands wishes to thank Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, and the University of Minnesota Band Alumni Society (UMBAS) for their ongoing support.
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The School of Music, a unit of the College of Liberal Arts, is a leading institution for the education of successful performers, composers, teachers, administrators, and scholars. The School interacts with the larger university and Twin Cities communities through classes, participatory performing opportunities, community engagement activities, and more than 300 public performances each year. The students and faculty of the School are grateful for the continuing interest and support of parents and friends. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. For further information or to apply to the School of Music, visit music.umn.edu or email [email protected]. A complete calendar of events and a digital, mobile-friendly copy of this program is available at z.umn.edu/music-events.
GerShun Avilez, Dean, College of Liberal Art
Patrick Warfield, Director, School of Music
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