University Wind Ensemble "Picture Studies"

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)

1. Intro
2. Three Pierrots
3. Repetition
4. Olive Orchard
5. Kandinsky
6. Calder’s World
7. Miró
8. Interlude
9. Cliffs of Moher
10. 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.