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2022-23 Season

We are excited to welcome Paul Nickolas as our new artistic director! Read more about Maestro Nickolas here.

** All concerts are free admission. Donations gladly accepted **
Sunday, May 7- 3:00 p.m.
Franklin High School
Conductor: Paul Nickolas

Over the Hills and Far Away - Percy Grainger
Mother Goose March - John Philip Sousa
Song For My Children - Andrew Boysen Jr.
Third Symphony, Op. 89 - James Barnes

Celebracion!
Monday, February 13 - 7:30 p.m.
Sherwood Center for the Arts
Conductor: Paul Nickolas

Danza Final from Estancia - Alberto Ginastera, arr David John
Islas y Montañas - Shelly Hanson
Machu Picchu - City in the Sky -Satoshi Yagisawa
Mayagüez - Giovanni Santos
Libertango - Astor Piazzolla, arr. Lorenzo Bocci
Danzon No.2 - Arturo Márquez, trans. Oliver Nickel
Tico-Tico - Zequinha Abreu, arr. Naohiro Iwai
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Holiday Concert - Glad Tidings To All
Sunday, December 11, 2022 - 7:00 p.m.
Sam Barlow High School


​Conductor: Paul Nickolas
Guest Vocalist: Amber Schroeder
Guest Narrator: Ken Boddie

Fantasia in G - Timothy Mahr
Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst
Aspen Jubilee - Ron Nelson
A Rhapsody on Christmas Carols - Claude T. Smith
Dreidel Dance - Robert Thurston
The Night Before Christmas - Randol Alan Bass
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Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
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Fall Concert
Monday, October 10, 2022 - 7:30 p.m.
Portland State University - Lincoln Hall
Conductor: Paul Nickolas


Liberty Fanfare - John Williams
Festal Scenes - Yasuhide Ito
Peace Dance - Jodie Blackshaw
A Movement for Rosa - Mark Camphouse
Variations on America - Charles Ives arch. William Schumann
Trail of Tears - James Barnes
Mother of a Revolution - Omar Thomas
Americans We - Henry Fillmore, ed. Fennell
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Past Concerts

Spring Concert
Sunday, April 24, 2022, 3:00 pm
Roosevelt High School
Conductor: Paul Nickolas


Festival Overture  on the American National Air - Dudley Buck
Only Light - Aaron Perrine
Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Paganini - James Barnes
One True Life - David Gillingham 
Handel in the Strand - Percy Grainger
Culloden, Mvt. III - Julie Giroux
The Viking March - Karl King
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Winter Concert
Sunday, February 9, 2020, 3:00 pm
Conductor: Travis Hatton

Festival Prelude - Alfred Reed
Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" - William Grant Still
Canterbury Chorale - Jan Van der Roost​
The Sinfonians - Clifton Williams
Pavanne from Symphony No. 2 - Morton Gould

Symphony No. 6 - Vincent Persichetti
Symphonic Songs for Band - Robert Russell Bennett
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Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 8, 2019, 3:00 pm
Lincoln Hall, Portland State University


Luminosity - Anthony DiLorenzo
Mysterium - Jennifer Higdon
A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi & Lee Mendelson  Arr. Carl Strommen
Fugal Overture - Gustav Holst
​Four Ancient Carols for Woodwind Nonet

Russian Christmas - Alfred Reed                                           
Bleak Midwinter - Gustav Holst
Sleigh Ride  - Leroy Anderson
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​Fall Concert
Sunday, October 20, 2019, 3:00 pm

Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein
The Nine - Randall Standridge
Khan - Julie Giroux 
Give Us This Day - David Maslanka
Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli 
Glitter and Be Gay from ‘Candide’ - Leonard Bernstein
Dance Movements - Philip Sparke
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​The Portland Wind Symphony is a non-profit organization 501(c)(3).

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