CURRENT PROJECTS
May 15, 2020 - AMATI
WORLD PREMIERE - Talitha Cumi, Syndey Kjerstad - 150th Anniversary of Carthage Women Commission

February 29, 2020 - Wind Orchestra & Concert Band
"Music of Poland" - music of Chopin, Landowska, Ptaszynska, and Lutoslawski
Western Hemisphere Premiere - "Burlesque Suite from UBU REX" - Penderecki

January 26, 2020 - Wind Orchestra
JAPAN TOUR Home Concert - music of Syler, Reeves, Sousa, Dan, and Kinoshita
WORLD PREMIERE - Shieldmaiden, Jocelyn Hagen - 150th Anniversary of Carthage Women Commission

November 20, 2019 - Wind Orchestra & AMATI
"Prism Concert" - music of Mozart, Alwyn, Joplin, Sibelius, Respighi, and Montague
WORLD PREMIERE - a Chloris, Reynaldo Hahn

October 12, 2019 - Wind Orchestra & Alumni Band
"Homecoming Concert" - music of Tailleferre (Stephanie Burg Kuhn, soloist), Cowell (Kaitlyn Dolata VandeVen, soloist), and Syler
WORLD PREMIERE - Rise Up!, Judy Bozone - 150th Anniversary of Carthage Women Commission

RECENT PROJECTS

May 17, 2019 - Wind Orchestra & Concert Band
"Best of All Possible Worlds" - music of Persichetti, Bridge, Holst, Shapiro, Bernstein, and De Meij
WORLD PREMIERE - Laurie's Song, Aaron Copland, arr. Ripley - Laura Smith, soprano
Rust Belt, Christopher Marshall - with Jacinda Ripley & Kevin Natoli, guest trumpet soloists

May 3, 2019 - Waukesha Area Symphonic Band
"Dance Card" - music of Alfred Reed, Norman Dello Joio, and Robert Russell Bennett
including the complete set of Symphonic Dances by Clifton Williams in memory of Dr. Barry Ellis

March 17, 2019 - Wind Orchestra
"Myths and Legends" including Four Irish Myths, Henry Cowell, arr. Ripley
COMMISSION PREMIERE - Quicksilver, Stacy Garrop - Andrew Carpenter, alto saxophone

February 15-16, 2019 - Bandoramapalozzafest - Carroll University
Carthage Wind Orchestra & Waukesha Area Symphonic Band - music of Holst, Orff, Dett, Wollman, and Wagner
featured selections by Jack Stamp, guest conductor
COMMISSION PREMIERE - A Young Symphony, Jose Ignacio Blesa Lull

November 3, 2018 - Lakeside Band Festival
WORLD PREMIERE - After the Picture Show, Bill Connor
with the New Century Saxophone Quartet

October 25-30, 2018 - Carthage Wind Orchestra
Fall Tour - Toccata for Toy Trains, E. Bernstein & Silent Shorts, Andrew Boysen

May 18, 2018 - Carthage Concert Band
WASBE Commission Premiere, Shubaduba, by Dana Wilson

March 1-6, 2018 - Carthage Wind Orchestra
Silent Movie Midwestern Tour - "THE GENERAL"
Music by James Barnes, with civil war music arrangements by Dick Baller and John P. Paynter

December 4, 2017 Carthage Wind Orchestra and Guests
Carthage in Chicago Holiday Concert - Symphony Center

November 17-18, 2017 - Iowa All State Band

September 30, 2017 - Carthage Wind Orchestra
WORLD PREMIERE -- this is most certainly true - James M. Stephenson
commissioned by the Lutheran Colleges and Universities for the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Church