Western Michigan University’s New Music Ensemble, Irving S. Gilmore School of Music performs Jenni Brandon’s Great Sand Dunes for flute and marimba in concert. The concert on March 25, 2025, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall, at 7:30 p.m. featured guest artist Matthew Coley on marimba. The program is:

Birds on a Wire

2024–25 Season Tuesday 25 March 2025

317th Concert Dalton Center Recital Hall

7:30 p.m.

DAVID COLSON, Conductor

Yamileth Almeida Maza, Flute

Canon Cochran, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet

Jake Schott, Piano

Yueyu Liu, Violin

Kyle Bohlinger, Viola

Jamison Moore, Cello

Olivia Stelmaszek, Bass

with guest artist

Matthew Coley, Percussion

Paul Hindemith Musikalisches Blumengärtlein und Leyptziger Allerley (1927) 1895–1963

Untitled

Prière d’une vierge dans la Tonart mixolydique

Untitled

Kanon (zum Schießen)Broken MelodyMarsch der Löwenreichswehr (Oberst W. Gewidmet)Lied

Die Gebetsmühle im Schwarzwald, Charakterstück

Ein Tänzlein

Canon Cochran, Clarinet

Olivia Stelmaszek, Bass

Jenni Brandon Great Sand Dunes (2018) b. 1977

Star Dune – Main Dune Mass

Sabkha: Salt Flats

Stream: Surge Flow

The Great Sand Dunes: A Closed System

Yamileth Almeida Maza, Flute

Matthew Coley, Marimba

David Colson String Trio Number 1: Zazen (2005) b. 1957

Now there is time

Rain The dolls in the window are doing perfect zazen but their eyes are not open

A Forest of Clouds

Stand still, stand still

Yueyu Liu, Violin

Kyle Bohlinger, Viola

Jamison Moore, Cello

Intermission

Bjorn Berkhout Torque for solo hammered dulcimer (2013) b. 1969

Matthew Coley, Hammered Dulcimer

Lee Hyla Amnesia Variance (1989) 1952–2014

Matthew Coley, Hammered Dulcimer

BIRDS ON A WIRE