Soul Serene

Celebrate Mother’s Day with the Lone Star Youth Winds and an afternoon of music that stirs the heart and sparks the imagination. Featuring acclaimed American composer James David, this program showcases works that are both thought-provoking and deeply engaging. From moments of tenderness to bursts of energy, the concert offers a meaningful musical experience perfect for honoring the day.

The Lone Star Youth Winds led by Andrew Trachsel presents “Soul Serene” on Sunday, May 10, 2026, at 3 p.m. at Moody Performance Hall in Dallas. The program will feature music by award-winning composer James David and the winner of the 2026 Youth Winds Concerto Competition.

Treat yourself and the ones you love to a celebration filled with artistry, reflection, and joy. It’s an inspiring and joyful way to honor the mothers and loved ones who make life extraordinary.

PROGRAM (subject to change): 

With Soul Serene, James David

Flaxen Tresses, James David
*Consortium premiere

Second Suite in F, Gustav Holst

Serenade for Flute, Howard Hanson

All the Earth and Air, Tyler Grant

ABOUT JAMES DAVID

Dr. James M. David is an American composer and professor of music theory and composition at Colorado State University. His symphonic works have been performed and recorded by many prominent ensembles including the U.S. Air Force Band, the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own”, the U.S. Army Field Band, the U.S. Navy Band, the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, the Showa Wind Symphony (Japan), the Osaka Shion Wind Orchestra, and the North Texas Wind Symphony. His music has been performed at more than eighty national and international conferences. Dr. David was the winner of the 2025 CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize, the 2022 William D. Revelli Composition Contest, named a three-time finalist for the Sousa-ABA Ostwald Award, winner of an ASCAP Morton Gould Award, and won national contests sponsored by the Music Teachers National Association and the National Association of Composers (USA).

As a native of southern Georgia, Dr. David began his musical training under his father Joe A. David, III, a renowned high school band director and professor of music education in the region. This lineage can be heard in his music through the strong influence of jazz and other Southern traditional music mixed with contemporary idioms. Dr. David received degrees in music education and music composition from the University of Georgia and the Florida State University College of Music. He studied composition with Guggenheim recipient Ladislav Kubik, Pulitzer recipient Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Lewis Nielson, and Clifton Callender as well as jazz composition and arranging with Sammy Nestico.

OTHER SPECIAL MENTIONS

• There will be a pre-concert performance in the lobby at 2:35 p.m. featuring the Youth Winds Sax Ensemble and Low Brass Ensemble.

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