Director Andrew Trachsel and the Lone Star Youth Winds welcomes composer John Mackey to Moody Performance Hall with performances of Aurora Awakes and Sacred Spaces along with a consortium “premiere” of Let Me Be Frank With You. Former Youth Winds Concerto Competition winner Matthew Davis returns to perform Yasuhide Ito’s Fantasy Variations. The Youth Winds will also feature the beautiful River Shannon by Julie Giroux, a piece commissioned for the Lone Star Global Ensemble project back in March 2020.
John Mackey has written for orchestras (Brooklyn Philharmonic, New York Youth Symphony), theater (Dallas Theater Center), and extensively for dance (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Parsons Dance Company, New York City Ballet), but the majority of his work for the past decade has been for wind ensembles, and his band catalog now receives annual performances numbering in the thousands. In 2014, he became the youngest composer ever inducted into the American Bandmasters Association. In 2018, he received the Wladimir & Rhoda Lakond Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Tickets
Concert tickets are $12 for students and seniors, $22 for adults. The concert is general admission. To purchase, call 214-871-5000 or order online.
Venue and COVID-19 Info
Concert will be held at Moody Performance Hall in Dallas. MPH is located at 2520 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas 75201. Per the venue’s guidelines, mask-wearing is strongly encouraged, though not required.
Concert Program
- Aurora Awakes, John Mackey
- Sacred Spaces, John Mackey
- Let Me Be Frank with You, John Mackey
- Fantasy Variations, Yasuhide Ito
- River Shannon, Julie Giroux
- Intrada 1631, Stephen Montague
Guest Artists
Matthew Davis was a member of the Lone Star Youth Winds from 2016-2020, and during his senior year at McKinney North High School he was named the LSYW Concerto Contest winner. Throughout his high school career, he had performed in many of the 5A and 6A TMEA All-State Ensembles. Matthew is currently in his sophomore year at Baylor University studying Music Education with Dr. Kent Eshelman while performing in the Baylor Wind Ensemble and Baylor Jazz Ensemble. Most recently, he was named a finalist of the National Young Arts Foundation competition.
Finale
The Lone Star Youth Winds invites the entire family to a Moody Performance Hall concert on February 27th featuring composer John Mackey and euphonium soloist Matthew Davis.
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