2022 WASBE
Conference
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
The WASBE Conference 2022 took place on the Slavonic Island and in its Žofín Palace, a very special venue in the heart of Prague, situated next to the National Theatre on the Vltava river. The whole palace will be exclusively dedicated to the WASBE event, and the surrounding garden, the whole island and other venues in the historical centre of Prague will host the open-air concerts and fringe programme. The neo-Renaissance Žofín Palace is one of the most important cultural and social centres in Prague. Concerts, conferences, and balls are held here. The Great Hall of the Žofín Palace regularly hosts the most important personalities from the economic, political and cultural life of our country and from abroad. In November 1882 Bedřich Smetana’s cycle of symphonic poems, My Homeland (Má Vlast), was performed here for the first time.
Official Concert Programs
Official Concert Program in Žofín Palace 19 - 23 July
Tuesday 19 July
20:00 The Central Band of The Czech Armed Forces (Czech Republic)
Conductor: Jaroslav Šíp
Wednesday 20 July
16:00 Saratoga High School Concert Band (USA)
Conductor: Michael Boitz
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Montclair State University Wind Ensemble (USA)
Conductor: Thomas McCauley
20:00 United States Marine Band (USA)
Conductor: Jason Fettig
Thursday 21 July
16:00 University of Delaware Wind Ensemble (USA)
Conductor: Lauren Reynolds
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Orkest Orventus (The Netherlands)
Conductor: Jacco Nefs
Gala concert in St. Vitus’s Cathedral at Prague Castle on 21 July
20:00 Prague Castle Guard and Czech Police Symphonic Band (Czech Republic)
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United States Marine Band (USA)
Conductors: Col. Jason Fettig, Col. Vaclav Blahunek, Col. Jan Zastera
Friday 22 July
16:00 Czech National Concert Band (Czech Republic)
Conductor: Cooperation of Václav Blahunek & Alan Mills & Joop Boerstoel
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Korean Wind Orchestra (South Korea)
Conductor: Cheolwoong Lee
20:00 Sinfonisches Landesblasorchester Hessen (Germany)
Conductor: Oliver Nickel
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Sinfonisches Blasorchester Bern (Switzerland)
Conductor: Rolf Schumacher
Saturday 23 July
16:00 Harmonie Šternberk (Czech Republic)
Conductor: Petr Ciba
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University of Louisville Wind Ensemble (USA)
Conductor: Frederick Speck
19:00 Banda de Música Filarmónica Beethoven (Spain)
Conductor: Juan José Fernández Olivares
WASBE Youth Wind Orchestra (International)
Conductors: Tim Reynish (UK), Marek Prášil (CZ)
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Lectures and seminars in Žofín Palace
Lectures, workshops and seminars, led by top professionals on various topics, half-hour slots.
You can find the entire program of presentations and seminars here.
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3rd WASBE Composition Competition
On Wednesday 20 July and Thursday 21 July there will be held a Composition Contest.
You can find the entire program of the contest here.
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Exhibition in Žofín Palace
During the whole conference there will be held an Exhibition of producers, publishers and conductors, from all around the world.
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Fringe Festival
Open-air in the beautiful Wallenstein Garden 19 - 23 July
Tuesday 19 July
13:00 Saratoga High School Symphony Orchestra (USA)
Conductor: Michael Boitz
14:00 University of Delaware Wind Ensemble (USA)
Conductor: Lauren Reynolds
15:00 Fresno State Alumni Wind Ensemble (USA)
Conductor: Lawrence Sutherland
Wednesday 20 July
No programme for today.
Thursday 21 July
12:00 United States Marine Band (USA)
Conductor: Jason Fettig
14:00 The Central Band of The Czech Armed Forces (Czech Republic)
Conductor: Jaroslav Šíp
Concert within Fringe festival in Žofín Palace
19:00 Edmonton Winds (Canada)
Conductor: Raymond Baril
Friday 22 July
11:00 New Mexico State University Wind Symphony (USA)
Conductor: Michael W. Mapp
12:00 Dechový orchestr Haná Přerov (Czech Republic)
Conductor: František Tkadlec
13:00 Vox Aurae Wind Ensemble (Italy)
Conductor: Luca Pasqua
14:00 Orkest Orventus (The Netherlands)
Conductor: Jacco Nefs
15:00 Edmonton Winds (Canada)
Conductor: Raymond Baril
Saturday 23 July
12:00 Pluk Šťastných dechařů (Czech Republic)
Conductor: Svatopluk Šťastný
13:00 Dechový orchestr ŽUŠ Němčice nad Hanou (Czech Republic)
Conductor: Jindřich Novák
14:00 Sinfonisches Landesblasorchester Hessen (Germany)
Conductor: Oliver Nickel
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The WASBE Youth Wind Orchestra (WYWO)
July 18 – 24, 2022, Prague, Czech Republic
Organizer: WASBE Conference Local Organizing Committee
Artistic Director: Col. Václav Blahunek
Executive Coordinator: The Prague Concert Co.
Conductors: Timothy Reynish (UK), Marek Prášil (CZ)
WYWO Program
Leoš Janáček(1854-1928)
Sinfonietta, I. mvt “Fanfare” (1926)
arr. Karel Bělohoubek (1989)
Václav Nelhýbel (1919-1996)
Festivo (1968)
Karel Husa (1921-2016)
Divertimento for Symphonic Winds and Percussion (1955)
arr. John Boyd (1995)
1. Overture • 2. Scherzo • 3. Song • 4. Slovak Dance
Adam Gorb (*1958)
Bohemian Revelry (2013)
1. Polka • 2. Furiant • 3. Sousedska • 4. Skocna
Evžen Zámečník (1939–2018)
Moravian Rhapsody (1984)
Vladimír Stunička (*1935)
Beskydy Nocturne (1999)
Solo for Oboe
Pavel Staněk (*1927)
Columbus – The Great Journey 1492 (1992)