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2022 WASBE
Conference

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

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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

&

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

&

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)

&

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

&

Korean Wind Orchestra (South Korea)

Conductor: Cheolwoong Lee

 

20:00 Sinfonisches Landesblasorchester Hessen (Germany)

Conductor: Oliver Nickel

&

Sinfonisches Blasorchester Bern (Switzerland)

Conductor: Rolf Schumacher

Saturday 23 July

 

16:00 Harmonie Šternberk (Czech Republic)

Conductor: Petr Ciba

&

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)

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

Exhibition in Žofín Palace

 

During the whole conference there will be held an Exhibition of producers, publishers and conductors, from all around the world.

 

 

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

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)

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