The Heisey Wind Ensemble will continue their 41st Season with a concert titled Band Classics – Old and New on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held at the John W. Alford Performing Arts Hall in the John Gilbert Reese Center on the campus of The Ohio State University at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College.
Dr. Russel Mikkelson has programmed four classics of the concert band literature. Two Alfred Reed pieces, The Hounds of Spring and First Suite for Band. Alfred Reed was an American composer and teacher, and was among the most prolific composers of works for concert band, with over 200 compositions to his credit. Also on the program is Robert Sheldon’s A Longford Legend. Robert Sheldon is one of the most performed composers of concert band music in the world. He has over 250 original works for band and hundreds of arrangements published. For the “new” part of the program Dr. Mikkelson has programmed Symphony No. 4 by James Stephenson. James Stephenson is fairly new to the concert band genre, having published his first concert band piece in 2006. He had been composing and arranging for other ensemble types in the early 1990’s. His Symphony No. 4 was composed in 2023 and Commissioned by the Interlochen College of Creative Arts – Band Camp.
Tickets are available at the door, or through the Heisey Wind Ensemble Patron Program