State of the Arts
2025: Symphony Band Tour
2024: With Love, From Inside

State of the Arts 2025 Symphony Band Tour

Connecting Campus & Communities in Concert

The 2025 State of the Arts Tour took the University of Michigan Symphony Band across the State of Michigan to engage local communities, connect with high school students and educators, and showcase the university’s world-class performing arts programs.

In 2024, the Arts Initiative proudly sponsored With Love, From Inside by The Dropped Keys Company, a performance that pushed the boundaries of immersive art. This year the U-M Symphony Band Tour continues the tradition of excellence, as we work to expand the reach of our programs through partnerships, outreach, and engagement. The tour served as a bridge between U-M and the broader state, promoting the university’s commitment to excellence in the arts and strengthening its relationships with potential future students.

  • (to be selected from the following)

    March, “The Governor’s Own”
    Alton Adams (1889-1987)
    edited Mark Clague

    Zoom !
    Scott Boerma (b. 1964)

    Overture to Candide
    Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)   
    transcribed Clare Grundman

    Suite from Far and Away
    John Williams (b. 1932)
    transcribed Paul Lavender

    O Magnum Mysterium
    Morton Lauridsen (b. 1943)
    arranged H. Robert Reynolds

    Awaken from Concerto for Trombone, “Sonorous”
    Quinn Mason (b. 1996)
    transcribed Nicholas Williams
    David Jackson, trombone soloist

    March, “Rolling Thunder”
    Henry Fillmore (1881-1956)

    Lyric
    George Walker (1922-2018)
    transcribed Luci Disano
    Conducted by DaJuan Brooks

    Bravado
    Gala Flagello (b. 1994)
    Conducted by Kristina LaMarca

    Lento Assai from Symphonic Dances
    Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
    transcribed Paul Lavender

    Niagara Falls
    Michael Daugherty (b. 1954)

    March, “Pride of the Wolverines”
    John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
    edited United States Marine Band

    “Victors Valiant”
    Jerry Bilik (b. 1933)

State of the Arts Tour

Tour Dates 2025

  • May 6

    Belleville High School
    Belleville, MI

  • May 6

    Troy High School
    Troy, MI

  • May 7

    Fenton High School
    Fenton, MI

  • May 7

    Grand Blanc High School
    Grand Blanc, MI

  • May 8

    University of Michigan-Flint
    Flint, MI

  • May 9

    H.H. Dow High School
    Midland, MI

  • May 9

    Interlochen Center for the Arts
    Interlochen, MI

  • May 10

    Traverse City West Senior High
    Traverse City, MI

  • May 11

    Frauenthal Theater
    Muskegon, MI

  • May 12

    Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
    Muskegon, MI

  • May 12

    Grand Valley State University
    Allendale, MI

The Symphony Band

The historic U-M Symphony Band is a leading ensemble in the American wind band movement. With performances in prestigious venues such as New York’s Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts, and Milan’s La Scala, the U-M Symphony Band is widely known for the professional quality of its performances and recordings. Giving up to ten regular performances each year, the Symphony Band often collaborates with world-class artists and plays an ambitious role in commissioning new works for winds. The Symphony Band splits into chamber ensembles for concerts each term and can form both a wind ensemble and a full symphonic band equipped to perform any repertoire written for the wind medium.
Bob Rogers Travel

Symphony Band 2025 Tour Roster

*Section Leader

  • Director of Bands

    Jason K. Fettig 

  • Graduate Conductors

    DaJuan Brooks
    Kristina LaMarca

  • Faculty Soloist

    David Jackson

  • Piccolo & Flute 

    Danny Burns
    Joyce Eu
    Tieran Holmes
    Abi Middaugh*

  • Oboe & English Horn

    Madeline Antony
    Hannah Grosse
    Charlotte Kosek
    Lillian Mathews*
    Cynthia Tang

  • E-flat Clarinet

    DaJuan Brooks

  • Clarinet

    Nicholas Ebbers
    Zachary Gall
    Xindan Hu
    Dave Kim*
    Daniel Millan
    Maja Pechanach

  • Bass Clarinet

    Rene Ulloa

  • Bassoon

    Donald Schweikert*
    Kate Stienstra
    Chloe Meyer

  • Contrabassoon

    Ella Hebrard

  • Saxophone

    Lauren Troutman
    Jonah Kulick
    Andrea Voulgaris
    Kristina LaMarca
    Haruka Taguchi

  • Trumpet

    Oliver Barron
    Whitney Corpany*
    Nathaniel Hubbard
    Gabriel Johnson
    Caleb Jones
    Lila Sareen

  • Horn

    Guillerme Cooper
    Claire Marquardt
    Britta Pingree
    Heidi Riggs
    Lillian Sears*

  • Trombone

    Makenzie Barber
    Aiden Drysdale
    Marlia Nash*
    Jarod Schafer*

  • Bass Trombone

    Evan Ling
    Ryan Meyaard

  • Euphonium

    Roel Arazo*
    Jack Bird
    Ellen Lee*

  • Tuba

    Tyler Johnson
    Zhaowei Qu
    Haley Pauzus

  • Percussion

    Karl Reuterbusch
    Elijah Hall
    Faye Lu
    Jonathan Wentzel
    Julian Toogood*
    John Tatara

  • String Bass

    Minglu Jiang

  • Harp

    Maydine Bellot

  • Piano

    Lukas Nepomuceno