Scott Temple Conducts Frank Ticheli’s Blue Shades

Ignite your imagination with an exhilarating evening of bold sound and rhythmic brilliance as the World Youth Wind Symphony takes the stage under the direction of Scott Temple. This vibrant program opens with Kevin Day’s Dancing Fire, moves through the noble lyricism of Fisher Tull’s Sketches on a Tudor Psalm, and soars with the emotional power of Carlos Simon’s Sweet Chariot. The evening culminates in Frank Ticheli’s Blue Shades, a genre-defying masterwork infused with the spirit of jazz, blues, and symphonic energy. Performed by exceptional young musicians from around the world, this concert celebrates passion, precision, and the limitless possibilities of wind ensemble music.