Dr. Chad Richard Nicholson is Director of Bands at Fred Fox School of Music, University of Arizona. He is also a conductor of the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble.

 

Dr. Nicholson’s experiences as a music educator span all ages and ensemble types, including concert and athletic groups from public school through university levels. In 2014, Nicholson was the first conductor invited to lead the Shanghai International School Honor Band. In 2015, he was a member of the distinguished international panel of adjudicators for the All-Chinese Wind Band Contest.

 

Nicholson has presented twice at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, and was a key guest at the 2016 NAfME National In-Service Conference in Grapevine, Texas.

 

 

Senior conductor LI Fangfang, a first-class conductor of China, is the founder of the Chinese Armed Police Band and was also the first commander of this band.

 

Mr. LI is an honourary member of America's Kappa Kappa Psi national fraternity, and he has had the great privilege of working with numerous ensembles from Europe, Asia, Australia, and the America.

 

Mr. LI has conducted numerous classics composed in time periods ranging from the 16th to the 21st century. He is dedicated to the studying and sharing of the art of Western wind ensemble music.

 

 

Beijing Wind Orchestra, founded in 2009, is a large professional wind orchestra composed of 80 musicians with profound musical knowledge and exquisite skills. The Orchestra performs a wide range of repertoire in different styles, including classic wind orchestra pieces, light music, chamber music and jazz.

 

LI Fangfang, a Chinese A-list conductor, is Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestra. Beijing Wind Orchestra has established extensive partnership with renowned musicians, composers, conductors and music organizations from home and abroad, and will make active efforts to propel the development of China's orchestra.

 

 

February 6th
Conductor: Chad Nicholson

1. LI Huanzhi: Spring Festival Overture

2. Leonard Bernstein: Overture to “Candide”
3. John Williams : Far and Away
4. Chernikov: The Cowboys

5. Andrew Webber: The Phantom of the Opera

6. Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story

- Intermission -

1. Shostakovich: Waltz No.2
2. Rimsky-Korsakov: Concerto for Oboe

3. Shostakovich : Folk Dances/Hunsberger

4. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite

5. Alexandrov: Russian Sailor's Dance
6. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Finale

February 7th
Conductor: LI Fangfang

1. Johann Strauss Jr.: Voices of Spring
2. Herman Bellstedt: Trumpet Solo Napoli
Trumpeter: WANG Chuang
3. Eric Cook: Trombone Solo Bolivar Dance
Trombonist: MA Hongyu
4. Georg Lohmann: Trombone Solo Bavarian Polka
Trombonist: MA Hongyu
5. Giuseppe Verdi: Hymn and Triumphal March, from Opera Aida
6. Jacques Offenbach: Overture“Orphée aux Enfers”

- Intermission -

1. Johann Strauss Jr.: Overture to Die Fledermaus

2. Tchaikovsky: Dance of Flowers
3. Johann Strauss Jr.: Thunder and Lightning Polka

4. Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812