A sampling of music performed by the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble:

Selections from Slava (L. Bernstein):

Selections from October (E. Whitacre):

Selections from Porgy and Bess (G. Gershwin):

Selections from Strike Up the Band (G. Gershwin):

Selections from Trumpet Concerto (A. Arutiunian), Armenian Dances (A. Reed), Concertino (C. M. von Weber) and Valdres (J. Hanssen):

EXAMPLES OF RECENT PROGRAM MUSIC
Fantasia in G - Timothy Mahr
American Elegy - Frank Ticheli
Americans We - Henry Fillmore
Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold
Bushdance - Ralph Hultgren
Overture to Marriage of Figaro - W. A. Mozart
Canzona - Peter Mennin
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
Moorside March - Gustav Holst
Adagio from Symphony No. 5 - Ludwig Beethoven
Slava - Leonard Bernstein
October - Eric Whitacre
Royal Decree March - Walter P. English
Strike Up the Band - George Gershwin
Blessed Are They - Johannes Brahms
Sinfonians - Clifton Williams
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite - K. L. King
Trumpeter's Lullaby - Leroy Anderson
Star Spangled Banner - John Stafford Smith
The Washington Post March - John Philip Sousa
Chester Overture - William Schuman
Florentiner March - Julius Fucik
White Christmas - Irving Berlin/arr. Bennett
A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
Concertino - C. M. von Weber/arr. Alfred Reed
Colonel Bogey March - Kenneth J. Alford
Greensleeves - Traditional/arr. Alfred Reed
Concerto in B Flat - Antonio Vivaldi/trans. Charles Yeago
King Cotton March - John Philip Sousa
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
Great Songs of Christmas - Arr. Robert Lowden
America, the Beautiful - Samuel Augustus Ward/arr. Carmen Dragon
The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
The Star Spangled Banner - arr. John Philip Sousa
The Fairest of the Fair - John Philip Sousa
El Dorado (Paso Doble) - Ernest O. Caneva
Little English Girl - D. Delle Cese
Variations on America - Charles Ives/trans. William E. Rhoads
English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughn Williams
The Holy City - Stephen Adams/arr. Laurendeau
Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett
The Black Horse Troop March - John Philip Sousa/ed. Frederick Fennell
Symphonic Dance no. 3, “Fiesta’ - Clifton Williams
Sabre and Spurs - John Philip Sousa (March of the American Cavalry)
Variations on a Korean Folk Song - John Barnes Chance
West Side Story Selection - Leonard Bernstein/arr. W. J. Duthoit
Valdres March - Johannes Hanssen/arr. Loras Schissel
Concerto for Trumpet - Alexander Arutiunian/trans. Guy M. Duker
Armenian Dances Part I - Alfred Reed
Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland
Soliloquy and Dance - Philip Parker
Italian Polka - Sergei Rachmaninoff/trans. Erik Leidzen
Porgy and Bess - George & Ira Gershwin, Du Bose, Heyward
Highlights from Fiddler on the Roof - Jerry Bock/arr. John Warrington
The Negev - Edward Edelson
Pictures at an Exhibition - Modeste Mussorgsky/trans. Mark Hindsley
Irish Tune from County Derry & Shepherd’s Hey/English Morris Dance - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Prayer of Saint Gregory - Alan Hovhaness
Incantation and Dance - John Barnes Chance
Variation on the Carnival of Venice - Jean Baptiste Arban/arr. Donald Hunsberger
Colonial Song - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Country Gardens - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Festive Overture - Dmitri Shostakovich/trans. Donald Hunsberger
Scenes from the Louvre - Norman Dello Joio
Symphony from the Fairy Queen - Henry Purcell
Concertino - Cecile Charminade
First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst
Concerto for Two Horns - G. F. Handel
God Bless America - Irving Berlin
William Tell Overture - Gioacchino Rossini
Bugler’s Holiday - Leroy Anderson/Trans. Michael Edwards
Lassus Trombone - Henry Fillmore
Armed Forces On Parade - George M. Cohan
Patriotic Fantasy - George M. Cohen/arr. Ehret and Yoder
Molly on the Shore (Irish Reel) - Percy A. Grainger
March from Symphonic Metamorphosis - Paul Hindemith/trans. Keith Wilson
Night on the Bald Mountain - Modeste Mussorgsky/arr. Hindsley
Romeo and Juliet - Peter Tchaikovsky/arr. Hindsley
Toccata - Girolamo Frescobaldi
An American Elegy - Frank Ticheli
The Marriage of Figaro Overture - W. A. Mozart
Sea Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 1 - Johan de Meij
The Invincible Eagle - John Philip Sousa