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  Kiski Area Bands

Wind Ensemble

     Conducted by Mr. Shawn Pityk, The Kiski Area High School Wind Ensemble is Kiski’s elite concert performance ensemble.  The Wind Ensemble rehearses every other day for 82 minutes and has various sectional rehearsals after school in the spring.  The group is comprised of students grades 9-12.  The difficulty of literature performed by this group is advanced (up to Grade 6).  The Wind Ensemble performs a minimum of 3 concerts each year and also participates in a PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) sponsored Music Performance Assessment each spring.  This ensemble has continuously received Superior ratings at theses festivals and has been selected several times over the years to perform at the PMEA All-State Music Conference.  

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Past Repertoire

Paul Basler - Mangulina
Leanard Bernstein - Overture to Candide
Mark Camphouse - A Movement For Rosa
Percy Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy, Children's March
David Gillingham - Be Thou My Vision
Gustav Holst - First Suite in Eb and Second Suite in F

Samuel Hazo - Exultate, Ride
John Mackey - Aurora Awakes, Strange Humors

Michael Markowski - Shadow Rituals
Ron Nelson -  Homage To Periton
Alfred Reed - Allelujah! Laudamus Te

Richard Saucedo - Windsprints
Frank Ticheli - Blue Shades

Eric Whitacre - October, Sleep, Lux Aurumque
Ralph Van Williams - Flourish for Wind Band
Fisher Tull - Sketches On a Tudor Psalm


Kiski Area School District
200 Poplar Street
Vandergrift, PA 15690
Kiski Area High School                   724.845.8181
Kiski Area Intermediate School      724.845.2219
Kiski Area Upper Elementary         724.727.3421
Mr. Heiny     724.842.0426
Mrs. Insko    724.727.3421
Mr. Pityk       724.842.0419

Mr. Priore      724.727.3421
Mr. Traugh    724.845.2219
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