A TRIBUTE TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN EAST TEXAS
MARCH 23, 2024 | 7:30 PM | UT TYLER COWAN CENTER
WORLD PREMIERE
Richard Lee, conductor
Williams: Olympic Fanfare and Theme*
Vangelis: Chariots of Fire*
Waldteufel: Skaters Waltz *
arr. Roszell: Rocky Broadway*
von Tilzer/Rosenhaus: Take Me Out to the Ballgame*
Williams: Wide Receiver (NBC football theme)*
“Third Down Medley”*
Ives: Yale-Princeton Football Game *
Gullings: Gridiron Symphony (World Premiere)*
*First ETSO performance
The ETSO season concludes with the World Premiere of a piece commissioned by the orchestra. Written by Dr. Kyle Gullings, Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at UT Tyler, “Gridiron Symphony” celebrates the traditions surrounding the East Texas passion for high school football. The concert also features other sports-themed works, including Olympic-inspired pieces by John Williams, Vangelis’s popular theme from “Chariots of Fire,” and Charles Ives’s take on the Yale-Princeton football rivalry. The entire family will enjoy this uplifting end to the 2023/2024 season.