In Living Color! – Manhattan Wind Ensemble

May 16th, 2026

In Living Color – Katahj Copley

John and Jim – Viet Cuong

Blue Shades – Frank Ticheli

Tuttarana – Reena Esmail

Lux Aurumque – Eric Whitacre

Bamboo Shoots and City Streets – Benjamin R. Barker

Groovitude – Randall Standridge

Manhattan Wind Ensemble presents In Living Color!, a dynamic spring concert that pulses with energy, diversity, and raw expression. The program features works by modern, exciting living composers for wind ensemble repertoire: Katahj Copley, Frank Ticheli, Viet Cuong, Eric Whitacre, Reena Esmail, Benjamin R. Barker, and Randall Standridge. Bringing music to life as a living, breathing art form that is rich with contrast, movement, and color, this concert is a celebration of the human experience and captures both the vibrant community and shared connection of music.