The Promise of Living

UC San Diego Concert Choir & Wind Ensemble
Spring 2026 Joint Concert
Miguel Zazueta and Pierre Tang, directors

Thursday, June 4 | 7:30 PM
Mandeville Auditorium

This exciting collaboration between the UC San Diego Concert Choir and Wind Ensemble explores themes of death, remembrance, and rebirth through the imagery of winter and spring. The first half features John Rutter’s Requiem, sung by the Concert Choir, which is a work that journeys from sorrow and mortality toward peace, light, and paradise, offering consolation and hope beyond death.

The second half features the UC San Diego Wind Ensemble, and highlights renewal through music by contemporary composers, including Asian and Asian American voices. Works by Chen Yi, Xi Wang, and Viet Cuong reflect celebration, memory, and transformation, while A Hymn of Promise and Copland’s The Promise of Living affirm perseverance and hope. The concert concludes with Alfred Reed’s The Hounds of Spring, celebrating spring’s triumphant return.

Accessibility Notice: Regular symphonic concert setting. Seated, watching and listening. Good balance between quiet and loud.