Awakening, a world premiere by Jamshied Sharifi. MIT Wind Ensemble

commissioned and performed by the MIT Wind Ensemble, Frederick Harris, Jr., Music Director; Kenneth Amis, assistant conductor. The concert program includes: Bernard, Divertissement for Winds; Copland, Variations on a Shaker Melody; Schuman, When Jesus Wept; Bernstein, Profanation from Symphony no. 1; and Sharifi, Awakening, (world premiere). Awakening is an extended composition that recognizes the Arab Spring.