SJSU Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band: Machine Dreams

Machines roar, race, remember, and dream in this program exploring the boundary between human imagination and mechanical power. William Bolcom’s Machine launches the concert with relentless momentum, while Saunder Choi’s Locomotion transforms the pulse of a train into a vivid portrait of Philippine commuter life. Mason Bates’s Observer in the Magellanic Cloud sends a robotic satellite across deep time to glimpse an ancient Earth, and Shuying Li’s The Last Hive Mind pits artificial intelligence against a fragile human lullaby. The concert features SJSU saxophone professor Dr. Michael Hernandez,