UW-Stevens Point Campus and Concert bands celebrate composers
10/6/2014
 

The Concert Band and Campus Band at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will feature various generations of celebrated composers at an upcoming concert.

Held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, in Michelsen Hall in the Noel Fine Arts Center, the concert will include traditional and innovational pieces, including one by Music Department Professor Stacey Berk.

The concert will be conducted by Associate Lecturer Jonathan Caldwell and Professor Patrick Lawrence as well as apprentice conductors Amanda Balane, a music education major from Appleton, and Marshall James DeLonay, a music education major from Wausau.

The event is part of the Music Department Scholarship Series. Tickets are $8.25 for adults, $5.25 for senior citizens, $4.25 for students and free the day of the concert for students with a UW-Stevens Point I.D. Tickets are available at the University Information and Tickets Office in the Dreyfus University Center, by calling 715-346-4100 or 800-838-3378 or at http://tickets.uwsp.edu. Tickets may also be purchased at the door if available.

The Campus Band will play “Phrygian Festival Overture” by Berk, “Metrix” by Robert Sheldon, “March” from “A Moorside Suite” by Gustav Holst and Gordon Jacob and “Curtain Call” by John Wasson.

The Concert Band will play “A Festival Prelude” by Alfred Reed, “Chant and Jubilo” by W. Francis McBeth, “Dusk” by Steven Bryant, “Second Suite in F for Military Band, op. 28, no. 2” by Gustav Holst and “Sun Dance” by Frank Ticheli.

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