The Wind Ensemble at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens
Point will explore its expressive capacity as it performs songs written for
another medium at its first concert of the academic year.
Held at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24, in Michelsen Hall in
the Noel Fine Arts Center, the concert will be conducted by Jonathan Caldwell,
director of bands and an associate lecturer of music.
The performance will include selections from “Three
Revolutionary Marches” by Bedrich Smetana and Vaclav Nehlybel, “La cathédrale
engloutie” from “Preludes, Livre I” by Claude Debussy and Merlin Patterson,
“Old Home Days” by Charles Ives and Jonathan Elkus, “Old Wine in New Bottles”
by Gordon Jacob and “Sketches on a Tudor Psalm” by Fisher Tull.
Part of the Music Department Scholarship Series, the
concert is $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.