April 21, 2009
UWSP Symphony Orchestra to perform concert
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) Symphony Orchestra will perform in a
concert that will feature the rich history of 19th century orchestral music.
The concert, part of the Music Department Scholarship Series, will be held on Wednesday,
April 29, in Michelsen Hall of the Noel Fine Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7
for the public, $4 for senior citizens, $3 for youth and free the day of the concert
for students with a UWSP ID. Tickets are available at the University Information and
Tickets Office in the Dreyfus University Center, or by calling (715) 346-4100 or (800)
838-3378. Visa, MasterCard or Discover are accepted. Tickets may also be purchased at
the door if seats are available.
Conducted by Patrick Miles, professor of horn and director of orchestral activities at
UWSP, the orchestra will feature a solo by horn player Avery Cance, a junior music
performance major from Tomahawk. Cance will perform “Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
Op. 91” by Reinhold Gliere.
The concert will also include performances of “Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus,
Op. 43” by Ludwig van Beethoven and “Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88” by Antonin
Dvorak.
The winner of the 2009 Alice Peet Faust Concerto Competition, Cance is principal horn of
the UWSP Symphony Orchestra and the UWSP Wind Ensemble and is a member of the Central
Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. She won a scholarship to attend the 2008 Kendall Betts Horn
Camp and has played in master classes for William Scharnberg, William Barnewitz, Doug Hill,
Kendall Betts, Lin Foulk and Hermann Baumann. She is a 2006 graduate of Tomahawk Senior
High School.
