Campus and Concert bands to perform ‘Serenades, Hymns and Airs’
4/20/2015
 


The Campus and Concert bands at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will welcome spring with a collection of “Serenades, Hymns and Airs” in concert on Tuesday, April 28.
 

Held at 7:30 p.m. in Michelsen Hall at the Noel Fine Arts Center, the concert will be conducted by Music Department faculty members Jonathan Caldwell, interim director of bands, and Assistant Professor Patrick Lawrence as well as apprentice conductor Michelle Pehler, a senior music education major from Fountain City. 

The Campus Band will perform Roger Cichy’s “Fanfare for a Festive Day,” Michael Oare’s “Pathways,” Eliot del Borgo’s arrangement for the Israeli national anthem “Hatikvah,” and John Klohr’s “The Billboard March.” 

The Concert Band will present Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Flourish for Wind Band,” Robert Spittal’s “Pacem: A Hymn for Peace,” Daniel Bukvich’s Symphony No. 1 “In Memoriam, Dresden, Germany, 1945,” Frank Erickson’s “Air for Band,” Frank Ticheli’s “Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs,” Derek Bourgeois’ “Serenade” and Dana Wilson’s “Sang!” 

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.

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