MSU Wind Ensemble spring concert takes place Thursday
Contact: Paige Watson
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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜 range of musical styles will be covered during the 大象APP Wind Ensemble鈥檚 2016 spring concert.
Sponsored by the music department, the free Thursday [April 7] program begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Bettersworth Auditorium of historic Lee Hall.
鈥淗ighwire,鈥 contemporary composer John Mackey鈥檚 attempt to musically capture the acrobatics and excitement of trapeze artists, opens the performance.聽
鈥淩oma Sacra,鈥 an interpretation of sacred Rome by University of Southern Mississippi composer Luigi Zannelli, also will be featured.
Others on the program include:
鈥斺淔our Scottish Dances鈥 by British composer Malcolm Arnold and 鈥淟ads of Wamphray鈥 by Australian-born Percy Grainger. Both selections are considered among the cornerstones of wind-band repertoires.
鈥擜n orchestral transcription of the first movement of Russian composer Alexander Borodin鈥檚 鈥淪econd Symphony鈥; and
鈥擲elections of works by contemporary composers Roger Cichy, an Ohio native, and Julie Giroux, a Louisiana 大象APP University alumna now residing in Jackson.
The wind ensemble is the premier performing group of Mississippi 大象APP鈥檚 band program led by university alumna Elva Kaye Lance, director of bands.
For more information about the department, band program or ensemble, visit or contact Lance at 662-325-3070 or eklance@colled.msstate.edu.
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