PRESS RELEASE
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION
Contact: Christina Madsen, (501) 852-2659; christinam@uca.edu
Dr. Ricky Brooks, (501) 450-5764; rickyb@uca.edu
April 7, 2015
UCA WIND ENSEMBLE SETS APRIL 23 PERFORMANCE
By Kendra Beattie
College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office
CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Wind Ensemble will host a second Student Spotlight Series concert as its next performance in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall at 7:30 p.m. April 23.
The event is free and open to the public.
The performance includes several selected pieces ranging from classical works to brand new compositions as well as a special performance by UCA music education major Travis Shaver and graduate conducting intern Mary P. Light.
Shaver is a co-winner of the UCA Wind Ensemble Student Spotlight Competition and the second student featured this semester. He will perform a clarinet solo in Jeanjean’s “Au Clair de la Lune.” Light will conduct Gordon Jacob’s “Old Wine in New Bottles,” a collection of old English folksongs in a new setting.
The ensemble will also perform “Luminescence,” a new piece by David Biedenbender and “Symphony in Bb” by Paul Hindemith.
“This concert will be a great way to end a very successful semester of performances,” UCA Director of Bands Dr. Ricky Brooks said. “We are able to perform pieces like the Hindemith Symphony because of our very talented and hard-working students.”
The UCA Wind Ensemble performs twice a semester as part of its Campus Concert Series. For more information on the UCA Wind Ensemble, contact Brooks at (501) 450-5764 or rickyb@uca.edu.
The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Communication, Mass Communication and Theatre, Music and Writing. The college’s primary mission is the preparation of the next generation of artists, educators and communicators. For more information about CFAC, visit www.uca.edu/cfac or call (501) 450-3293.
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