This Tuesday Evening, the Catamount Concert Series presents the Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet in a free concert. The program includes Kerry Turner’s The Casbah of Tetouan, Ingolf Dahl’s Music for Brass Instruments, John Stevens's “Autumn” from Seasons, Morley Calvert’s Suite from the Monteregian Hills and an arrangement of “When the Saints Go Marching In” by Jack Gale. That's this Tuesday at 8pm in the Recital Hall of the Coulter Building.
On Thursday evening, the WCU Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band (John West, music director) present a concert featuring outstanding student musicians. This concert is unique in that it features six outstanding music students as conductors and soloists. After an audition process, three student conductors and three student soloists were selected to perform on this concert.
The three students who will conduct the Symphony Band are Adam Capps, Dustin King and Brandon Meeks. They are all music education majors at WCU. The three student soloists are: Katie Ebert – a graduate student in music education who will perform Weber’s Fantasia and Rondo on clarinet; Tiffany Lamb – a graduate student in music performance who will perform Vivaldi’s Piccolo Concerto in C Major; and Corey Parker – a sophomore music education major who will perform James Curnow’s Rhapsody for Euphonium.
This free concert takes place Thursday at 8pm in the Performance Hall of the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Listed below are events of interest for the next two weeks from the School of Music. Events are free admission unless they are marked ($). For more information on this semester's music events, follow the links at the bottom of this page. (If you know others who would like to receive this weekly mailing, please have them email me at thompson@email.wcu.edu.
Upcoming Performances
Events are free admission unless otherwise stated. ($) = fee charged.
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Day |
Date |
Time |
Performance |
Location |
| Monday | 4/28 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Monday | 4/28 | 8:00pm | WCU Student Brass Ensembles | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Tuesday | 4/29 | 6:00pm | Commercial and Electronic Music Program Student Composers Concert. The program will feature original compositions by Patrick Thomas, Phillip Ferguson and Matt Williams. It includes a light show with music designed by Patrick Thomas, and Phillip Ferguson will lead a demonstration of the Theremin. The audience will be invited to play the instrument at the conclusion of the program. | Black Box Theater, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Tuesday | 4/29 | 8:00pm | Catamount Concert Series: Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet. Bradley Ulrich and David Ginn, trumpets; Travis Bennett, horn; Daniel Cherry, trombone; and Michael Schallock, tuba. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Wednesday | 4/30 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Thursday | 5/1 | 8:00pm | WCU Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band - John West, music director. | Performance Hall, Fine and Performing Arts Center |
| Friday | 5/2 | 2:30pm | Music Student Recital | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
| Sunday | 5/4 | 2:30pm | Off-Campus Performance: Western Carolina Community Chorus - James Dooley, music director. The program is the folk ballad, "Half Moon Mountain," performed by the chorus with piano, woodwind quintet, and percussion ensemble. Vocal soloists are Yona Wade of Cherokee and Ralph Wright-Murphy of Bryson City. | Swain County Center for the Arts, Bryson City |
| Sunday | 5/4 | 5:00pm | Western Carolina Community Chorus - James Dooley, music director. The program is the folk ballad, "Half Moon Mountain," performed by the chorus with piano, woodwind quintet, and percussion ensemble. Vocal soloists are Yona Wade of Cherokee and Ralph Wright-Murphy of Bryson City. | Recital Hall, Coulter Building |
Updated on April 28, 2008. Please check back often for more concert information, additions, and changes.