Graduate Students Shine in Concert April 29
April 22, 2009
The music department presents a concert featuring the UNH Concert Band, Wildcat Winter Percussion Ensemble and UNH Wind Symphony in the Johnson Theatre on Wednesday, April 29, at 8 p.m.
Under the direction of Casey Goodwin, the Concert Band performs “Satiric Dances” by Norman Dello Joio and conducted by graduate student Andrew Maderios, “Irish Tune from County Derry” by Percy Aldridge Grainger, “Voodoo” by Daniel Bukvich and “Imbizo” by Julie Giroux.
The Wildcat Winter Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Mark Adams and Ron Goodwin, will perform “Manifestation” by Julie Davila, “Cymbalectomy”, a piece for cymbals only, by Chris Crockarell, “XPlosion” by David England and “Mendelssohn’s 4th” by Julie Davila.
The Wind Symphony presents “The Future of the Band,” a concert focusing on the many talents of the students at UNH.
Dedrick Schimke is the marimba soloist in the fourth movement of Ney Rosauro’s “Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble. Alto saxophone soloist for the third movement of Ingolf Dahl’s “Concerto for Saxophone and Wind Ensemble” is Aaron Morneau. Graduate student Diane Anderson’s “Symphony for Wind Ensemble” and 2008 graduate Nolan Bonvouloir’s “Souvenirs” will be premiered. Graduate student Andrew Maderios will conduct Timothy Mahr’s “Endurance.”
A student chamber ensemble will perform Richard Strauss’ “Serenade,” and the full ensemble will be featured in Boris Kozhevnikov’s Symphony No. 3, “Slavyanskaya.”
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 2-2404.