FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

Marshall’s Wind Symphony to perform Nov. 14 at Clay Center

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University’s Wind Symphony will perform for the first time at the Clay Center in Charleston at 7:30 p.m. Monday Nov. 14. The concert is free and open to the public.

Under the direction of Marshall Associate Professor of Music Dr. Stephen Lawson, the 44-member ensemble will perform works by contemporary composers, including Dance Movements by Philip Sparke, Cartoon Music by Peter Graham and Fandango by Joseph Turrin.  The performance of Fandango will feature Marshall music faculty members Dr. Michael Stroeher, trombone, and Martin Saunders, trumpet.

The performance coincides with the 35th anniversary of the plane crash that took the lives of 75 Marshall University football players, coaches, and community members in 1970. In tribute to their memory, the Wind Symphony will perform Esprit de Corps by Robert Jager and October by Eric Whitacre. 

Student and faculty members from Marshall’s music department will be present in the Clay Center lobby before the concert, beginning at 6:30 pm, to greet the audience and provide information about the university and its music programs.

Following the concert, the Wind Symphony will continue its fall tour with performances at John Marshall High School in Bethel Park, Pa., and Wheeling Park High School in Wheeling, W. Va.  In addition to their concert performances, MU students and faculty will serve as clinicians and will combine forces in performances with select high school students.

For more information about this program or other Department of Music events, please contact the Marshall music office at (304) 696-3117.

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