CSC WIND SYMPHONY, COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT HIGHLIGHT OF CSC’S HOMECOMING
Genell Rothleutner
KCSR
10/21/2008 06:51 PM
NE
CHADRON – The fall’s first performance of Chadron State College’s music
groups will be Friday, Oct. 24, when the CSC Wind Symphony and Chadron
Community Symphonic Band combine for a concert in Memorial Hall. The
event begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public free of charge.
The wind symphony, directed by Adam Lambert, features 45 students
who were chosen during auditions at the beginning of the academic year.
A number of classical pieces will be performed during the concert.
The wind symphony plans to perform "Shenandoah," arranged by Frank
Ticheli, "Armenian Dances" by Alfred Reed, "Fanfare and Flourishes"
by James Curnow, "Prelude and Fugue in Bb" by J.S. Bach, and "Radetzky
March" by Johann Strauss.
"The group is the strongest it’s ever been and the program for this
upcoming concert is outstanding," Lambert said.
The community band, under the direction of Michael Stephens, has 24
members who have diverse backgrounds and occupations.
One of the pieces scheduled to be performed by the community band is
Claude T. Smith’s "Emperata Overture." Smith was a music educator in
Nebraska and Missouri four decades ago.
Other numbers to be performed by the group include the spiritual
compilation "Deep River Suite," the "Cantique and Faranade," and the
"Colonel Bogey March" from the 1957 movie "Bridge on the River Kwai."
The two bands are expecting a big crowd for the concert, not only
because audiences of each group will be there, but also because
finalists of CSC’s homecoming royalty competition will be announced
prior to its conclusion. The 51 candidates vying for king or queen,
and their guests, have been directed to attend.
"We are excited about sharing this concert with the Community Symphonic
Band and the homecoming royalty festivities," Lambert said. "It will
be a very exciting night."
Story courtesy of Justin Haag, Chadron State College