Wind Symphony to perform various pieces at concert Oct. 10

Northwest Missouri State University’s Wind Symphony will present its first concert of the fall semester Thursday, Oct. 10.

The concert, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in the Mary Linn Auditorium at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts, and will feature a performance from Dr. Sammy Holloman, an assistant professor of music who is joined the Northwest faculty this fall.

The Wind Symphony will perform a range of pieces, including Ketahj Copeply’s “In Living Color;” Pietro Morlacchi’s “The Swiss Shepard;” “Adoration” by Florence Price and Cheldon Williams; “Overture to L'Amant Anonyme” by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Derek Stoughton; Jennifer Rose’s “Bitscapes;” Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Rhosymedre” and Robert Jager’s “Esprit de Corps.”

“We’re performing a wide variety of literature, so if you don’t like one of the pieces we have to play, you’ll like the next one,” Dr. Kathryn Strickland, an associate professor of music who conducts the Wind Symphony, said. “We’re playing very new music, some older music, music that’s accompanied by electronics and based on Nintendo, large ensemble pieces and small ensemble pieces, so there’s something, if not multiple things, for everybody.”

The Northwest Wind Symphony is the University’s premier wind ensemble and performs the best standard selections from all styles and periods, in addition to recent repertoire for wind bands.

To learn more about upcoming performances and ensembles in Northwest’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts, visit www.nwmissouri.edu/finearts/music/.