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Concert Band and Wind Ensemble to Perform April 20
released: 04/16/04
The West Virginia Wesleyan College Concert Band and Wind Ensemble will perform in its Spring Concert on Tuesday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Wesley Chapel.

The Wind Ensemble, a small and select wind and percussion group of 25-30 students, will perform Sea Songs by R. Vaughn Williams, Overture to “Candide” by Leonard Bernstein and Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich.

The Concert Band will perform National Emblem, a traditional march that features trombones and trumpets, by E. E. Bagley; Chester Overture for Band, based on William Billing’s Hymn and Marching Song of the American Revolution, by William Shuman; a shorted arrangement of the original piece Bolero by Maurice Ravel, and the traditional America the Beautiful by Samuel Augustus Ward.

National Emblem will be conducted by sophomore Sean Coughlin while Bolero will be conducted by junior Andrew Duncan.

“I had a chance to conduct when I was a senior in college and it was a wonderful experience,” remarked Dr. David Milburn, director of the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band and Chair of the Music Department. “When Sean and Andrew are conducting in this concert, it is my hope that maybe giving them this experience will be as rewarding as it was for me when I was in college.”

The concert will also feature several Wesleyan students for the surrounding areas, including Sara Burnside, Adam Loudin, David Morgan, and Jason Whanger from Buckhannon, Marlena Vassar from Lost Creek, Valarie Myers from Philippi, Chris Wray from Shinnston, Aaron Kittle from Elkins, Stacy Coder and Steve McGrew from Bridgeport.

“I believe the whole program will be very enjoyable for the audience,” concluded Dr. Milburn. “It is not long and it isn’t overwhelming. There is a lot of music that people can empathize with along with a little mixture of patriotic tunes. There is actually one point in the performance of America the Beautiful, which was arranged L. J. Schissel, that if the audience doesn’t get a shiver up their back emotionally, I will be surprised.”

The concert is free and the public is cordially invited to attend.