259 MTSU SYMPHONIC BAND AND CHAMBER WINDS TEAM FOR CONCERT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Feb. 11, 2007
CONTACT: Tim Musselman, 615-898-2493


(MURFREESBORO) – MTSU’s Symphonic Band and Chamber Winds will perform a free and open concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23 in the T. Earl Hinton Hall of the Wright Music Building on the MTSU campus.
The Chamber Winds will be performing Karl Husa’s Divertimento conducted by Craig Cornish, MTSU associate director of bands. They will also perform Gordon Jacobs’ Divertimento in E Flat for Wind Octet conducted by MTSU graduate student Kayne Gilliland.
The Symphonic Band’s repertoire will include Clifton Williams’ Fanfare and Allegro, Steven Reineke’s Goddess of Fire and Franz Von Suppé’s Light Cavalry Overture under the direction of Cornish, as well as William Schuman’s George Washington Bridge conducted by Gilliland.
“The Symphonic Band program consists mostly of classics for band or orchestra created by well-known and recognized composers,” Cornish said. “Fanfare and Allegro and George Washington Bridge are both considered cornerstones of the modern Symphonic Band repertoire; also, the Light Cavalry Overture is an extremely popular selection transcribed from the original orchestral composition.”
Cornish said there will be one new piece in the concert, Goddess of Fire, which was written in 2006 by the composer Steven Reineke.
“A protégé of Erich Kunzel, Reineke is the current director of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and already has numerous compositions published for symphony orchestra and symphonic band,” Cornish remarked.
For more information on this and other events in the McLean School of Music, please visit www.mtsumusic.com or call 615-898-2493.

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