Department of Fine Arts INSTRUMENTAL PROGRAMS Community Participation Welcome!

FMU Wind Symphony Concert 8:00 pm Thursday, 26 February 2004

St. Luke Lutheran Church 1201 Cherokee Road, Florence

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Directed by Craig Alberty

Joyce Shaw, Organist

This will be the first time the Wind Symphony has performed off-campus.  Since this ensemble has included community members as well as FMU students for several seasons, it is about time for a little "outreach."  We are most grateful to St. Luke Lutheran Church for providing such a wonderful venue (and organist -- the concert will feature several works written for band and organ).

The program will include:

Midway March by John Williams

Written for the W.W. II era movie “Midway”, this stirring march takes a fresh look at the form and harmonic structure of a traditional format.

Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams

This three-movement work based on English folk songs is a classic of the wind band literature.

Deep River arranged by James Swearingen

James Swearingen has written an elegant setting of this well-known spiritual.

Alleluia! Laudamus Te by Alfred Reed

This canticle of praise without words is a large-scale work with a symphonic sound featuring the organ.

The Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron by David Holsinger

This exciting contemporary composition depicts and Old Testament story from the time of King David. It is an intense and highly rhythmic work.

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