MSU Wind Ensemble fall concert takes place Thursday

Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Wind Ensemble presents its first concert of the 2015 fall semester Thursday [Oct. 1] in the university’s McComas Hall theater.

Free to all, the 7:30 p.m. performance is directed by Elva Kaye Lance, MSU director of bands and an instructor in the music department, which is sponsoring the event.

The evening’s selections will include a movement from Robert Buckley’s “Portrait of the North,” Franco Cesarini’s “Bulgarian Dances,” musical depiction of Aldo Forte’s “Van Gogh Portraits” and Roger Cichy’s “Maestro!”

A tribute to the heritage of band repertoire, Karl King’s “Kentucky Sunrise,” will close the program.

The university’s Flute Ensemble conducted by lecturer Jessica Banks also will be featured.

The MSU Wind Ensemble is the university band program’s premier instrumental group. As the result of a series of 2008-2014 European concerts, it has earned an international reputation for its mastery of contemporary and traditional band literature.

Selected through competitive auditions, this year’s ensemble members represent Mississippi and seven other states, as well as a range of academic disciplines across campus. For more, visit www.msuband.msstate.edu/ensembles/index.php.

Additional concert information is available from Lance at 662-325-3070 or eklance@colled.msstate.edu. Craig Aarhus, MSU associate professor of music and associate director of bands, also may be reached at CAarhus@colled.msstate.edu.

Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, MSU’s music department offers a bachelor’s degree in four areas of music education, as well as a bachelor of arts in music. Learn more at www.music.msstate.edu, bit.ly/MSUMusicFB and twitter.com/mstatemusic.

MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.