New York Philharmonic Principal Trombone Joins Campus Band, Wind Symphony for Concert Monday
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas Campus Band and Wind Symphony will perform at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, in Walton Arts Center’s Baum Walker Concert Hall. The concert is presented by the department of music in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences as part of the Joy Pratt Markham Series.
The concert will feature performances by guest artist and trombonist Joseph Alessi, who will play Blue Bells of Scotland by Arthur Pryor and Bolivar by Eric Cook with the Wind Symphony.
“With a world-class artist like Alessi, the students want to give their A-game so that he leaves with great things to say about the department,” said W. Dale Warren, senior wind band conductor and professor of music. “The students are so excited to share a stage with someone of that caliber.”
Alessi is the principal trombonist with the New York Philharmonic and currently teaches at The Juilliard School. He has also served as second trombonist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Montreal Symphony.
The bands will be conducted by Warren and Christopher Knighten, director of bands, with selections by graduate conducting students Alex Badour, Staci Hatmaker, and Joel Head, all with the department of music.
The program is as follows:
- UA Campus Band conducted by Warren, Badour, Hatmaker and Head
- Scramble by Todd Stalter
- Children’s Folksong Suite by Kevin M. Walczyk
- Memor Vita! by Brant Karrick
- Rejouissance by James Curnow
- Anchors Aweigh by Charles A. Zimmerman
-Intermission-
- UA Wind Symphony conducted by Warren, Knighten and Hatmaker
- Canzona by Peter Mennin
- Trauermusik, WWV 73 by Richard Wagner
- Olav Trygvason, Op. 50 by Edvard Grieg
- Blue Bells of Scotland by Arthur Willard Pryor
- Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol by Percy A. Grainger
- Bolivar by Eric Cook
- Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein
General admission is $5 and $1 for students. Walton Arts Center is located on Dickson Street in downtown Fayetteville. Paid parking is available in lots near Walton Arts Center. The concert will also be broadcast live on the web. Visit bands.uark.edu on March 4 for a link to the live broadcast.
Contacts
Darinda Sharp, director of communications
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-4393,
dsharp@uark.edu
Augusta Fields, communications intern
J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
479-575-3712,
akfields@uark.edu
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