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Western Trombone Festival Sunday at WIU

October 16, 2019

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MACOMB, IL - - The Western Illinois University School of Music will present the Western Trombone Festival Sunday, Oct. 20, in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.

The Western Trombone Festival is an all-day event, facilitated by WIU Associate Professor John Mindeman, and will feature masterclasses, rehearsals and performances with WIU Faculty, the Festival Trombone Choir, guests Andrés León Rodriguez and the quartet Chicago Thunder Chops, with members Charles Dieterle, Ben Smelser, Jonathan Kraft and Sean Yeung.

Participant registration is $20 and the event begins at 9am. For more information, contact John Mindeman at js-mindeman@wiu.edu. All events are free to WIU students, faculty and staff.

The 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. performances are open free to the public, and the 3:30 p.m. Guest Artist Recital will be live-streamed on the School of Music's YouTube channel and Facebook Live.

For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit wiu.edu/recitalhall.


CONCERT I - 2:30 p.m.

Fanfare, Chorale and Rant (2019) - John Mindeman (b. 1957)
Fantasia on Greensleeves - Ralph Vaughan Williams/arr. John Mindeman
The Water Witch (1913) - Clay Smith (1878-1930)
- John Mindeman, trombone
- Po-Chuan Chiang, piano

Ecce Veniet Dies Illa - G. P. da Palestrina/arr. Stephen Gryc
Back to the Fair - Bill Reichenbach
Panis Angelicus - César Franck/arr. John Mindeman
- Michael Rockstroh, solo euphonium
Tower Music - Vaclav Nelhybel
- FESTIVAL TROMBONE CHOIR - Andrey Cruz, conductor
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GUEST ARTIST RECITAL - 3:30 p.m. (*LIVE-STREAMED)
"Costa Rican Music for Trombone"

Cantabile - William Porras
Nocturno - Daniel Garrigues
Milonga de regreso - William Porras
Sambalada - Vinicio Meza
- Andrés León Rodriguez, trombone
- Liang-yu Wang, piano

BRIEF PAUSE

Trois Chansons - Claude Debussy/arr. Michael Levin
Dieu! Qu'il la fait bon regarder!
Quant j'ai ouy le tambourin
Yver, vous n'estes qu'un villain

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - J. S. Bach/arr. Richard Myers

Six Bagatelles (2019) - Timothy Higgins
- CHICAGO THUNDER CHOPS
Charles Dieterle, Ben Smelser, Jonathan Kraft - tenor trombones
Sean Yeung - bass trombone

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