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WIU Concert Band to Perform Friday in COFAC Recital Hall

October 17, 2019

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MACOMB, IL -- The Western Illinois University School of Music will present a Concert Band performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.

The Concert Band, conducted by guest graduate conductors Andrey Cruz and Art Martinez, will perform music by Texidor, Rimsky-Korsakov, Grainger, Cesarini, Yasuhide and Agapkin, featuring guest trombonist André León Rodriguez on Berrocal's El Trombón de León.

This performance is open free to the public, and will be live-streamed on the School of Music's YouTube channel and Facebook Live.


PROGRAM

Amparito Roca - Jaime Texidor (1884-1957)
- Andrey Cruz, guest conductor

Procession of the Nobles - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
- Arturo Martinez, guest conductor

El Trombón de León - Victor Hugo Berrocal (b. 1947)
- Andrey Cruz, guest conductor
- Andrés León Rodriguez, trombone

Ye Banks and Braes - Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961)
- Arturo Martinez, guest conductor

Greek Folk Song Suite - Franco Cesarini (b. 1961)
I. O Charalambis
II. Stu Psiloriti
III. Vasilikos tha jino
- Arturo Martinez, guest conductor

Festal Scenes - Yasuhide Ito (b. 1960)
- Andrey Cruz, guest conductor

Slavic Farewell - Vasily Agapkin (1884-1964)
- Arturo Martinez, guest conductor

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


Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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