Document Type
News Article
Publication Date
3-6-2024
Abstract
Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will present the Symphonic Band in concert Thursday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Preforming Arts Center. The performance is free and open to the public.
“I am very proud of the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band and excited to play our programs for the audience,” said Dr. Craig Hamilton, director of bands and Trimble Professor of Music at Ouachita.
“Tharsos” by Jeff Jordan will open the concert, followed by Robert Sheldon’s “Appalachian Morning.” The program also includes “Country Gardens,” “My Dark-Haired Maid” and “The Gypsy’s Wedding Day” from A Tribute to Grainger by Percy Aldridge Grainger and Chalon L. Ragsdale; “Sparks” by Brian Balmages; “The Water is Wide” by Vince Gassi; “Flourish for Wind Band” by Ralph Vaughan Williams; “Earthdance” by Michael Sweeney; and “Sanctus” by Franz Schubert. Jim Casella’s “Stormbreak” will conclude the performance.
Recommended Citation
Estes, Ashleigh and Office of Communications & Marketing, "Ouachita's Symphonic Band to perform March 7" (2024). Press Releases. 1376.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/press_releases/1376
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