欧美视频's Wind Symphony to present "Winds and Friends" on March 7

BOLIVAR, Mo. 鈥� The 欧美视频 Department of Music will present 鈥淲inds and Friends,鈥� featuring the 欧美视频 Wind Symphony, at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 7, in Pike Auditorium on the Bolivar campus.

Conducted by Dr. Brian K. Hopwood, professor of music and director of instrumental studies, the Wind Symphony will feature works by Reed, Van der Roost, Grainger, Mackey and Fillmore. Guest ensemble will be the Bolivar High School Concert Band 鈥� John Trew and Kelsy Whitacre, conductors.

The Wind Symphony will open with Alfred Reed鈥檚 concert overture 鈥淭he Hounds of Spring,鈥� written on commission and dedicated to the John L. Forster Secondary School Symphonic Band of Windsor, Ontario. The inspiration and title come from a 19^th Century poem, 鈥淎tlanta in Calydon,鈥� a magical picture of young love in springtime. The setting is an attempt to capture the twin elements of the poem, exuberant youthful gaiety and the sweetness of tender love, in an appropriate musical texture.

The program continues with 鈥淪uite Proven莽ale鈥� by Belgian composer Jan Van der Roost. This four-movement suite features authentic folk tunes from the southern region of France. Each of the movement titles is in an old French/Latin language called Catalan and reflects the character of the particular folk song. 鈥淗andel in the Strand,鈥� characterized as a 鈥渇ast and merry clog dance,鈥� was written by Percy Grainger, who preferred that people dance to it, clogs and all.

Also on the program is a newer work by American composer, John Mackey. 鈥淪heltering Sky鈥� is not as rhythmically driving and aggressive as many of his works, but retains his harmonic language. It is a lyrical work employing two original folk song-like melodies harmonized with lush extended harmonies, reminiscent of Percy Grainger. The program closes with the well-known Henry Fillmore march, 鈥淭he Klaxon.鈥�

鈥淎nthem,鈥� by Missouri composer, the late Claude T. Smith, will be performed jointly by both bands and will conclude the concert.

The performance is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Hopwood, at (417) 328-1647 or bhopwood@欧美视频niv.edu.

*Published: 2-21-19