NW Missouri Times

Northwest Missouri State University’s Wind Symphony will present its first concert of the fall semester on Thursday, Oct. 10. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Mary Linn Auditorium at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts.

The concert will feature a performance by Dr. Sammy Holloman, an assistant professor of music who joined Northwest's faculty this fall. The Wind Symphony will perform a range of pieces including Ketahj Copeply’s “In Living Color,” Pietro Morlacchi’s “The Swiss Shepard,” “Adoration” by Florence Price and Cheldon Williams, “Overture to L'Amant Anonyme” by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Derek Stoughton, Jennifer Rose’s “Bitscapes,” Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Rhosymedre,” and Robert Jager’s “Esprit de Corps.”

“We’re performing a wide variety of literature, so if you don’t like one of the pieces we have to play, you’ll like the next one,” said Dr. Kathryn Strickland, an associate professor of music who conducts the Wind Symphony. “We’re playing very new music, some older music, music that’s accompanied by electronics and based on Nintendo, large ensemble pieces and small ensemble pieces, so there’s something, if not multiple things, for everybody.”

The Northwest Wind Symphony is the University’s premier wind ensemble and performs standard selections from all styles and periods as well as recent repertoire for wind bands.

For more information about upcoming performances and ensembles in Northwest’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts, visit their website.