East Texas music lovers can take advantage of three different concerts offered by the Stephen F. Austin State University School of Music within the next few days.
The Stone Fort Wind Quintet, composed of SFA music faculty, will present one of three School of Music concerts this week. The quintet will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Cole Concert Hall.
On Tuesday, Nov. 29, in W.M. Turner Auditorium, the Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will present “Americana,” a concert of music by American composers such as Charles Ives, David Maslanka, John Philip Sousa and Joseph Wilcox Jenkins.
Associate Director of Bands David W. Campo conducts the Wind Symphony, and Assistant Director of Bands Tamey Anglley conducts the Symphonic Band. Graduate students Michael Oreka of Chesapeake, Va., and Jay Weems of Stephenville will each guest conduct one piece.
The Stone Fort Wind Quintet, composed of SFA music faculty, will present “Classics for Wind Quintet” on Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Cole Concert Hall.
Christina Guenther (flute), John W. Goodall (oboe), Christopher Ayer (clarinet), Susan Nelson (bassoon) and Charles Gavin (horn) will perform works by Franz Danzi and Paul Hindemith.
Saxophonist Nathan Nabb will join his colleagues in presenting Leslie Bennett’s “Wind Music: Five Movements for Wind Sextet.”
On Friday, Dec. 2, the Swingin’ Axes and Swingin’ Aces jazz bands will present their end-of-the-semester concert in W.M. Turner Auditorium.
Under the direction of Associate Professor Deb Scott, the Swingin’ Aces will perform three familiar Christmas songs and a tune by Maynard Ferguson. Nacogdoches sophomore Jacob Barnhill will be the featured vocalist on “Soul Vaccination” by Tower of Power.
“The Swingin’ Axes will perform music by current composers…the guys producing the music being played by the most cutting edge professional and university bands around right now,” said Professor Gary Wurtz, the band’s director.
All three concerts will begin at 7:30 p.m., and tickets for each are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students. For tickets or more information, please go to www.finearts.sfasu.edu or call (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS.
W.M. Turner is located in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, 2222 Alumni Dr. The Cole Concert Hall is located in the Wright Music Building, 2210 Alumni Dr.
