The West Virginia University Concert Band and Wind Symphony will present a concert featuring works by guest composer David Maslanka Tuesday, March 28, at the Creative Arts Center .
The program begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre. It will also feature faculty soloist John Weigand on clarinet.
During the first half, the WVU Concert Band, conducted by Dearl J. Drury and Nikki Gross, will performAlleluia! Laudamus Teby Alfred Reed,Heart Songs for Bandby Maslanka andVesuviusby Frank Ticheli.
Following intermission, the WVU Wind Symphony, conducted by WVU Director of Bands John Hendricks, will presentDesert Roadsby Maslanka, featuring Weigand on clarinet. The Wind Symphony will close the program with Maslanka’sSymphony No. 4.
Maslanka was born in New Bedford , Mass. , in 1943. He was a composition student of Joseph Wood at the Oberlin Conservatory and did master’s and doctoral work at Michigan State University with H. Owen Reed.
Between 1970 and 1990, he taught at the State University of New York at Geneseo, Sarah Lawrence College and Kingsborough College of the City University of New York. Since that time, he has lived in Missoula , Mont. , and devoted his life entirely to composing.
He has written more than 30 works for wind ensemble, as well as a wide variety of chamber, orchestral, choral and percussion pieces. His compositions are published primarily by Carl Fischer Inc. and recorded on numerous labels, including Albany , Klavier, Summit , BIS and Mark.
Weigand is professor of music at WVU , where he teaches clarinet and coaches chamber music. He currently performs in the Baltimore Symphony, the Seneca Chamber Orchestra in Charleston and the Laureate Quintet at WVU . He holds degrees in music from Florida State University , Northwestern University and the Oberlin Conservatory.
He has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, Greensboro Symphony and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. He has also presented recitals and master classes at major universities and conservatories in the United States and Canada .
The College of Creative Arts would like to express sincere appreciation to the Barbara and Ralph Bean Music Resources Endowment for their support of this program.
For tickets, contact the Mountainlair or CAC box offices at (304) 293-SHOW.