The West Virginia University Wind Symphony, conducted by Director of Bands John Hendricks III, will present its first concert of the season at the Creative Arts Center on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre.

Hendricks will be assisted by Dearl “Jay” Drury; WVU music professor Andrew Kohn will perform as a special guest artist on double bass.

The program will include “Fiesta!” by Philip Sparke; “My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish,” by Johann Sebastian Bach (arranged by Alfred Reed); and “Reflux: Concerto for Amplified Double Bass and Wind Ensemble,” by M. William Karlins with Kohn on double bass, Hendricks said.

Other works on the program include:

_“Torn Canvases” by Matthew Tommasini, a new chamber piece for winds commissioned by the Big East Band Directors Association, of which WVU is a member.

_“Lincolnshire Posy” by Percy Grainger, considered to be one of the landmark works for a wind band. It is a setting of six folk songs collected by Grainger from Lincolnshire County in England.

_“Strange Humors” by John Mackey and “Rolling Thunder” by Henry Fillmore (edited by Frederick Fennell).

The wind symphony is the premier concert group of the seven University bands and is made up of the finest wind and percussion performers at WVU.

Andrew Kohn teaches double bass, music theory, and music in world cultures at WVU. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and received the only Artist Diploma in double bass awarded by the Peabody Conservatory. Performance credits include the Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh Symphonies, and principal of the National Chamber Orchestra and Harrisburg Symphonies. He is currently a member of the Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet Theatre Orchestras, and an active soloist. His compositions have also been broadcast nationally.

For tickets, visit the Mountainlair, CAC Box Offices or call (304) 293-SHOW.

-WVU-

9/25/09

CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4841 ext. 3108, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu