May 3, 2006

Dana College Band to Present Spring Concert May 11

The Dana College Concert Band, directed by Dr. William Hall, will present its annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, in the Lauritzen Theatre. The public is cordially invited to the free program, which will feature a varied selection of music.

Among the major works the band will perform are Clifton Williams’ four-movement Symphonic Suite, which received the American Bandmasters Association’s Ostwald Composition Award, and the multi-movement work Liturgical Music for Band, composed by Martin Mailman in 1967.

Shorter works will include Overture for Winds by Charles Carter; Golliwog’s Cakewalk, a delightful character piece written by Claude Debussy in 1908; Felix Mendelssohn’s Pilgrim’s March, taken from his fourth symphony; and Sigurd Karg-Elert’s Marche Triomphale, originally composed for the large French cathedral organ.

The concert also will feature a trumpet solo by Kori Williamsen, a senior music education major from Blair. She will perform Alan Hovhaness’ Prayer of Saint Gregory, a composition depicting the vision the led St. Gregory the Illuminator to found the first national Christian church. Williamsen also will conduct the band in a performance of Mozart’s Alleluia.

In addition to the Concert Band, Williamsen has performed in the Dana Jazz Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Chorale and VOICES and has appeared in several theater productions.

For more information about the concert, contact Dr. William Hall, Dana College Director of Band, at (402) 426-7902 or whall@dana.edu.

Contact:

Anthony Greder
Communications Coordinator
Dana College
(402) 426-7216
agreder@dana.edu