Nov. 16, 2023

Wind Symphony to perform with South Harrison High School Concert Band

By Kayla Holman, communication assistant

The Northwest Missouri State University Wind Symphony will present a concert with the South Harrison High School Concert Band this month.

The concert begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, ­­in the Mary Linn Auditorium at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts. It is free and open to the public.

“The program offers a variety of great music, including Dr. William Alderman performing as a marimba soloist with the Northwest Wind Symphony,” John Bell, a Northwest artist-in-residence and conductor of the Wind Symphony, said. “It’s an opportunity to support a high school band from another community.”

The Wind Symphony will perform works, including Carol Brittin Chambers’ “Dances for the Muse, Terpsichore;” Percy Aldridge Grainger’s “Colonial Song,” which will feature Northwest student Coy Kirby as a guest conductor; Brett William Dietz’s “Concerto for Marimba and Wind Orchestra, Mvt. 2,” which will feature Alderman, the conductor of Northwest’s Percussion Ensemble; and Alfred Reed’s “Russian Christmas Music.”

 The South Harrison High School Concert Band will perform works, including Kevin Day’s “Rocketship!,” Warren Benson’s “Night Song” and Samuel Hazo’s “Novo Lenio.”

Directed by Northwest alumnus William Licop, the South Harrison High School Concert Band will join the Northwest Wind Symphony to play Albert E. Kelly’s “Arnhem March.”

The Wind Symphony during its October concert at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo by Chandu Ravi Krishna/Northwest Missouri State University)

The Northwest Wind Symphony is the University’s premier wind ensemble and performs the best standard selections from all styles and periods, in addition to recent repertoire for wind bands.

For more information about upcoming events and music ensembles in Northwest’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts, visit www.nwmissouri.edu/finearts/music/.