<\/strong>Concert Band and Jazz and Percussion Ensembles<\/em>\n<\/p>\n
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Playing for the first time together, the Concert Band and the Jazz and Percussion Ensembles might take the roof off Haggin Auditorium.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Concert Band, under the direction of professor of music and director of instrumental ensembles Ben Hawkins, will perform music by Sousa, Alfred Reed, Robert W. Smith and Norman Dello Joio. The program includes Sousa\u2019s rousing and aptly named \u201cOn the Campus,\u201d a brisk circus march.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Jazz Ensemble, conducted by low brass music instructor Valerie Evans, will play \u201cGrooved Pavement\u201d by Victor Lopez, \u201cNow What\u201d by Mike Kamuf and a combined piece with the Percussion Ensemble titled \u201cCubano Chant\u201d by Ray Bryant.\n<\/p>\n
\nAnd the Percussion Ensemble, conducted by percussion music instructor Greg Strouse, will present \u201cKalahari\u201d by Steve Grimo and \u201cImpulsion\u201d by David Long.\n<\/p>\n
\nWednesday, Nov. 13, 7:30 p.m., Haggin Auditorium, Mitchell Fine Arts Center<\/strong> \nFrench composer Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s well-known \u201cRequiem in D Minor, Op. 48\u201d will be presented by the Transylvania University music program.\n<\/p>\n \nThe performance of the gripping mass for the dead, in seven movements, will bring together the Transylvania University Choir, Women\u2019s Chorus and Pioneer Voices Men\u2019s Choir. Soloists for the performance are Transylvania voice instructor and soprano Joanna Manring and University of Kentucky doctoral student and baritone Thomas Gunter.\n<\/p>\n \nThe Transylvania Chamber Orchestra completes the choral-orchestral ensemble, which will fill the stage with over 100 performers. The conductor, music professor Gary Anderson, describes the one-hour performance written in memory of Faur\u00e9\u2019s father as \u201cvisceral, autobiographical and highly personal. One can hear every style in which Faur\u00e9 ever wrote, demonstrating his growth as a composer. It is a true homage to his father, as if to say \u2018Look who I grew into.\u2019\u201d\n<\/p>\n \nWednesday, Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m., Old Morrison Chapel<\/strong> \nEnjoy the acoustical liveliness of the Old Morrison Chapel with the Spectacular Strings Concert. Transylvania University students, under the direction of music instructors Clyde Beavers and Margaret Karp, will perform in this historic venue, located on the second (or main) floor of Transylvania\u2019s signature building, Old Morrison.\n<\/p>\n \nWednesday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m., Haggin Auditorium, Mitchell Fine Arts Center<\/strong> \n \nThe Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of professor Ben Hawkins, will present Prokofiev’s \u201cTroika,\u201d which Hawkins describes with a smile as \u201cmusic everyone knows, but not usually by name.\u201d The combined band and orchestra will play Leroy Anderson’s classic \u201cSleigh Ride.”\n<\/p>\n \nBlanketing the concert hall with what music professor Gary Anderson describes as \u201ca glorious acoustical overlay,\u201d the Transylvania University Choir will present Michael Praetorius\u2019 17th-century classic \u201cDet Ar Ros Utsprungen\u201d (A Rose Has Sprung Up). Reinterpreted by contemporary Swedish composer Jan Sandstrom, the choral arrangement provides a stunning new take on a traditional favorite.\n<\/p>\n \nIntermittently during the 60-minute concert, audience members join in for an old-fashioned sing-along, which makes this an especially popular community and campus event. The holiday concert is free, although canned good donations are gratefully accepted at the door for distribution to God\u2019s Pantry Food Bank.\n<\/p>\n \nHoliday concert-goers may want to stop by the Morlan Gallery, located down the hall from Haggin Auditorium, before the concert to do a little holiday shopping. Transylvania University faculty, staff and students will host their second annual fine arts and crafts sale featuring a variety of handmade goods including jewelry, ceramics, paper goods, knit wear, books and more. The sale starts at noon and ends at 7:15 p.m.\n<\/p>\n
Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s \u201cRequiem in D Minor, Op. 48\u201d
\nTransylvania Chamber Orchestra and various choirs
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Spectacular Strings Concert<\/em>\n<\/p>\n
A Gift of Holiday Music Concert
\nTransylvania University fine arts and crafts sale
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Ring in the season with A Gift of Holiday Music Concert, a local favorite featuring the Transylvania Band, the Transylvania Chamber Orchestra, the Transylvania University Choir, Women\u2019s Chorus and Pioneer Voices Men\u2019s Choir. Offering beloved secular and sacred melodies, each group will perform a short set and then appear together for a single song.\n<\/p>\n
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