Performance features new works by School of Music faculty composer
KALAMAZOO, Mich.鈥擭ew works by Western Michigan University School of Music faculty composer David Colson will be performed by faculty musicians including the Western Wind Quintet, trumpet professor Scott Thornburg, and faculty pianists Silvia Roederer and Lori Sims at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the Dalton Center Recital Hall.
The performance will be preceded by a 7 p.m. discussion hosted by Dr. Robert White. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 for seniors and $5 for students, and are available from Miller Auditorium or by calling (269) 387-2300 or (800) 228-9858.
The concert will also present the premiere performance of "The Wind is Rising, the Earth Lets Itself be Inhaled," for bassoon and percussion featuring guest musicians Benjamin Kamins and Matthew Strauss. Kamins is an American bassoonist, currently active and internationally recognized as both a teacher at Rice University and performer. Strauss is a percussionist with the Houston Symphony and timpanist with the American Symphony Orchestra at the Bard Music Festival.
Bullock Music Performance Institute
Established in the fall of 1985 and renamed in 1988 in honor of its founder, the institute's mission is to add to the already rich cultural life of Kalamazoo by creating opportunities to develop closer personal and artistic ties between audience and performer. The institute has presented events ranging from formal evening concerts to daytime educational outreach events for students and local audiences of all ages.
For more information about the Wednesday evening concert series, call (269) 387-4704 or (269) 387-4678, or visit wmich.edu/music.
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