SUU Wind Symphony "Tour of Europe" Concert to Feature U.S. Premier
Published: December 01, 2009 |
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The “Tour of Europe” concert will be the U.S. premier of “Wind Layers,” a composition for wind symphony by Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson. In an email regarding the U.S. premier of his work, Martinsson said, “I am most happy that I will have the U.S. premier of my ‘Wind Layers’ in Utah with Mark conducting! I hope that ‘Wind Layers’ can be an exciting bridge for young performers between the two opposite worlds of tonality and atonality.”
Other selections featured in the “Tour of Europe” will include “Moorside March,” from “Moorside Suite” by Gustav Holst; “Trauermusik,” an arrangement of Carl Maria von Weber’s music by Richard Wagner; “Culloden,” a piece based on Scottish folk songs; and “Der Traum des Oenghus,” by Rolf Rudin, directed by guest conductor, Dr. Thomas Herb, assistant professor of music at SUU.
The SUU Wind Symphony is comprised of outstanding wind and percussion students, both music majors and non-music majors from every college on campus. The Wind Symphony is committed to the performance of the highest quality contemporary and traditional works in the wind band repertoire. Innovative concerts, adventurous programming and high level music making are the hallmark of this ensemble.