Monmouth College Winds present ‘proverbial’ concertRelease Date:
February 23, 2007
MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Victorian good luck proverb for brides on their
wedding day, “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something
Blue,” will be loosely adapted by the Monmouth College Winds instrumental
ensemble for a concert of the same title on March 4 at 2 p.m. in the Kasch
Performance Hall of the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. The concert is free
and open to the public.
Led by instrumental activities director Stephen Richter, the Monmouth
Winds will begin the concert with something old – Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart’s “Grand Serenade in B-flat Major,” featuring a small ensemble of
12 players.
The “something new” portion of the concert highlights composer Terry
Riley’s 20th-century minimalist work, “In C,” also a small ensemble piece.
The piece, says Richter, is a musical kaleidoscope in which the audience
will literally “hear the shapes and sounds of the music change over time.”
Sophomore Patrick Murphy, a music education major from Macomb, will
conduct the work.
Alexander Borodin’s “Prince Igor Overture,” a traditional orchestral piece
adapted in this case for winds, is the “something borrowed” phase of the
concert. Freshman Melissa Lindsay, a music education major from Spokane,
Wash., is the featured soloist on French horn.
Robert Russell Bennett’s “Suite of Old American Dances,” a medley of
pieces performed in the blues key of C, will complete the connection to
the proverb.
One final piece by the ensemble, Kees Schoonenbeeck’s “Balkan Dreams,”
will feature clarinet soloist sophomore Heather Kness, an elementary
education major from Milledgeville.
Open by audition only, the 38-member Monmouth Winds is the top musical
instrumental ensemble at Monmouth College.
Released
by the Office of College Communications
Barry McNamara, Associate Director of College Communications
Phone: 309-457-2117
Fax: 309-457-2330
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