Published October 3, 2019
The University of Louisiana Monroe School of Visual and Performing Arts is hosting
two concert performances on Monday, Oct. 7 and Tuesday, Oct. 8.
Spectrum Winds, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7
Spectrum Winds, a component of the United States Air Force Band of the West, will
present a performance in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall on Monday, October 7,
at 7:30 p.m.
The performance is free.
Spectrum Winds brings the highest standards of musical excellence to its audiences
with a passion to honor our past heroes, inspire the present generation, communicate
the Air Force story, and recruit future generations of Airmen. Composed of six world-class
musicians, Spectrum Winds explores the diverse world of chamber music for winds and
percussion, exposing audiences to traditional woodwind quintet literature, Latin,
jazz, Celtic and more.
The inherent versatility of Spectrum Winds enables it to draw on a long heritage
of chamber music from Mozart and Beethoven moving forward to contemporary jazz and
pop music, marches and patriotic favorites. Capitalizing on this flexibility, Spectrum
Winds provides entertainment at a multitude of venues to include official military
ceremonies and functions, educational outreach at elementary and junior high schools,
recruiting concerts at high schools and college campuses, and outreach engagements
in our local communities.
ULM Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8
The ULM Wind Ensemble will present a concert on Tuesday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m.
in Brown Theater. The program features the music of composers Julie Giroux, H. Owen
Reed, Philip Sparke, Francis W. McBeth, Randall Standridge, and Barbara York. Soloists
for this concert are ULM faculty member Justin Havard and senior music performance
major George Rogers. Conductors are Derle R. Long and Steven Pederson.
The performance is free.
For more information, contact the VAPA office at 318-342-3811.
