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Friday, November 5, 2004
Ethnic Folk Music Concert Set at SU
Star Staff Report
The Shenandoah University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Scott
Nelson, will present a concert at 7 p.m. today in Armstrong Concert Hall.
Andrew Keen (left) is a member of the French Horn Section of the Shenandoah
University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
(Photo Provided by Shenandoah University)
It will feature concert band settings of folk songs from Greece and Armenia.
The concert will also include band settings of Armenian folk songs
transcribed and arranged by composer Alfred Reed.
Armenian Dances Part I will be conducted by guest conductor David Zerull,
and Part II features four movements based on authentic Armenian folk songs
from the collected works of Gomidas Vartabed (1869-1935), the founder of
Armenian classical music.
Two marches of John Philip Sousa and Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich
will also be performed.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Friday, November 5, 2004
Ethnic Folk Music Concert Set at SU
Star Staff Report
The Shenandoah University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Scott
Nelson, will present a concert at 7 p.m. today in Armstrong Concert Hall.
Andrew Keen (left) is a member of the French Horn Section of the Shenandoah
University Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
(Photo Provided by Shenandoah University)
It will feature concert band settings of folk songs from Greece and Armenia.
The concert will also include band settings of Armenian folk songs
transcribed and arranged by composer Alfred Reed.
Armenian Dances Part I will be conducted by guest conductor David Zerull,
and Part II features four movements based on authentic Armenian folk songs
from the collected works of Gomidas Vartabed (1869-1935), the founder of
Armenian classical music.
Two marches of John Philip Sousa and Festive Overture by Dmitri Shostakovich
will also be performed.
The concert is free and open to the public.