Campus Connection

Concert Choir, Orchestra and Wind Ensemble to perform at Viterbo

UW-L's Concert Choir, Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble will present a Winter Festival Concert at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Viterbo Fine Arts Center. Three large works will be featured in the performance. The Symphony Orchestra, conducted by J. Thomas Seddon IV, will play the first movement of Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8. Written in 1889, the score of this symphony was dedicated "To the Bohemian Academy of Emperor Franz Joseph for the Encouragement of Arts and Literature." This work precedes Dvorak’s most famous symphonic work, the “New World” Symphony, No. 9. The Wind Ensemble, also conducted by Seddon, will perform Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra.” The piece was written in 1878 when Rimsky-Korsakov was serving as an officer in the Russian Imperial Navy and as the “Inspector of Military Bands.” Guest trombone soloist for the work is artist Scott Bean, a doctoral student and adjunct trombone instructor at Central Connecticut State University. The final large work, performed by the Concert Choir and Symphony Orchestra, will be Franz Schubert’s “Mass in G major,” written in 1815 when the composer was 18 years old. This was Schubert’s second mass setting as a composition student of Antonio Salieri in Vienna. Several vocal soloists from the choir will be featured. The Concert Choir, conducted by Gary Kent Walth, will also perform a set of choral works including Walth’s “Two Japanese Proverbs,” composed in 2000. [caption id="attachment_10089" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Scott Bean"][/caption] The concert is free and open to the public. If you go— Who: UW-L Concert Choir, Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble What: Winter Festival Concert When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 Where: Viterbo Fine Arts Center Admission: Free

Trombonist sets master class, recital at UW-La Crosse

In conjunction with Trombonist Scott Bean’s visit to perform with the UW-L Wind Ensemble, Bean will lead a master class and give a recital at UW-L Tuesday, March 6, in Annett Recital Hall in the Center for the Arts. Bean is a doctoral student and adjunct trombone instructor at Central Connecticut State University. Performances include: • 4:30-5:30 p.m. — Bean will lead a Trombone Master Class. Admission is free; trombone players should bring their instruments. • 7:30 p.m. — Bean will give a Trombone Recital featuring pieces that span from the Renaissance to the 21st Century. The performance is free and open to the public.