Mar 9, 2012 2 min read

MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — The WVU Wind Symphony and the WVU Symphonic Band will present a joint concert at the Creative Arts Center, Monday.

The program begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Lyell B. Concert Theatre and will be conducted by John Hendricks III, along with Assistant Director of Bands Christopher J. Nichter and graduate student conductor Johnny Leonard III.

During the first half of the program, the WVU Symphonic Band will perform “Alleluia, Laudamus Te” by Alfred Reed, a concert opener composed as a celebration hymn for winds, as well as “Two British Folk-Song Settings” by Percy Grainger, including “Irish Tune from County Derry” and “Shepherd’s Hey.”

Both are folk-song settings for wind band.

The Symphonic Band will also perform “Canzona” by Peter Mennin.

For tickets, go online to the Mountainlair box officfe at http://events.wvu.edu/boxoffice/index.shtml or CAC Box Office at 304-293-SHOW.

, a piece that uses the band’s woodwinds.

and brasses to depict the Baroque “canzona” style of alternating rhythms and sonorities; and “British Eighth March” by Zo Elliott, a march, composed in the traditional British style, that was dedicated to the Eighth Army after a triumphant sweep across North Africa in 1942.

During the second half of the program, the WVU Wind Symphony will perform “Armenian Dances” (part I) by Alfred Reed, a symphonic rhapsody built upon five different Armenian folk songs, as well as

“When Jesus Wept” (Prelude for Band) from “New England Triptych” by William Schuman, a treatment of William Billing’s sacred chorale, featuring students Johnny Leonard on trumpet and Joshua Baret on euphonium.

The ensemble will also perform “Prelude and Dance” by Paul Creston, which showcases the composer’s interest in rhythm, incorporating polymeters, polyrhythms, and even a touch of a tarantella; and “American Hymnsong Suite” by Dwayne Milburn, a new four-movement suite that incorporates popular hymns arranged in various styles ranging from jazz, to a light scherzo, to a rousing march.