STEPHENVILLE, Texas — The Tarleton State University Departments of Performing Arts and Visual Arts and Design will present the annual ULTRA Club Dinner and Show Thursday, Sept. 26 at the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Theater. ULTRA Club members are invited for food and drinks at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Wind Ensemble concert “A Renaissance Evening” at 7:30 p.m. 

The concert is the first of the year’s student performances and features contemporary music for band inspired by the Renaissance period, including a transcription of the major orchestra work “The Pines of Rome” by Ottorino Respighi, standard of the band repertoire “First Suite in E-flat” by Gustav Holst, “Canzona” by Peter Mennin, “Cathedrals” by Kathryn Salfelder and “Introit” by Fisher Tull.

Included in the evening is the opportunity to view the gallery exhibition “You Threaded in Me,” by Morgan Ford Willingham, a photographic artist from Waco. 

For information about tickets or joining the ULTRA Club, call 254-968-9291 or email [email protected].

The ULTRA Club, founded in 1985, provides community, regional, and state support for students in Tarleton State’s Departments of Visual Arts and Design and Performing Arts. Through membership dues, gifts, and fundraising activities, the ULTRA Club funds student travel, guest artists, and scholarships. To learn more about the ULTRA Club, visit https://www.tarleton.edu/ultraclub/.

A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State University is breaking records — in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement — while transforming the lives of approximately 18,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online. For 125 years, Tarleton State has been committed to accessible higher education opportunities for all while helping students grow academically, socially and professionally through programs that emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.