STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Performances by special guests Dr. Floyd Richmond and Evan Holcomb will highlight Tarleton State University’s Wind Ensemble concert, set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Auditorium in Stephenville.
Dr. Richmond, an Associate Professor of Tuba at Tarleton State, joined the faculty in 2019. In addition to tuba, he teaches courses in music business and in the graduate sequence
He will perform Joseph Haydn’s “Trumpet Concerto.”
Holcomb, a senior music performance major from Weatherford, is the winner of the 2025 Concerto Competition and is a student of Dr. Benjamin Charles. He will play Keiko Abe’s “Prism Rhapsody” on marimba.
The Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. David Robinson, will also perform “Sinfonia” by Zhao Tian. The work was designated as the winner of the 2022 Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Composition Contest, the highest prize awarded for concert band compositions.
Admission is $5 or free with a Tarleton State ID.
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.