{"id":27202,"date":"2019-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-symphonic-band-presents-ghostly-selections-in-sunday-concert\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T01:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T01:01:28","slug":"tarleton-symphonic-band-presents-ghostly-selections-in-sunday-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-symphonic-band-presents-ghostly-selections-in-sunday-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Symphonic Band presents ghostly selections in Sunday concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, April 23, 2019<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash;The Tarleton State University Symphonic Band presents its Spring 2019 program, &ldquo;GODZILLA EATS STEPHENVILLE?? &ndash; and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night&rdquo; at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 28, at H. Wells Fine Arts Center Auditorium in Stephenville.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is $5 or free with a Tarleton ID.<\/p>\n<p>The program features selections that remind us of the &ldquo;ghosts, goblins and long-legged beasties&rdquo; we often thought inhabited our closets and dark spaces under the bed.<\/p>\n<p>The University Symphonic Band, under the direction of Dr. Gary Westbrook and Mr. Chris Moix, will perform &ldquo;Spellbound&rdquo; by Jack Wilds, &ldquo;Nevermore&rdquo; by Brian Balmages, &ldquo;Shadow Rituals&rdquo; by Michael Markowski, &ldquo;Incantations&rdquo;<em><\/em>by Robert W. Smith, and &ldquo;Godzilla Eats Las Vegas&rdquo; by Eric Whitacre.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, two student conductors, Mattie McMeens and Fabian Weirich, make their debuts, leading the ensemble in performances of &ldquo;Impact&rdquo;<em><\/em>by Randall Standridge and &ldquo;Abracadabra&rdquo; by Frank Ticheli, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton, founding&nbsp;member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today&rsquo;s scholars into tomorrow&rsquo;s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist<br \/>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tarleton State University Symphonic Band presents its Spring 2019 program, &ldquo;GODZILLA EATS&nbsp;STEPHENVILL?? &ndash; and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night&rdquo; at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 28, at H. 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