{"id":30332,"date":"2016-09-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-wind-ensemble-presents-transitions-concert-to-promote-charity\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T08:44:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:44:02","slug":"tarleton-wind-ensemble-presents-transitions-concert-to-promote-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-wind-ensemble-presents-transitions-concert-to-promote-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Wind Ensemble presents ‘Transitions’ concert to promote charity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tarleton State University Wind Ensemble Presents<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, September 21, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014The Tarleton State Wind Ensemble will present two concerts this fall to promote the university\u2019s upcoming Centennial Celebration in 2017. Titled, Transitions<\/em>, the first concert takes place at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concerts are free, but donations will be accepted. Proceeds will be donated to the university\u2019s 2016 State Employee Charitable Campaign, known as Pass the Hat, and designated to the Erath County United Way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Anthony Pursell, Tarleton\u2019s director of bands and conductor of the wind ensemble, described the concert as, \u201cAn opportunity to experience the music at the time the university became a member of the Texas A&M System (1917) and transitioning to the current day. Some of the music presented during these two concerts also will forecast where the music of the wind band is going, much like the Centennial Celebration will reflect and forecast Tarleton\u2019s relationship with Texas A&M.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transitions<\/em> opens with Charles Ives\u2019 Circus Band, <\/em>written around 1894 and described by Pursell as, \u201c\u2026employing strong rhythmic figures that are typically not on strong pulses, similar to the Ragtime music that was on the horizon at the time.\u201d Listeners can expect to experience the circus coming to town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the Ives\u2019 piece, visiting instructor of percussion Dr. Benjamin Charles will lead Gustav Holst\u2019s monumental work for military bands, First Suite in E-flat<\/em>. Written in 1909, Holst used folk tunes from English songs in one of the first organized efforts to standardize the wind band instrumentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pivot point of the concert takes the audience from the past to the present and future, featuring student conductor Julia Kendall with John Philip Sousa\u2019s The Thunderer<\/em>. Following the Sousa march, the ensemble will perform the second movement of Ira Hearshen\u2019s Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This movement, titled After the Thunderer,<\/em> will provide, \u201ca hauntingly beautiful experience with the trio section of the march that is set similarly to the finale of Mahler\u2019s Third Symphony<\/em>,\u201d Pursell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The concert will conclude with a work by composer Stephen Mellilo, titled Jidai<\/em>, that employs several electronic instruments. <\/em>Pursell commented that, \u201cthe band area already has seen the employment of electronic instruments for some time; however, I believe we will see a refinement of these instruments\u2014eventually moving from a supporting role to being featured in some way. Jidai<\/em> is a mixture of both supportive and featured electronic instruments with the traditional setup of wind instruments. I think we will see this more often, as we\u2019ve already seen in the marching band setting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tau Beta Sigma, a national band sorority developed to provide service to university band programs, will host a post-concert reception in the Fine Arts Center foyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Tarleton State University\u2019s bands, visit www.tarleton.edu\/band<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact: Kurt Mogonye
254-968-9460
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