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MEDIA CONTACT: Department of Music (585) 275-2828 or Helene Snihur (585) 275-7800

April 6, 2004

EVENT: "Four Classics and a World Premiere," concert by the University of Rochester's Wind Symphony

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 8 p.m. Friday, April 23, in Strong Auditorium on the University of Rochester's River Campus

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public.
Note: Parking is available on University lots after 7 p.m. weeknights.

A concert featuring a student's composition will be presented by the University of Rochester's Wind Symphony at 8 p.m. Friday, April 23, in Strong Auditorium on the University of Rochester's River Campus.

Titled "Four Classics and a World Premiere," the program will feature a work commissioned for the ensemble by its director, Cindi Johnston-Turner. The piece, "Soft," by Kyle Blaha, a senior in the University's Eastman School of Music, explores the different timbres and combinations of tonal color created by wind instruments.

The Wind Ensemble also will perform "First Suite in F" by Gustav Holst; "Folk Song Suite" by Ralph Vaughan Williams; Fucik's "Florentiner March;" and Percy Grainger's "Children's March," with guest pianist Caleb Harris, a graduate student at the Eastman School.

The University of Rochester Wind Symphony is comprised of students who are serious and accomplished musicians, but whose major course of study may vary from music to medicine, business, engineering, or linguistics. In addition to regular on-campus performances, the University Wind Symphony undertakes an annual performing tour each year.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the music department at (585) 275-2828.


About the University of Rochester

The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.

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