MEDIA CONTACT: Kate Perry katie.perry@rochester.edu
585.275.2671

November 16, 2007

Wind Symphony Concert

TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Strong Auditorium on the University of Rochester's River Campus

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public, parking available in Library Lot

The University of Rochester's Department of Music will sponsor a Wind Symphony concert on Dec. 5. This event is directed by William Tiberio.

The University of Rochester's Wind Symphony ensemble studies and performs standard and contemporary wind music as well as transcriptions from other genres. William Tiberio teaches at Fairport High School as well as the Eastman Community Music School. In 2004, he was a recipient of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Music Educator Award. He is also a past recipient of the University's Excellence in Secondary Teaching Award.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Josef Hanson, jhsn@mail.rochester.edu.

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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