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The Concert Band concerts feature renowned guest artists and some of the greatest new and standard literature from the wind band repertoire. The Friends University Community Orchestra includes students and community members in full orchestra. Chamber ensembles, including the Percussion Ensemble and the Chamber Orchestra offer more opportunities for great music.

Concert Band

Friends University Community Orchestra

FALL 2011 EVENTS

CONCERT BAND CONCERT
Nov. 7, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
$5 adults, $3 seniors/students
Larry Clark, renowned band composer and conductor, is appearing as the 2011 Composer and Conductor-In-Residence and will lead the band in several of his own compositions.

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA CONCERT WITH CHOIRS
Nov. 15, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
$10 adults, $8 seniors/students
America’s rich musical traditions flow from a variety of sources, including folk songs, spirituals, hymns and symphonic music. Come and explore a bit of our nation’s musical heritage as the orchestra joins forces with the 200-voice Friends University Choral Union in a concert entitled, “Made in the U.S.A.” The choir and orchestra will perform Leonard Bernstein’s popular Chichester Psalms (sung in Hebrew) and arrangements of familiar hymns by Mack Wilberg.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA & BRASS ENSEMBLES CONCERT
Nov. 17, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
Free

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Nov. 28, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
Free
Join Ginger Zyskowski and the Friends Percussion Ensemble for an exciting evening of Fascinatin’ Rhythm!

SPRING 2012 EVENTS

CONCERT BAND CONCERT
Feb. 12, 2012 @ 3 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
$5 adults, $3 seniors/students
Harry Waters, trombone soloist with the United States Army Band, will perform with the Friends University Concert Band.

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Feb. 21, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
$10 adults, $8 seniors/students
This concert, titled “Taste of Italy,” will open and close with music from Italy including Rossini’s delightful overture to The Barber of Seville and Tchaikovsky’s stirring Capriccio Italien. Performances by the Friends University Miller Solo Competition and the Wichita Area Piano Teacher’s League Concerto Competition winners will also be featured, creating a musical fare that is sure to satisfy... think of it as an Italian sandwich!

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT
March 15, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
Free

CHAMBER WINDS & STRINGS PLAY AND MUNCH
March 29, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Riney Fine Arts Center Gallery
Free
This recital features a variety of student chamber ensembles surrounded by art, food and fun. Come out and enjoy refreshments while listening to wonderful
musical performances!

CONCERT BAND CONCERT
April 2, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
$5 adults, $3 seniors/students
This annual Standards Concert will feature great literature from the standard wind band repertoire.

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
April 10, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
$10 adults, $8 seniors/students
In this concert, titled “Music Through the Ages,” the audience will experience 300 years of music history as the orchestra performs works from each of the historical periods of western music. Hear Toccata by Frescobaldi, The Marriage of Figaro: Overture by Mozart, Symphony No. 8 in G Major by Dvorak, The Pumpkin Eater’s Little Fugue by Robert McBride, and a work from our present century!

CHAMBER BRASS ENSEMBLES CONCERT
April 12, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
Free

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CONCERT
April 16, 2012 @ 7:30 p.m.
Sebits Auditorium
Free

CONCERT BAND AND SENSENEY BAND CONCERT
April 29, 2012 @ 5 p.m.
Rose Window Plaza
Free
Celebrate the end of the school year with an outdoor concert featuring the Friends University Concert Band and Senseney Music Community Band. Earnest Alexander will be the featured soloist, and a free-will offering will be taken for Youth Horizons. Please bring folding chairs or blankets for seating.