Three of Kansas Wesleyan’s music ensembles will perform in a single concert Tuesday in Sams Chapel.
The event, featuring the String Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and Wind Ensemble, begins at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public at no charge. If you can’t make it to Sams Chapel, the concert will be streamed live and free of charge at https://youtu.be/4lKP8Cy8520.
The String Orchestra, led by Director of Strings Leonardo Rosario, will present a program of all Latin music, featuring pieces by composers such as Joaquin Rodrigo, Salvador Martinez Garcia and Guido Lopez Gavilan.
The Jazz Ensemble, directed by Steve Lueth, will swing with two pieces from the jazz standards canon Bags’ Groove by Milt Jackson and Angel Eyes by Matt Dennis, along with New Orleans Jumbo-Gumbo by Mike Carubia.
The Wind Ensemble, conducted by Department Chair James McAllister, will end the concert with a selection of pieces that run the gamut of possibilities for winds. Featured will be Henry Fillmore’s march Americans We; a medley of selections from The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber; and Reverberations, a contemporary fanfare by Brian Balmages.