'Blue Fever'
The Utah State University Wind Orchestra at a March 2014 performance at the College Band Directors National Association Divisional Conference in Reno, Nev. The group presents its last concert of the academic year Friday, April 24, 7:30 p.m., Kent Concert Hall, Chase Fine Arts Center.
The Utah State University Wind Orchestra, under the conductorship of Thomas P. Rohrer, director of bands, performs its annual spring concert Friday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chase Fine Arts Center’s Kent Concert Hall on the USU Logan campus.
The concert is entitled “Blue Fever” after the concerto of the same name, Blue Fever, No Prescription: Double Concerto for Two Percussionists and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, composed by Rohrer.
“The work was written specifically for two graduating percussion students in 2007 and features two soon-to-be-graduates of 2015: Emily Ashcroft of Hyde Park and Elizabeth Nelson of South Jordan,” Rohrer said. “The students of professor of percussion Jason Nicholson arrived together in the fall of 2010 and have had parallel careers at USU, each performing in the flagship Wind Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Caine Percussion Ensembles, Basketball Pep Band and the Aggie Marching Band. The three-movement concerto features both musicians on a variety of percussion instruments, totaling nearly 20.”
The program for the concert also includes Suite Francaise by Darius Milhaud, a French folk song of five movements dedicated to the American servicemen who liberated the composer’s homeland 70 years ago this May 8. Trittico, a three movement work by Vaclav Nelhybel based on an eight-note motive, and Symphony No. 4 by James Barnes will also be performed.
The spring concert is free and open to the public. Call 435-797-3004 for more information.
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Source: USU Bands
Contact: Thomas P. Rohrer, 435-797-3004, Thomas.rohrer@usu.edu
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