UW-Waukesha Band Performs in Free Concert
WAUKESHA –The University of Wisconsin-Waukesha Symphonic Band will present a spring concert Friday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, located in the Fine Arts Center on campus at 1500 N. University Dr., Waukesha. Admission is free, and the public is invited.
The program opens with Firework by Jan Vander Roost and ends with John Philip Sousa’s The Fairest of the Fair. Between these, the band will perform works by Steven Reincke, Frank Bencriscutto, and Richard Wager plus three movements of Terpsimetrics by Donald H. White.
Craig Hurst, UW-Waukesha professor of music and director of bands, and Thomas Patterson, associate lecturer in music, will direct.
Instrumentalists include students and members of the community.
Beaver Dam: Thomas Patterson, trombone
Brookfield: Rob Frutchey and Allison Melk-Blasezky, flute; Sandy Lefebvre, French horn
Dousman: Jerry Throndson, tuba
Franklin: Paul Stein, French horn
Greenfield: Randy Simon, trumpet
Hartland: Nicholas Migawa, baritone saxophone
Menominee Falls: Tom Haefner, trombone
Milwaukee: Sandy Frisque, French horn
Mukwonago: Richard Hanson, trumpet
Muskego: Matthew Cromby, percussion
Nashotah: Zackery Olson, percussion
New Berlin: Beverly Mutter and Ken Rankin, clarinet; Bess Strempel, French horn
Ottawa: Alan Buchanan, trumpet
Pewaukee: Megan Demman and Lora Mueller, flute; Matt Teschendorf, trumpet
Sussex: Krista Vanderwerff, clarinet
Waterford: Chuck Nohr, percussion
Waukesha: Lauren Bantz, clarinet; Aimie Cafalu, alto saxophone; Mary Cyrulik, string bass; Jennifer Esh, clarinet; Nick Gerdman and Jon Kasparek, euphonium; Ryan Katzhung, trumpet; Julie Mitchell, French horn; Melissa Neiss, flute; Mary Reese, oboe; Margaret Russell, tenor saxophone; Jim Skaleski, alto saxophone; Kevin Stelter and Adam Sykes, percussion
Wauwatosa: Marcia Smeiska, oboe and English horn
Williams Bay: Ashley Pharris, clarinet
And joining the group from Orland, Maine, is Don Blodgett, trombone.
