Southeastern Symphonic Band to perform concert March 13
Monday, March 6, 2017
by: Rene Abadie
HAMMOND – The Symphonic Band of Southeastern Louisiana University will perform a concert
Monday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pottle Music Building Auditorium.
The concert is free and open to the general public, said Derek Stoughton, conductor
and associate director of bands at Southeastern.
The concert will open with performances by members of the saxophone and tuba/euphonium
studios. Alto saxophonist students Brady Burkett of Baton Rouge and Lian Warner of
Metairie will perform music from J.S. Bach’s “15 Two-Part Inventions.”
The Tuba/Euphonium Studio, under the direction of instructor Brian Gallion, will
perform Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man,” Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for
Strings,” and “Down in the River,” a traditional American folk song.
Stoughton said the Symphonic Band will perform Brant Karrick’s “Songs of Old
Kentucky; Eric Whitacre’s “The Seal Lullaby,” with student Tara Hymel of Denham Springs
as guest conductor; and “The Machine Awakes” by Steven Bryant, featuring student Sharie
Mahler of Destrehan as guest conductor.
The band will conclude its concert with David Maslanka’s “Illumination.”
“The students have been working exceptionally hard preparing for this concert,
which should be entertaining for people of all ages,” Stoughton said.
