UW Wind Ensemble to Tour Feb. 8-11 |  
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Feb. 2, 2007 -- The University of Wyoming's premier concert band featuring wind and percussion musicians will perform free concerts in Buffalo, Gillette and Torrington Feb. 8-11.
Locations, dates and times are:
Buffalo -- Thursday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m., Buffalo High School auditorium.
Gillette -- Saturday, Feb. 10, 1 p.m., Campbell County High School.
Torrington -- Sunday, Feb. 11, 2 p.m., Eastern Wyoming College.
Robert Belser, associate professor in the Department of Music, conducts the UW Wind Ensemble. The concert program comprises several popular works for band, including Malcom Arnold's "Tam O'Shanter Overture, Op. 51," and Larry Buck's percussion section piece, "Freckles Rag." Individual students and sections will be featured throughout the concert.
The tour's free concerts, clinics and master classes are possible thanks to generous support from UW's Office of Cultural Outreach, according to Belser.
"Cultural Outreach helps us bring our music to communities throughout the region," he says. "The Wind Ensemble tour is an opportunity for local communities to hear one of the top bands in the country."
UW Wind Ensemble members and their hometowns are:
Broomfield, Colo. -- Nathaniel Hadleydike.
Cheyenne -- Amy Adams, Paris Almquist, Jon Cabot, Bret Hughes, Robert Johnson, Kyle Mitchell, Cori Ong, David Perry, Lindsey Rittmueller and Stephanie Squires.
Denver, Colo. -- Scott Erickson.
Detroit, Mich. -- Gabrielle Miller.
Evanston -- Jamie L. Belling and Ashley Frome.
Fort Morgan, Colo. -- Natasha Snelson.
Gillette -- Mike Amend, Tanya Fletcher, Elin "meiqi" Mayo, Harrison Welshimer and James "Jimmy" Williamson.
Green River -- Brian T. Measles.
Kemmerer -- Heidi Hancock.
Laramie -- Paul Hertz, Jesse Lee, Mike McDonough, Andi Summerville and Katie Uhl.
Louisville, Ky. -- Nicholas Stitch.
Park City, Utah -- Christopher R. Taylor.
Parker, Colo. -- Ali DeMino.
Pierce, Colo. -- Stephanie Wagner.
Rapid City -- Loralee Slough.
Rawlins -- Brandon Schumacher.
Riverton -- Heidi Crouch, Jesse Hemming and Garth Moline.
Rock Springs -- Ken Jimenez, Daniel Shineberg and Troy Thompson.
Scottsbluff, Neb. -- Marykate Scheinost.
Sheridan -- Shawn Oakes and Jessica Wilson.
Spirit Lake, Iowa -- Bernadine Bunt.
Torrington -- Kelsey Lawrence.
Trondheim, Norway -- Ingrid Ryeng Thorstensen.
Washburn, Wis. -- Luke Swanson.
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Sharing Music -- Members of the University of Wyoming's premier concert band perform in a fall UW concert. The Wind Ensemble, which features UW's top wind and percussion musicians, will be on tour Feb. 8-12 performing free public concerts and offering clinics and master classes to high schools in Wyoming and South Dakota. Musicians pictured are, from left, Troy Thompson of Rock Springs; Heidi Hancock of Kemmerer; Stephanie Squires of Cheyenne; and Jessica Wilson of Sheridan. (UW Photo)
Posted on Friday, February 02, 2007
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