Two UW Department of Music Faculty Members to Perform Sept. 16

Daniel Watt will perform in his first faculty recital, in collaboration with Xin Chang, Monday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Wyoming’s Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

Watt and Chang, both UW Department of Music faculty members, will perform a diverse program of trombone, bass trombone and euphonium repertoire.

Watt is a freelance musician throughout the Front Range, and has served as lecturer of trombone and euphonium at UW since 2016. He is the principal trombonist with the Fort Collins Symphony, the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra and the Steamboat Springs Orchestra, and is second trombonist with the Cheyenne Symphony.

Chang is a collaborative pianist at UW and has been on staff at the International Violin Festival and Competition in Singapore. She has attended various summer festivals, including SongFest and the Brevard Music Festival. As a soloist, Chang won second prize in the Colorado International Piano Competition at the University of Northern Colorado. She also has performed with the Jiangsu Orchestra of China.

For more information, call Kathy Kirkaldie, UW Fine Arts coordinator, at (307) 766-2160 or email kirisk@uwyo.edu.