Wyoming Baroque to Perform at UW April 1

The University of Wyoming Department of Music will present “Wyoming Baroque: Heroes and Heroines” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. The concert is free and open to the public.

Wyoming Baroque features nationally known artists specializing in historically informed performances of 17th and 18th century repertoire and also contemporary compositions featuring instruments built to the same specifications. The program will feature music by Vivaldi, Handel, Telemann and Strozzi.

The ensemble is in residence at Sheridan College and performs at the Whitney Center for the Arts. Members include UW Department of Music Professor Beth Vanderborgh, cello; Mark Elliot Bergman, bass; Brenda Hodnett, voice; Marta Howard, viola; Frank Nowell, harpsichord; and David Wilson, violin.  

Committed to education and arts advocacy, Wyoming Baroque also presents master classes at schools and community centers throughout the region.

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