The Symphonic Band at Brigham Young University, conducted by Kirt Saville, will be present “Music in Motion” Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
Tickets are $6 and can be purchased through the Fine Arts Ticket Office (801) 422-4322, or online at BYUArts.com/tickets.
The Symphonic Band features approximately 85 student musicians performing full concert band instrumentations. “Music in Motion” is a collection of music that dances, uplifts, inspires and whirls the imagination through time and space.
The program will begin with “Cloudsplitter Fanfare” by Jack Stamp, “Cajun Folk Songs” by Frank Ticheli and “Canterbury Chorale” by Jan Van der Roost. The band will then play the Symphony No 3. for Band by Vittorio Giannini; “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” by J.S. Bach and “Spangled Heavens” by Donald Grantham. The performance will conclude with “Hounds of Spring” by Alfred Reed and “Whirr Whirr Whirr!!!” by Ralph Hultgren.
For more information, contact Kirt Saville at (801) 422-7423, kirt_saville@byu.edu.
Writer: Preston Wittwer
