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BYU Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band plan Nov. 1 concert

David Blackinton and Don Peterson will conduct the Brigham Young University Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band in a combined concert Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Tickets are $9 or $6 with a BYU or student ID. Tickets can be purchased at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, by calling (801) 422-7664 or by visiting performances.byu.edu.

Q’d up, the faculty jazz ensemble, will appear as special guests during the performance. The ensemble will feature Ray Smith on saxophone, Ron Brough on drums, Steve Lindeman on piano and Matt Larson on bass.

The Wind Symphony will perform two numbers, March from Jazz Suite No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich and “Concertango” by Luis Serrano Alarcón.

Following the Symphony, the Symphonic Band will present four numbers, including Daniel Kallman’s “The Jig is Up” and Steven Bryant’s “Dusk.”

For more information, contact David Blackinton at (801) 422-3284 or Don Peterson at (801) 422-7275.

Writer: Elizabeth Kasper

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