Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band
The second concert in a series featuring the concert band music of Dr. Viet Cuong, assistant professor of composition at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Dr. Cuong will serve as guest composer-in-residence with the School of Music in early October, working with all three concert bands, the composition area, and guest lecturing in several music education classes. The Symphonic Band, under the direction of assistant director of bands Dr. Chris Kaatz, will open the concert and the Wind Symphony, under the direction of associate director of bands Dr. Dan Haddad will close the concert’s second half. The first half concludes with James Curnow’s Nexus which was dedicated to Cuong’s high school band director and nationally acclaimed music educator Alfred Watkins. Associate professor of trumpet and jazz, Dr. Jacob Walburn is featured as a soloist on this optimistically exciting concerto.
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