News & Announcements
News & Announcements
Dr. Jack Stamp will be the featured composer at the 44th annual Spring Conference on Wind and Percussion Music, April 12, 2012. Also featured will be the Novi High School Wind Ensemble and the Huron High School Symphonic Band in concerts during the day of activities. Dr. Stamp will conduct both the University Symphonic Band and Jack Stamp All Star Band in the concluding concert at 7:30pm Thursday evening. In addition, the Richard Suddendorf Repertory Band, comprised of high school and university students as well as band directors who bring their instruments, will be reading new and established works for directors who want to add a few new ideas to their wind band repertoire.
The University Symphonic Band will be on its Spring Tour Monday through Wednesday, April 9-11, doing clinics and concerts at Battle Creek Lakeview High School, Troy High School, Ferndale Middle and High School and Portage Central Middle and High Schools. The ensemble will share concerts with the Troy and Ferndale High School bands on Monday and Tuesday evenings respectively in their high school auditoriums.
The University Concert Band will present its final performance of the semester on Sunday, April 15 at 3:00pm in Miller Auditorium. Admission is free.
The University Bands are proud to welcome Dr. Andrew Rathbun as the Professor of Saxophone in the School of Music following the retirement in May of Trent Kynaston. Dr. Rathbun comes to Western having established a career of teaching and performing in New York and brings with him a strong background in both classical and jazz performance, composition and arranging. We look forward to having him along with his wife Helen and children arrive in Kalamazoo over the summer and wish Professor Kynaston great happiness and many great golf shots during his retirement!