July 20, 2004 News Releases
Released 7/19/04
UTAH STATE NEWS RELEASE FOR 7-19-04
ALUMNI
BAND IN HOLIDAY WEEKEND CONCERT AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
LOGAN — Utah State University's Alumni Band is featured
in concert during the long Pioneer Day weekend, July 25 at 7
p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center.
The concert is free and all are invited.
In a nod to Utah's heritage, the program includes Fantasy
on Come, Come Ye Saints, by Utah State music department
faculty member Dennis Griffin. This original work was composed
several years ago and has become a traditional part of the Pioneer
Day concert.
The program also includes an appearance by Bonnie Slade, a former
music department faculty member and founder of the Cache Children's
Choir. She has just returned from a two-year absence while serving
an LDS mission. Slade is the featured soloist in selections
from The Sound of Music.
Former music department faculty continue in the spotlight, this
time as guest conductor, when Glen Fifield takes the podium
to conduct the "U.S. Army March" by Darcy. Fifield
is the former professor of trumpet, as well as music education,
in the department. He has been a leader in the Alumni Band since
its inception.
Filling the conducting responsibilities for the remainder of
the concert are Thomas P. Rohrer, director of bands at Utah
State, and Nicholas Morrison, associate director of bands and
director of the Alumni Band.
The program offers the band's usual selection of marches, patriotic
numbers, traditional band music and selections from popular
entertainment. Gershwin's Strike Up the Band opens
the concert, and an arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner
is also included. The familiar strains of Shenandoah
are presented in an arrangement by Ticheli, and the world of
musical theater is brought to life with the overture from Brigadoon.
The Utah State University Alumni Band is comprised of graduates
and friends of Utah State. Following the July 25 outing, one
concert remains on the summer schedule for Aug. 1.
July 19, 2004
Contact: Nick Morrison (435) 797-3506
Writer: Patrick Williams (435) 797-1354
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