Three Westminster Faculty Groups to Give Concerts

Three Westminster College Faculty Groups will perform concerts in the next few weeks.

The Jazz Quartet will perform Tuesday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.  The Faculty Woodwinds will perform Sunday, April 3,at 3 p.m. in Orr Auditorium;,and the Faculty Brass Quintet  will be in concert Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel.

The jazz quartet includes Mark Antonich on the guitar, Jeff Wachter on the piano, Jeff Bremer on the bass, and Perry Gatch on the drums.

"This group of outstanding jazz musicians will perform a wide variety of jazz standards," said Dr. Tad Greig, director of bands at Westminster College.

The woodwind group includes Kathleen Schott on the flute, Shawn Reynolds on the oboe, Louis Colella on the clarinet, Anne Gillis on the bassoon and Rob Cole  on the horn.
 
"Performances will include duos, trios and woodwind quintets performed by truly outstanding musicians from the Westminster College Music Department," Greig said.

The faculty brass quintet includes Paul Gerlach on the trumpet, Andrew Erb on the trumpet, Rob Cole on the horn, Greig on the trombone, and Robert Antonucci on the tuba.

"Everyone is invited to join the Westminster College Faculty Brass Quintet and guests for an evening of chamber brass music," Greig said.  "Joining us will be the Westminster College Student Brass Quintet performing one of the outstanding Giovanni Gabrielli double quintets Canzon duodecimi toni,' from his Sacrae Symphoniae.  The quintet will also be joined by Dr. Nancy Zipay-DeSalvo on the piano, performing two movements of Eric Eqazen's extremely challenging work for brass quintet and wind ensemble Shadowcatcher.'"

For more information, contact Greig at (724) 946-7279 or e-mail greigrk@westminster.edu.

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