The Westminster College Faculty Brass Quintet will perform in concert Tuesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
"Along with a variety of quintet music, the quintet will perform two of the pinnacle, and most challenging, works written for this genre; Malcom Arnold's "Quintet" and the "Somete" composed by Eugene Bozza," said Dr. Tad Greig, director of bands at Westminster College and member of this group. "The quintet will also perform the classic "Scherzo" from John Cheetham and Authur Frackenpohl's "Quintet No. 5."
The quintet includes: Mark Antonich, tuba instructor and director of bands at Lowellville (OH) High School on the tuba; Robert Cole, horn, music technology, instrument repair instructor, on the horn; Andrew Erb, trumpet instructor, on the trumpet; Greig on the trombone; and Nicholas Oleako, director of bands at Poland (OH) High School, on the trumpet.
The concert is free and open to the public. Contact the Westminster College Department of Music at (724) 946-7270 for more information.
Westminster College filled two positions this summer.
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"Week of the Young Child," April 23-27, with speakers, readers, educators, and parties.
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Westminster College recently received a million-dollar bequest from the estate of 1945 alumna Betty Naugle Parisen.
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