Department of Music to present Wind Ensemble and Emerson Wind Ensemble

April 6, 2007 -- The Department of Music at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro will present the ASU Wind Ensemble in concert under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Carroll along with the Emerson Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Corey Emerson, graduate student. Both concerts will be held on Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Riceland Hall, Fowler Center.

The Wind Ensemble portion of the concert will include “Elegy for a Young American” by Ronald Lo Presti, “Monk Sketches,” first, second, and third movements by Tom O’Connor, “Symphony in B-flat,” third movement, by Paul Hindemith, “O Magnum Mysterium”  by Morten Lauridsen, and “Rush” by Samuel Hazo.

Members of the Wind Ensemble include Caitlin Sammons of Bald Knob, Melinda Watts of Nixa, Mo, Ashley Slayton of Paragould, A.J. Wetton of Van Buren, Mo., Tiffany Schmidt  of Grand Junction, Colo., Katie Fischer of Jacksonville, Fla., Bryan Eckert of Jonesboro, Justin Crabb of Paragould, Amy Van Slyke of Highland, Nicole Burdyshaw of Bono, Heather Pittman of Villa Park, Ca., Shayeeda Beard of Highland, Terana Griffin of Paragould, Sheena Gibson of Piggott, Claire Richardson of Jonesboro, Jessica Lynch of Lonoke, Allen Adcock of Jonesboro, Daniel Rickman of Jonesboro, Adam Leslie of Jonesboro, Corey Emerson of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Grant Harbison of Jonesboro, Peter Davis of Nettleton, Jonathan Monroe of Jonesboro, Kate Puckett of Wilson, Meagan Conley of Luxora, Timothy Hendrix of Nettleton, Jeremy Wortham of Paragould, Laura Thompson of Jonesboro, Kimberly Brown of Forrest City, Blake Howerton of Paragould, Treavor Mitchell of Jonesboro, J.D. Hogue of Jonesboro, Jason Payne of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Corey Spencer of Wynne, Matt Watson of Walnut Ridge, Ryan Riley of El Dorado, Daniel Van Aalsburg of Hardy, Cheyenne Sheppard of Jonesboro, Janet Rooney of Trumann, Seth Gaskill of Paragould, Shady Francis of Jonesboro, Curtis Farley of Jonesboro, and Katey Cravens of Jonesboro.

The Emerson Wind Ensemble portion of the concert will include “Gandalf” from “The Lord of the Rings” by Johan de Meij, “October” by Eric Whitacre, and “Sevens” by Samuel R. Hazo.

Members of the Emerson Ensemble include Caitlin Sammons of Bald Knob, Melinda Watts of Nixa, Mo., A.J. Wetton of Van Buren, Mo., Whitney Holley of Laramie, Wyo., Tiffany Schmidt of Lakewood, Colo., Justin Crabb of Paragould, Nicole Nebeker of Trumann, Mylie Brown of Walnut Ridge, Amy Van Slyke of Hardy, Amanda Riley of Corning, Sheenah Gibson of Piggott, Claire Richardson of Jonesboro, Jessica Lynch of Lonoke, Allen Adcock of Jonesboro, Adam Leslie of Jonesboro, Grant Harbison of Jonesboro, Jonathan Monroe of Jonesboro, John Barttlet of Jonesboro, Aaron Malone of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Tim Hendrix of Jonesboro, Jeremy Wortham of Paragould, Charnit Rerngron-Asa of Bangkok, Thailand, Lauren Emerson, Poplar Bluff, Mo., Daniel Harrelson of Warren, Jason Payne of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Treavor Mitchell of Jonesboro, Corey Spencer of  Wynne, Matthew Watson of Walnut Ridge, Ryan Riley of El Dorado, Daniel Van Aalsburg of Hardy, Katey Cravens of Jonesboro, Shady Francis of Jonesboro, Perry Harper of Paragould, Ben Merritt of Jonesboro, and Cheyenne Sheppard of Jonesboro.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more details, please call the Department of Music at (870) 972-2094.