CLU presents PRISM concert March 25

Program features continuous rotation of music

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The varied program will feature performances by the University Wind Ensemble.

Photo: Brian Stethem

(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - March 2, 2012) California Lutheran University will present its second annual PRISM Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 25, in Samuelson Chapel.

A continuous rotation of music will allow the audience to hear the complete spectrum of wind and percussion music during the concert.

The varied program will feature performances by the University Wind Ensemble, the Chamber Winds Ensemble, the CLU Trombone and Euphonium Choir, and the CLU Saxophone Quartet. Michael Hart, CLU's director of bands, will conduct.

The concert will open with David Maslanka's powerful fanfare "Mother Earth." The Chamber Winds Ensemble will perform Mozart's famous Serenade No. 12 in C minor K. 388 and the Trombone and Euphonium Choir will perform "Ave Maria" by Franz Biebl. The Wind Ensemble will perform a variety of works including the "Candide Suite" by Leonard Bernstein, "Molly on the Shore" by Percy Grainger and the "Andante" from Samuel Barber's Symphony No. 1. The concert will close with Aaron Copland's beautiful "The Promise of Living" from "The Tender Land."

Donations will be accepted.

Samuelson Chapel is located south of Olsen Road near Campus Drive. For more information, call the Music Department at 805-493-3306 or visit http://www.callutheran.edu.

 

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