Ouachita Wind Ensemble to perform spring concert March 6
February 26, 2014
- Chelsea WhelpleyOuachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will host a concert featuring the
Ouachita Wind Ensemble on Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. The concert, which is free
and open to the public, will be held in Jones Performing Arts Center.
The Wind Ensemble includes 37 students representing various majors from across campus.
“This music we are performing represents many years and styles,” said Dr. Craig Hamilton,
director of the Wind Ensemble. “There is something for everyone.”
Hamilton also serves as OBU’s Lena Goodwin Trimble Professor of Music, director of
bands and coordinator of instrumental studies.
The concert will include Clifton Williams’ “Symphonic Suite,” Eric Whitacre’s “The
Seal Lullaby,” Percy Aldridge Grainger’s “Molly on the Shore,” Eric Ewazen’s “Concerto
for Marimba and Wind Ensemble” and Vincent Persichetti’s “Divertimento for Band, Op.
42.” The Ewazen selection will feature a solo by the winner of the 2013 Ouachita Wind
and Percussion Concerto Competition, Carter Harlan, a junior music education major
from Fayetteville, Ark.
“There is something very special about a large group of people coming together to
make music,” Harlan said. “We have a great conductor who challenges us with difficult
music, so each concert is an exciting and fun event for the audience and the musicians.”
“The Wind Ensemble is a great collection of talented musicians,” said Emily Tual,
a sophomore dietetics major and Wind Ensemble member from Plano, Texas. “We have fun
but we get our work done. Dr. Hamilton challenges us in our musicianship and loves
seeing us reach our potential. It’s a great program to be a part of.”
“I am very proud of the Wind Ensemble and look forward to our performance,” Hamilton
noted. “I hope everyone can attend.”
For more information, contact Dr. Craig Hamilton at [email protected] or (870) 245-5137.
By Chelsea Whelpley
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