Wind Ensemble

A group of students finely dressed in black with wind instruments on stage, guided by a director.

The Symphonic Wind Ensemble opens with Vincent Persichetti’s Serenade for 10 Winds, composed when he was only 14. Persichetti went on to be one of the most influential American composers and composition teachers of the twentieth century.

Kenyatta – The Music of Trent Johnson

five musicians headshots with a textured background. Trent Johnson wrote the opera Kenyatta

A concert of chamber music arrangements of scenes from the opera “Kenyatta” by composer Trent Johnson, including a panel discussion with the composer and librettist Richard Wesley.