KINGSTON, R.I. – January 3, 2012 – äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Department of Music graduates and other alumni who played in various äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ band ensembles will gather on Sunday, Jan. 15, to present what has become a new äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ tradition – an alumni concert. Free and open to the public, the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Alumni Wind Ensemble performance will be held at 3 p.m., in the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, at 105 Upper College Road, Kingston. Seating is on a first-come basis starting 45 minutes before the concert.
The concert program will feature Suite Francaise by Darius Milhaud, Hammersmith by Gustav Holst, Five Variants on “Dives and Lazarus” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Folk Dances by Shostakovich. äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾’s Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands Brian Cardany, who initiated the alumni concert will conduct.
The äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Concert Hall is handicap-accessible, and parking is available in the lot behind the Fine Arts Center, off of Bills Road.
For more information, please contact the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Department of Music, 874-2431, or check the website: www.uri.edu/music.