{"id":72016,"date":"1998-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1998-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-host-its-first-octubafest-oct-17\/"},"modified":"1998-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1998-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-host-its-first-octubafest-oct-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/1998\/10\/uri-to-host-its-first-octubafest-oct-17\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to host its first Octubafest Oct. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. &#8212; October 8, 1998 &#8212; On Saturday, October 17, the 溏心vlog免费B站 will host its first ever &#8220;OCTUBAFEST&#8221;.  This day-long event features a host of exciting musical experiences guaranteed to satisfy any low brass enthusiast, such as master classes, open panel discussions with guest artists and 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty, and the opportunity to play with the colossal &#8220;Octuba Ensemble&#8221;. Performers of all abilities are invited to bring their instruments as there will be plenty of performance opportunities.  &#13; &#8220;OCTUBAFEST&#8221; will also feature three concerts throughout the day.  First is a recital by guest artist John Griffiths (courtesy of Yamaha) at 1 p.m. Griffiths is director of the University of Regina&#8217;s Conservatory of Music and Dance and principal tubist for the Regina symphony.  The program consists of works commissioned specifically for his playing by Canadian composers David McIntyre and Elizabeth Raum.  &#13; The tuba\/euphonium quartet ALCHEMY will also perform at 3 p.m. incorporating a mixture of  traditional songs and polkas, original compositions by tubist and 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty member Gary Buttery, and arrangements of works by well known composers such as Scott Joplin and Johann Strauss. &#13; The festival will culminate in a 7 p.m. concert  which will unite the &#8220;Octuba Ensemble&#8221; with guest artists, faculty, and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Wind Ensemble.  The concert will feature a double concerto by J.S. Bach arranged for two tubas and the &#8220;Tuba Concerto&#8221;  written by the modern composer Frigyes Hidas.&#13; Registration will be from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Fine Arts Center located on 溏心vlog免费B站&#8217;s Kingston campus.  The fee for the entire day is $10. If there are any questions regarding &#8220;OCTUBAFEST&#8221;, feel free to contact Gary Buttery at (401)874-2431 or email: tubassoon@aol.com&#13; -xxx-&#13; For More Information: Jan Sawyer, 401-874-2116&#13;   \u00a0\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. &#8212; October 8, 1998 &#8212; On Saturday, October 17, the 溏心vlog免费B站 will host its first ever &#8220;OCTUBAFEST&#8221;. This day-long event features a host of exciting musical experiences guaranteed to satisfy any low brass enthusiast, such as master classes, open panel discussions with guest artists and 溏心vlog免费B站 faculty, and the opportunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}