University of Scranton Symphonic Band to Perform Saturday, Nov. 21

On Saturday, Nov. 21, Performance Music at The University of Scranton will present a concert featuring the University’s Symphonic Band. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue, downtown Scranton. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public, with seating on a first-come, first-seated basis.

According to conductors Cheryl Y. Boga and Janelle Decker, the program will include a variety of works, many of which are transcriptions of orchestral works, and others written specifically for band. The concert will feature transcriptions for band of orchestral works by Mahler, Shostakovich and Stravinsky, and band works by Brant Karrick, Vaclav Nelhybel and Omar Thomas.

The University of Scranton Symphonic Band is a 70-plus-member ensemble comprised of members of the University community from majors and departments spanning the curriculum — the vast majority of them undergraduate students, none of whom are music majors — joined by a few graduate students and members of the faculty, staff and alumni, all brought together by their mutual love of music-making.

The primary focus of Performance Music at The University of Scranton is its student choral and instrumental performing ensembles. There is no major in music at the University, and all enrolled Scranton students (undergraduate and graduate) are eligible for membership in the University Bands, University Performance Choirs, University String Orchestra and Ensembles and Steel Drum Ensemble. A few members of the faculty and staff and alumni from the region also perform with the groups. Each year, hundreds of students participate in the ensembles.

For additional information on the concert, call 570-941-7624 or visit scranton.edu/music.

IF YOU GO:

What: IN CONCERT: The University of Scranton Symphonic Band, presented by Performance Music at The University of Scranton

When: Saturday, Nov. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Houlihan-McLean Center, Mulberry Street and Jefferson Avenue, downtown Scranton

Admission: Free