Sunday concert prepares DePauw students for ninth CD

This Sunday, April 13 at 3 p.m. in the Green Center's Kresge Auditorium, the DePauw University Band -- along with faculty soloists Eric Edberg (cello) and Carla Edwards (organ) -- will present their final concert of the academic year.

They will perform a wide range of music they expect to record at the end of the month for the ensemble's ninth compact disc.

The program will include two movements from Mozart's masterpiece for winds, "Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major"; "Gran Partita"; "Tramonto," a romanza for cello and wind ensemble by Luis Serrano Alarc--n; "Avelynn's Lullaby" by Joel Puckett; and the final movement, "Toccata" of Joseph Jongen's Symphonie Concertante, arranged for organ and symphonic band by James Beckel, DePauw professor of trombone

Conductor Dr. Craig Paré said the band world is in the midst of an exciting period of change and artistic development, as evidenced in a growing array of new literature for winds. Through the CD project, the DePauw University Band is actively taking part in the cutting edge of digital recording technology by contributing to the ever-expanding realm of recorded wind literature.

"I am very excited about preparing for the recording sessions that will lead to the creation of our ninth University Band CD," Paré said.

"With several pieces being first-time recordings," he added, "the DePauw School of Music will introduce some new wind music to the world, as well as offer our own interpretations of other major pieces for symphonic band and wind ensemble.

"In particular, we are thrilled to feature three faculty members as soloists on our upcoming recording -- Carla Edwards (organ), Eric Edberg (cello), and Randy Salman (clarinet) -- making this a unique and artistically challenging experience for our undergraduate musicians."

General admission to DePauw Band concerts is $3. All audience members who bring a non-perishable food item (to be donated to the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry) may redeem that item at the GCPA box office for a free concert ticket. To obtain tickets, persons may visit the website at twww.depauw.edu/music/tickets, or they may stop by or call the box office.