DPU Band to recognize graduating seniors in final performance Sunday

Professor Craig Paré will lead the DePauw University Band in its final concert of the year, "Make a Joyful Noise," Sunday, April 26 in Kresge Auditorium of the Green Center.

The band kicks off the 3 p.m. concert with the brass ensemble piece, Fanfare pour précéder "La Péri," by Paul Dukas, followed by DPU faculty member James Beckel's "Make a Joyful Noise," the final two movements of Walter Hartley's "Concerto for 23 Winds" and the classic "Suite of Old American Dances" by Robert Russell Bennett, "the dean of Broadway orchestrators."

Craig Paré leads the DePauw University Band in its final concert of the year, "Make a Joyful Noise," Sunday, April 26 at 3 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. Bring a canned good for the Putnam County Food Pantry for free admission.

The concert will also feature "Desi" by Michael Daugherty (a tribute to Cuban bandleader and TV star, Desi Arnaz), and wraps up with an arrangement of the exciting "Festive Overture" by Dmitri Shostakovich.

"This is a nice smorgasbord of works, with a variety of styles, all very lively and interesting in their own ways," Paré said.

Seven graduating band members will be recognized at the concert's conclusion: Robert Martens (oboe), Kevin Smith (saxophone), David Gordon (trumpet), Kyle Hahn and Adam Hutsell (tuba), Rachel Robin (piano) and stage manager Kaitlyn Koby, who has played trombone with the ensemble for seven semesters.

"Each senior has distinguished themselves through their commitment, musicianship and personality," Paré said. "They will all be greatly missed."

Audience members are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to the Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry in exchange for a free ticket to the performance.

General admission to the band concert is $3. Tickets for seniors, all students and children, are free thanks to season sponsors Judson and Joyce Green.

To obtain tickets, visit www.depauw.edu/music/tickets, or stop by the Green Center box office.