An international jury has invited the University of Louisville Wind Ensemble to perform at the 聽on July 23, taking place in Prague, Czech Republic.
The biennial event has taken place in different locations all over the globe for the past 40 years. This year, the WASBE Conference will take place on Slavonic Island in the 沤of铆n Palace on the Vltava River. Elite wind ensembles from Spain, Germany, South Korea, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic and the United States have been invited to perform.
The University of Louisville Wind Ensemble will perform on the final day of the conference, Saturday, July 23, performing a program that will highlight the conference theme celebrating the life and work of Grawemeyer Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer .
Husa鈥檚 鈥淐oncertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble鈥 will feature UofL faculty artist Anna Petrova as soloist. The wind ensemble also will perform Husa鈥檚 symphonic work, 鈥淐heetah,鈥 which was commissioned by the UofL Division of Music Theory and Composition for the wind ensemble. It was Husa鈥檚 final work composed for the wind band medium; he died in 2016. Amy Acklin, UofL associate director of bands, will present an accompanying lecture on 鈥淐heetah.鈥
As a thank you to donors and friends, the wind ensemble also will perform the Husa compositions, along with others, in a send-off concert in Comstock Hall on UofL鈥檚 Belknap Campus on July 18 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Director of Bands Frederick Speck conducts the UofL Wind Ensemble, consisting of approximately 46 student musicians.
