Cal Poly Performing Ensembles to Perform at Parent, Family Weekend Concert Oct. 25
Cal Poly’s 2013 Parent and Family Weekend will kick off with a musical showcase emceed by Music Department Chair W. Terrence Spiller at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25, in Harman Hall of the Performing Arts Center on campus.
The Parent and Family Weekend Ensemble Showcase will feature all Cal Poly Music Department major performing ensembles: the Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble, Cal Poly Choirs (PolyPhonics and The University Singers), University Jazz Band I, Cal Poly Symphony, and Cal Poly Wind Ensemble.
The Arab Music Ensemble, directed by Ken Habib, will begin the program with selections of art and popular music that are renowned throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. The set will include a classic “muwashshah,” a genre that traces its roots to the Andalusian Middle Ages, along with other masterpieces from the Ottoman era to the present.
The Cal Poly Choirs, conducted by Thomas Davies, will follow with separate selections from PolyPhonics and The University Singers. They will finish their portion of the program with a combined number.
The University Jazz Band I, led by Jazz Studies Director Paul Rinzler, will perform a program of big band swing dance classics.
The Cal Poly Symphony, under the direction of David Arrivée, will start the second part of the program. The ensemble's performance will include selections from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.”
The program will conclude with a performance by the Wind Ensemble under the direction of Andy McMahan. Andrew Arensman, a senior music major, will be featured as a guest horn soloist in a performance of Reinhold Glière’s Concerto for Horn in B-flat Major. The band will also perform traditional and modern works.
Tickets are $12 and $14 for the public and $9 and $12 for senior citizens and students. Pricing includes all Performing Arts Center fees, and event parking is sponsored by the PAC. Tickets are sold at the Performing Arts Ticket office between noon and 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. To order by phone, call SLO-4TIX (756-4849).
A 10 percent discount is given to patrons who buy season tickets to four Music Department events through the Performing Arts Ticket Office; a 15 percent discount is given on tickets to five or more events.
The concert is sponsored by Cal Poly's College of Liberal Arts, Music Department, and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, call the Music Department at 805-756-2406.