a tempo winter2008

Ensemble News

The college announces the new Steel Drum Ensemble directed by Bryan Stanbridge ’06. This follows last year’s addition of the Hayabusa Taiko Ensemble directed by Dr. Paul Yoon.

The Afro-Caribbean Ensemble, directed by Dr. Steven Cornelius, performed at Ohio Northern University in November.

Celebrating its 90th year is the Bowling Green Philharmonia, directed by Dr. Emily Freeman Brown. Clarinetist Kevin Schempf (performance studies) was a featured soloist on Sam Adler’s Beyond the Pale with the ensemble in October.

The Collegiate Chorale, directed by Dr. William Skoog, participated in the premiere of two compositions by Professor Emeritus Dr. Wallace E. Depue as part of the Fall Music Showcase at Lourdes College in October

The Kusuma Sari Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Dr. David Harnish, presented a gamelan demonstration and performance for the First Presbyterian Church Concert Series in Findlay in November and participated in a workshop with the famous club from Bali, Cudamani, in Ann Arbor in October.

The University Men’s Chorus, directed by Skoog, performed a concert as part of the Parish Arts Series at Fairlawn Lutheran Church in Akron and a concert at Norwalk High School in November.