Published October 06, 2014
Update: 11:30 a.m., Oct 14-
The Wind Ensemble concert scheduled for this evening has been CANCELED.
Any information involving rescheduling will be provided as it develops.
The School of Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) at the University of Louisiana at
Monroe will present a concert featuring the Wind Ensemble at 7:30 p.m., on Oct. 14,
in Brown Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Wind Ensemble is conducted by Dr. Derle R. Long, director of VAPA.
The concert theme is “Band Dancing,” and features a selection of works derived from
ballet, opera, and other dance music sources.
Included is “Sarabande and Polka” from the Malcolm Arnold Ballet “Solitare;” Sir Arthur
Sullivan’s “Pineapple Poll Suite,” which is a parody of opera overtures and arias;
“Cakewalk,” based on piano melodies of Louis Moreau Gottschalk; “Dance of the Jesters,”
by Peter I. Tchaikovsky, and a ragtime piece by John Philip Sousa titled “With Pleasure.”
For more information, contact the VAPA Ticket Office at 318-342-1414, the main office
at 318-342-3811 or visit the VAPA Facebook page at ULM VAPA
