Tuesday October 31, 2006
Halloween Family Pops Concert
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006 / 7:30 p.m. / Kenan Auditorium
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information about this or any other Department of Music performance, please call the events hotline at (910) 962-7416 or the Kenan Auditorium Box Office at (910) 962-3500.
More Details:
The University of North Carolina Wilmington Department of Music presents a Halloween Family Pops Concert featuring an evening of music and magic at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 31 in Kenan Auditorium. The UNCW Wind Symphony & Chamber Winds, under the direction of Chirstofer Ackerman, perform haunted classical favorites in costume, while special guests Michael Rosander and No Sleeves Magic create magical mishaps, objects that float, creepy pirates, sword illusions, mad scientists, and more.
The program features a line-up of classical music that will delight the entire family. Highlights of the evening include Night on Bald Mountain, a tone poem by Russian composer Modeste Moussorgsky. This piece was originally inspired by an ancient Russian legend of an annual witches' Sabbath, which took place on a mountain near Kiev. A new version of the work was later used and popularized in Walt Disney’s classic film Fantasia. It has since been interpreted and used in various soundtracks, musical scores and even as background music for video games.
Funeral March of a Marionette will also be familiar to audiences. Created by the French composer, Charles Gounod in 1873, this piece was ultimately used as the theme music for the 1950s television classic Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
The evening also includes J.S. Bach’s popular Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, “March” from An Original Suite by Gordon Jacob, and The Dream of Oenghus by Rolf Rudin.
Audience members are encouraged to attend the concert in costume.
About the Ensemble
The Wind Symphony is UNCW’s premiere symphonic band and its members consist of music majors in the Department of Music and students university wide; while also involving outstanding high school musicians, local music teachers (both retired and active), people in the music business and music industry, and other community members. The Wind Symphony is a place where the university connects with the community striving to create the highest level of musical communication possible through the performance of the wind band repertoire. This event features Christofer Ackerman as director.
Christofer Ackerman received his B.A. in Music Education, cum laude, at The University of Arizona, Tucson and his Master’s of Music in Performance at Northwestern University. Ackerman currently performs as the Principal Trumpet with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, he has maintained a richly diverse musical life that has included solo performances, lead parts in off-Broadway shows, extensive touring through Norway and Germany, CD recordings, studio work, and numerous other venues throughout the United States, Central America, and Europe.
PHOTO CREDIT: UNCW/Jamie Moncrief
Brought to you by the Department of Music.
