So you think you鈥檝e heard dance?
The Trinity Western University (TWU) concert band and orchestra are performing a lively assortment of toe-tapping music at Celebrating Dance on Nov. 27 at 91原创鈥檚 Willoughby Church and Nov.28 at Abbotsford鈥檚 Peace Lutheran Church.
鈥淪o you think you鈥檝e heard dance?鈥� joked Allan Thorpe, DMA, chair of music at TWU鈥檚 school of the arts, media and culture (SAMC).
鈥淥ur fall program brings together an impressive array of classic pieces for band and orchestra 鈥� favourites, really 鈥� and the theme for this concert is dance.
鈥淪ome are more celebratory, others like the suite from Peer Gynt are more energetic and suspenseful. Khachaturian鈥檚 Sabre Dance is a recognizable tune that will get anyone鈥檚 feet tapping.鈥�
Along with Sabre Dance, the SAMC concert band will perform Armenian Dances by Alfred Reed 鈥� an intriguing, out of the ordinary mixture of metres and pulses.
The SAMC orchestra will perform music from the adventure story of Peer Gynt as well as Edvard Grieg鈥檚 Symphonic Dances. The latter is a multi-movement setting of Norwegian folk tunes, all traditionally played outdoors on fiddles as dancers gathered en masse.
Both ensembles feature TWU students and alumni, with other talented musicians from across the Fraser Valley.
The SAMC orchestra is conducted by Jon Thompson, DMA, while Thorpe conducts the concert band.
Guest conductors include Abbotsford teacher Alex McCune, who graduated from TWU with a music degree last spring, and fourth-year SAMC music student Dan White, who lives in 91原创.
PERFORMANCE ONE
Where? Willoughby Church, 20525 72 Ave.
When? Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets? $10 general admission; student admission by donation
PERFORMANCE TWO
Where? Peace Lutheran Church, 2029 Ware St. Abbotsford
When? Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets? $10 general admission; student admission by donation
For more details, visit www.twu.ca/samc or phone 604-513-2173.
