RICHMOND, KY – Eastern Kentucky University’s Wind Ensemble and Concert Band will present a concert of wind band literature Thursday evening at the EKU Center for the Arts.
The performance, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 20, features two of the university’s premier instrumental ensembles under the direction of Dr. Rebekah Daniel, EKU’s Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music.
The EKU Wind Ensemble is the university’s most advanced organization for winds and percussion, performing a wide variety of music from traditional to contemporary. The ensemble has earned invitations to perform at the state conference of the Kentucky Music Educators Association and regional conferences of the College Band Directors National Association. The Wind Ensemble is active in commissioning new music for winds and regularly works with guest conductors from across the United States.
The EKU Concert Band is a non-auditioned ensemble of wind players and percussionists consisting of both music and non-music majors. The group performs exciting and high-caliber wind band literature, with creative programming offering ensemble members diverse responsibilities and meaningful challenges.
Dr. Daniel holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from Michigan State University and serves as both conductor and educator, teaching graduate and undergraduate-level conducting at EKU. Under her direction, both ensembles present two concerts each semester, and the Wind Ensemble gives concert tours throughout Kentucky and the Southeast.
The concert is free and open to the public. The EKU Center for the Arts is located at 822 Hall Drive in Richmond.
For those unable to attend in person, the concert is often livestreamed via the School of Music’s YouTube channel. For more information, contact Dr. Rebekah Daniel at rebekah.daniel@eku.edu or visit eku.edu/class/music/bands.