Wind Ensemble Concert

Mississippi State’s Wind Ensemble presents its first concert of the 2015 fall semester Thursday [Oct. 1] in the university’s McComas Hall theater. Free to all, the 7:30 p.m. performance is directed by Elva Kaye Lance, MSU director of bands and an instructor in the music department, which is sponsoring the event. The evening’s selections will include a movement from Robert Buckley’s “Portrait of the North,” Franco Cesarini’s “Bulgarian Dances,” musical depiction of Aldo Forte’s “Van Gogh Portraits” and Roger Cichy’s “Maestro!” A tribute to the heritage of band repertoire, Karl King’s “Kentucky Sunrise,” will close the program. The university’s Flute Ensemble conducted by lecturer Jessica Banks also will be featured.