The University of Lynchburg Wind Symphony and Orchestra will perform a Homecoming concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18. The concert, which is free with open seating, will be held in Schewel Hall’s Sydnor Performance Hall. The public is invited.
Musical selections — everything from the traditional folk song “Shenandoah” to four movements of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta “Pineapple Poll” — will be directed by music faculty members Dr. Oeida Hatcher, Dr. Chris Sharp, and Eric Hollandsworth.
Highlights also include “Scary Scherzo,” an original Halloween-themed piece composed by Sharp, and performances of “Shepherd’s Hey” and “Molly on the Shore,” creations of Percy Grainger, an Australian-born composer.
Hatcher, who conducts Lynchburg’s Wind Symphony and Orchestra, described the concert as “a feel-good Homecoming concert” with “crowd-pleasing literature” that’s also “the real deal.”
