The tour will have three performances for the public, beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29 at Union Avenue Christian Church in Litchfield, Ill. The next stop is at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 1 at Central Christian Church in Jacksonville, Ill., and the final stop is at 6 p.m. Monday, March 2 at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Ill.

The band also will perform at six Illinois high schools 鈥� Meredosia-Chambersburg, Concord Triopia, Rushville-Industry, Payson Seymour, Liberty and Quincy Notre Dame.

The wind ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Trent Hollinger, associate professor of music, will perform band standards and innovative new works.

It will perform the world premiere of 鈥淒reamscape,鈥� an original composition by Allen Gingerich, a senior music technology major from Kirksville, Mo. Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 鈥淪lava!鈥� is a vaudevillian razz-ma-tazz concert overture featuring trumpet, trombone, soprano sax and electric guitar.聽The 2009 composition 鈥淟uminescence鈥� by David Biedenbender is based on fragments of the Christian hymn, 鈥淏reak Forth O Beauteous Heavenly Light,鈥� harmonized by J.S. Bach.聽 This contemporary work features splashes of percussion color paired with powerful brass and lyrical woodwinds. Then in true circus fashion, Karl King鈥檚 鈥淐ircus Days鈥� march will be performed at a break-neck gallop tempo.

The jazz ensemble will feature songs peripherally following the footsteps of two colossal pianists of jazz 鈥� Dave Brubeck and Stan Kenton. The set will begin with a Mike Lewis arrangement of the Paul Desmond Classic, 鈥淭ake Five,鈥� the third track on the Dave Brubeck Quartet album, 鈥淭ime Out.鈥� The band will then transition into a trombone section feature entitled 鈥淏ear Bones鈥� by Lennie Niehaus, the solo alto and arranger for the Stan Kenton Big Band.聽Next is a classic Jimmy Webb song, 鈥淢acArthur Park,鈥� arranged by Dee Barton as recorded by Kenton.

Finally, Dr. Aren Van Houzen, visiting assistant professor of music at Culver-Stockton, will pick up his trumpet in traditional band leader fashion to 鈥減reach a little truth鈥� in the style of Maynard Ferguson, Kenton鈥檚 lead trumpeter from 1950-57, in the Jeff Steinberg classic, 鈥淕ospel John.鈥�

Other students who will be part of the tour are:

• Kenna Armstrong, a junior history education major from Oquawka, Ill. She plays the flute.
• Bailey McNamar, a sophomore arts management major from Quincy, Ill., She plays the flute.
• Krystalnoel Schmits-Nokes, a freshman psychology major from Palmyra, Mo. She plays the flute.
• Danielle Thurman, a senior media communication major from Bonne Terre, Mo. She plays the flute.
• Makenzie Prenger, a freshman biological chemistry major from Hannibal, Mo. She plays the clarinet.
• Audra Wood, a junior music education major from Cabool, Mo. She plays the clarinet.
• Joseph Kroeck, a sophomore music education major from Bowling Green, Mo. He plays the saxophone.
• Dylan Sapp, a senior psychology major from Keokuk, Iowa. He plays the saxophone.
• Naomi Mosley, a senior business administration major from Urbana, Ill. She plays the saxophone.
• Emilie Rieffer, a sophomore music education instruction major from Canton, Mo. She plays the trumpet.
• Jessica Beaver, a junior media communication and English major from Quincy, Ill. She plays the French horn and the聽trumpet.
• Corbin Doucette, a sophomore music education major from Cabool, Mo. He plays the trombone.
• Nicole Smart, a senior music education major from Willow Springs, Mo. She plays the trombone.
• Donnie Queen III, a junior accountancy major from Canton, Mo. He plays the trombone and tuba.
• Victoria Alumbaugh, a senior music education instruction major from Neoga, Ill. She plays the euphonium and trombone.
• Hedy Elligsen, a senior music major from Quincy, Ill. She plays the tuba.
• J. Kaeshoefer III, a senior music technology major from Beaufort, Mo. He plays the tuba and聽trumpet.
• Raven Bugh, a senior biology major from Quincy, Ill. She plays a percussion instrument.
• Zayne Gaus, a freshman music technology major from Ewing, Mo. He plays a percussion instrument.
• Brianna Holder, a junior music education major from Moberly, Mo. She plays a percussion instrument.
• Marquis Smith, a sophomore music major from Mexico, Mo. He plays the piano.
• H’Aeneise聽Coopwood, a junior history major from Joliet, Ill. She plays the bass.

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CANTON, Mo. 鈥撀燜aculty members from 乱伦社区鈥檚 Department of Music will be featured in two Casual Classics concerts in April at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main in Hannibal.

The Faculty Chamber Concert, a vocal and instrumental showcase, will be at 2 p.m. April 13.聽Performers will be Dylan Marney, piano; Lisa Blake, mezzo-soprano; Aren Van Houzen, trumpet; Trent Hollinger, saxophone; Scotty Allison, tenor;聽and Joe Skertich, composition.

The second concert will be on April 27 with Marney performing solo works by聽Bach, Brahms and Kapustin on the piano.

No admission is charged for either performance.聽 Advance ticket purchases or reservations are unnecessary.

The Casual Classics series is a partnership with the Hannibal Arts Council, Hannibal Concert Association, 乱伦社区 Division of Fine, Applied, and Literary Arts, Area Culver-Stockton Trustees and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.

For more information on these concerts, contact the Hannibal Arts Council at聽findit@hannibalarts.com听辞谤听573-221-6545聽or go to its website at聽.

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