DAVENPORT, Iowa — The Wartburg College Wind Ensemble will perform Monday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m., at Assumption High School, as part of its Midwest tour.
Cody Birely of Davenport plays percussion, and Mallory Weaver of Bettendorf plays clarinet in the ensemble. Free-will donations will be accepted at the door.
The 54-member Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Craig Hancock, will perform a range of works, including “Scootin’ on Hardrock” by David Holsinger, “October” by Eric Whitacre, “Southern Hymn” by Samuel Hazo and “The Flight of the Bumble Bee” from “The Legend of Tsar Sultan.” “We’ll be playing a wide variety of music, to include both American and European marches, some hymn tunes, some hard things and some fun, toe-tapping stuff that will make you want to clap your hands,” Hancock said.
The tour will take the ensemble through Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.
Founded in 1898, the Wartburg College Concert Bands program comprises two ensembles: the Wind Ensemble and the Symphonic Band. Placement is determined by a yearly audition. Both groups represent students of all class standings and nearly all academic majors. The bands present joint and individual concerts throughout the year. The Wind Ensemble tours each spring and schedules an international tour every third year during Wartburg’s one-month May Term. The 2016 monthlong tour was to Central Europe; and in 2013, the ensemble traveled to China and Japan. The next tour, in 2019, will be the band’s third trip to Japan.
Wartburg, a four-year liberal arts college internationally recognized for community engagement, enrolls 1,482 students. Wartburg is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and named after the castle in Germany where Martin Luther took refuge disguised as a knight during the stormy days of the Reformation while translating the Bible from Greek into German.
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