Wind Ensemble performance celebrates work of Pann, includes pre-concert talk with composer

calendar icon24 Nov 2018    

LINCOLN, Neb.— The second concert of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Glenn Korff School of Music Wind Ensemble’s 2018-2019 season on Wednesday, December 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall celebrates the works of Carter Pann, who will be in residence at the Glenn Korff School of Music the first week of December. 

Pann’s compositions have been heralded for “a rhythmic interplay of precision and messiness that is by turns bubbly, pulsing, dreamy and nostalgic.” The initial division suggested by this compelling range of characters merged with impressions of the composer’s home in Boulder, Colorado to evoke Larry Tuttle’s spirited Across the Divide as the overture for the evening. Providing further counterpoint to Pann’s works will be Cindy McTee’s California Counterpoint: The Twittering Machine inspired by the eponymous painting of Paul Klee. Pann’s evocative and ephemeral The Three Embraces and aptly named Floyd’s Fantastic Five-Alarm Foxy Frolic will frame his Symphony for Winds: My Brother’s Brain. This dense and deeply personal “triptych of sound paintings” explores the precision of a young inventor’s mind, the pandemonium of mental and emotional struggles, and ultimately the love between siblings.

Tickets are General Admission $5; Students/Seniors $3. There will be a live Webcast: https://arts.unl.edu/music/webcasts . 

Profs. Carolyn Barber and Gregory Simon will lead a discussion with visiting composer Carter Pann of his compositions, his artistic philosophy, and his approach to writing music during a pre-concert talk beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the lower lobby of Kimball Recital Hall the night of the performance. Prof. Pann will discuss his biography and provide insight into the works to be performed by the wind ensemble later that evening. There will be opportunity for questions from audience members and a brief meet-and-greet with Prof. Pann.