The Wabash College Glee Club, Brass Ensemble, Jazz Band, and Wamidan (Wabash Musicians, Instrumentalists, and Dancers) will present an evening of music, jazz, and dancing.
The Glee Club, under the direction of Lawrence Bennett, will sing Jing-ga-lye-ya by the young Canadian composer Bruce Sled; an arrangement of Red River Valley with harmonica accompaniment played by senior Robert Giesting; and the spiritual Swing Down, Chariot in an arrangement by André Thomas. They will finish the program with Old Wabash and the Alma Mater.
The Brass Ensemble, under the direction of Judd Danby, will perform Sextet in A Major: I. Animato by F. H. Mc Kay; Maxwell's Silver Hammer by John Lennon and Paul McCartney; and Overture to Cadmus et Hermione by Jean Baptiste Lully.
The Jazz Band, under the direction of Steve Robinett, will perform James Hanley’s Back Home Again In Indiana; George Gershwin’s ‘Swonderful; and Joe Gordon’s In the Mood.
Wamidan, under the direction of James Makubuya, will perform Bolino, Bolino, an Alur Folk song, and Aije, an Acholi Harvest dance.
The concert is free and open to the public. Join us as we begin a new year!