Date:
2/22/2008
Contact: Wendel Sloan at 575.562.2253
PORTALES—The music department at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales is presenting “Soldier’s Tale” by Igor Stravinsky at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, in Buchanan Hall inside the Music Building.
Written in 1917, “Soldier’s Tale” is the story of a man’s quarrel with the devil, which is told through a lively arrangement of dance, opera, theater and fable.
The feature includes performances by Bruce Keeling, professor of music at South Plains College and adjunct trombone professor at ENMU; Gary Lewis, director of orchestral activities and music director of the Opera Theater Program in the Texas Tech University School of Music; Roberto Mancusi, assistant professor of voice at ENMU; Richard Meek, professor of music at Texas Tech; Tamara Raatz, associate professor of clarinet at ENMU; Neil Rutland associate director of the Symphonic Band and the Greyhound Sound Marching Band at ENMU; Will Strieder, associate professor of music at Texas Tech; Jack Unzicker, professor of music at Texas Tech; and Kirsten Yon, assistant professor of Violin at Texas Tech.
Admission is free.
For more information, contact Kathi Fraze at 575.562.2377.