Archive for November 2024

Dear WT Band friends, I’m temporarily abandoning my “Last Chair 3rd Clarinet” position in the Abilene Community Band to conduct Leroy Anderson’s A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL in our annual Christmas Concert at the Historic Paramount Theater located in downtown Abilene, Texas at 352 Cypress St, Abilene, TX 79601 on Tuesday evening December 10th at 7:30…and it’s…

Copy by Chip Chandler, cc*******@***mu.edu CANYON, Texas — A West Texas A&M University student won a statewide woodwind competition and will compete among winners from three other states. Dillon Martin, a senior music education major from Odessa, won the Texas State Young Artist Woodwind Competition on Nov. 2 at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth.…

Come experience the talents of the WTAMU Saxophone Studio as our students take the stage at Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall assisted by Mila Abbasova on piano. This recital will feature a variety of works, from lyrical and contemplative to fast and virtuosic, showcasing each performer’s artistry. Program to include works by: David Maslanka Jules…

The WTAMU Symphonic Band will be performing a concert in Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 13, 2025. It has been 35 years since our last performance in Carnegie Hall. Those of you that had the opportunity to perform in that wonderful hall consider it to be a highlight of your musical life. There appears to…

I recently had an opportunity to sit and visit with Dave Ritter, former trumpet professor at WTSU/WTAMU. Dave has played trumpet for 78 years! He taught many of us to play and teach. I first met Dave during the 1972 WT Band Camp. Dave did trumpet sectionals for the Honor Band every day. Wow. I…