The University at Albany Department of Music is pleased to present this
season’s last concert by the University Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 7pm in the Main Theatre of the Performing
Arts Center on the uptown campus. Directed by faculty member Brett Wery, the program
will include Sergei Prokofiev’s “Lieutenant Kije Suite,” John Corigliano’s “Elegy for
Orchestra,” Ferde Grofe’s “Mississippi
Suite” and Modest Moussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
With an M.A. from the University of Denver and a B.Mus.
Degree from the North Carolina School of the Arts, Brett Wery
is also a professor at Schenectady County Community College and conducts the
SCCC Wind Ensemble and instructs in woodwind applied studies, chamber music,
music theory and conducting. Currently
also the Principal Conductor of the Capital Region Wind Ensemble, Wery is the
former conductor of the Saratoga Springs Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble. He performs regularly with the Empire State
Jazz Orchestra and has performed with Albany,
Catskill, Berkshire, Schenectady,
Utica and Vermont Symphonies and
St. Cecilia Chamber Orchestra. He
records with the Empire State Jazz Orchestra, the Albany Symphony and the Dogs
of Desire. His musical theatre
experience includes numerous national tours including Annie and 42nd
Street; performances as a member of the
Westchester Broadway Theatre Orchestra and performances with Rosemary Clooney,
Tommy Tune and Mitzi Gaynor.
Tickets are $6 for the general
public and $3 for students and may be purchased through the Performing Arts
Center Box Office. For further information,
contact the Box Office at (518) 442-3997 or visit the Performing Arts Center
website at www.albany.edu/pac.
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