SSU's Chamber Winds Perform February 24 at Church Hill and Sudlersville Elementary Schools

SALISBURY, MD---The Salisbury State University Chamber Winds perform in Church Hill and Sudlersville, MD, on Thursday, February 24, as part of SSU's Department of Music's outreach efforts to Eastern Shore public schools.

The ensemble performs at 10 a.m. at the Church Hill Elementary School and at 1:15 p.m. at the Sudlersville Elementary School.

Members of this semester's ensemble consist of both University students and community members. SSU student members are: Elena DeRosa, flute, Darnestown, MD; Alison Gibbs, oboe, Baltimore, MD; Heather Frey, clarinet, Salisbury; Amy Delano, clarinet, Salisbury; and Rebecca Watters, horn, Salisbury. Community members are: Heather Reavis, flute, Easton, MD; John O'Meara, oboe and English horn, Ocean View, DE; Paul A. Scott, bassoon, Ocean City, MD; George Hayne, bassoon, Salisbury; and Richard Chappell, French horn, Annapolis, MD.

Repertoire for the two programs includes selections from the following chamber works: Old Wine in New Bottles by Gordon Jacob, Sinfonietta, op. 188 by Joachim Joseph Raff, Serenade for Wind Instruments and Nonet for Woodwinds by Arthur Bird, Petite Symphonie by Charles Gounod, Sept Dances by Jean Francaix and Serenade KV 375 by W.A. Mozart.

Since being formed by the Greater Salisbury Chamber Winds in 1994, the ensemble has premiered chamber works by Beth Wiemann and Peter Westergaard. The ensemble has appeared as an accompanying group to the 1995 All-State Chorus in Ocean City, as part of the annual Maryland Music Educators Association All- State-in-service. The SSU Chamber Winds is under the musical direction of Dr. Richard L. Johnson, associate professor of music and chair of the SSU Department of Music.