News release Public Information Office   SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Tracie Tate Date: 10/21/04   Click on image for publication quality photo  SOUTHEASTERN WIND SYMPHONY PRESENTS HEROES, LOST AND FALLEN        HAMMOND -- The nationally acclaimed Southeastern Louisiana University Wind Symphony, conducted by Director of Bands Glen Hemberger, will present its annual contribution to Fanfare at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27 at the Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts in downtown Hammond.        The free concert, “Heroes, Lost and Fallen,” will feature world-renowned trombone soloist Scott Hartman.        One of the premiere trombone soloists of his generation, Hartman is head of the trombone departments at both Yale and Boston Universities.  He has been a featured soloist with the Boston Esplanade Pops, the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Dallas Symphony, and the BBC Radio Orchestra. A former member of the famed Empire Brass Quintet, he now performs with the nations finest trombone quartet, “Four of a Kind.”  Hartman holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music.        Hartman will join the Wind Symphony in a performance of Ferdinand David’s “Concertino for Trombone, Op. 4,” a work showcasing the extraordinary range and versatility of the instrument. He will also perform “Variations on ‘76 Trombones’” from “The Music Man,” arranged for soloist and wind symphony.         Central to the concert that evening will be David Gillingham’s work, “Heroes, Lost and Fallen.”         “The composition is subtitled ‘A Vietnam Memorial,’ and is based on a poem penned by the composer.” Hemberger said. “ As a symbol to represent all war veterans, and in honor of his service to our country and his 70 years of work on behalf of the band program at Southeastern, a very special plaque will be presented to Ralph R. Pottle Jr., a member of Southeastern’s first band in 1935.”       Hemberger said the Wind Symphony will also present music from the John Wayne movie, “The Cowboys,” by composer John Williams, and “Mock Morris” by Australian-born composer Percy Aldridge Grainger.        The Wind Symphony will be joined by the Northshore Chorale, and the Southeastern University Chorus, and Women’s Chorale, directed by Southeastern’s Alissa Mercurio-Rowe, in the famed setting of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” by Peter Wilhousky, and team with Southeastern music faculty member Joy Ratliff in a special performance of John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever!”       For further information, contact the Southeastern band office at 985-549-2599.