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Kiltie Wind Ensemble Performs Spring Concert

A varied program ranging from a piano rag by Scott Joplin to a contemplative piece by David Gillingham to a march by Gustav Holst will highlight the Alma College Kiltie Wind Ensemble’s annual spring concert.

The approximately 80-member concert band will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 1 in the Remick Heritage Center at Alma College.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors 62 and up, and free for Alma College staff, students and youth 18 and under. Seating is reserved. Call (989) 463-7304 for ticket information.

The program will include an arrangement of the ragtime “Elite Syncopations” by Joplin, David Maslanka’s “Procession of the Academics” and Jack Stamp’s “Gavorkna Fanfare.”

Other works include the contemporary “Be Thou My Vision” by Gillingham, “Rocky Point Holiday” by Ron Nelson, “Moorside March” by Holst, and the sentimental “October” by Eric Whitacre.

The band is directed by David Zerbe.

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Posted: Tue, March 23rd, 2010 at 3:21PM

 

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Graduate Profile

Hannah Ropp

Hannah Ropp
Graduation: 2010
Major: Business Administration and Economics

Hannah Ropp has many positive memories from her time at Alma College, including presenting at Students in Free Enterprise competitions, traveling Europe for Spring Term, and participating in Relay for Life.

Yet, if there is one thing the 2010 graduate misses more than anything else, it’s Alma’s “close-knit campus community.”

“When you’re in the Alma bubble, you’re never truly alone,” she says. “You always have the support of everyone on campus, from the administration to the professors to the other students and alumni to the SAGA staff. That kind of unwavering support is priceless.”

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