Casper College Bands welcomes Dean Morgan Advanced Band for special recital

The Casper College Band welcomes special guest, the Dean Morgan Advanced Band, in concert Friday, Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Wheeler Concert Hall.

The two bands will perform selections individually and then combine at the end of the concert. The concert will begin with the DMAB performing two selections: “Gently Touch the Sky, Op. 74” by Robert Sheldon and “Aces of the Sky” by Christina Huss. The DMAB is under the direction of Toby Clouser.

The CCB, under the direction of Joshua R. Mietz, DMA, will follow with three selections: “Mother Goose March” by John Philip Sousa, Persuasion” by Sammy Nestico, featuring Zachary Tolman on alto saxophone, and “First Symphony for Band” by Frank Erickson.

Together, the two bands will perform Erickson’s “Air for Band” and “Wildhorse Canyon” by Ben Blessing. “The concert is intended to inspire young people who may have an interest in band music to start playing or who may have left band music and need a gentle push to return, or have always enjoyed it,” said Mietz. “We are hoping to inspire our young musicians to keep playing and our older musicians to mentor the younger ones.”

Members of the Dean Morgan Advanced Band are Jacob John and Benjamin Nelson, flute; Jamisin Burgess, Addisyn Steed, and Bayleigh Szabo, clarinet; Jayden Martinez, bass clarinet; Raegan Westbrook, alto saxophone; Silas Schoonover, tenor saxophone; Colin Stewart and Dylan Mielke, trumpet; Michael Zabriskie, trombone; Quade Weber, baritone trombone; Finley Sorensen, tuba; Max Croell, guitar; Addison Scott and Weston Temple, electric bass; and Macie Dayton, Josiah Schadegg, and Deklan Weed, percussion.

Members of the Casper College Band include Jenna Farley and Delores Thornton, flute; Janice Moffat, oboe; Mala Stagg, bassoon; Alexandra McCaffrey, Ruby Martin, Tre Weant, and Dan Spangler, clarinet; Will Weader, alto saxophone; Aidan Murphy, tenor saxophone; Ozzy Ness, trumpet; Mike Pryczynski and Virginia Hazen, horn; Jackson Richard, trombone; Mason Mitzner, euphonium; Titus Vreeman, tuba; Liam Greene, keyboard; and Oliver Jones, percussion.

The concert is free and open to all. The Wheeler Concert Hall is located in the Music Building on the Casper College campus.