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To close out the spring 2023 semester, the U of A Bands will host three nights of concerts — today, Wednesday and Thursday — featuring performances by all five concert bands.

Along with other pieces, Dr. Timothy Rhea will conduct students in a composition written and played by Texas A&M Associate Professor and Trombonist David Wilborn.

Dr. Dan Haddad, associate director of bands at Stephen F. Austin State University, will conduct the Wind Symphony in its presentation of “Dusk to Dawn” at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 24, in the Grand Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center on the SFA campus.<br/>Guest conductors joining Haddad will be Dr. Chris Kaatz, assistant director of bands at SFA; Jeff Bellgardt, graduate student and Mount Enterprise ISD director of bands; and Christina Colley, graduate conductor from Henderson...

Featuring works with Earth-related themes, the program includes a performance of Julie Giroux’s newest work, Symphony No. IV, "The Blue Marble," an immersive film and symphonic experience inspired by the famous photograph of the same name, captured in 1972 by the crew of the Apollo 17 mission while in transit to the Moon. 

Join Castletons Wind Symphony for a night of musical entertainment. Program info to follow. This event is free to students, staff, faculty, and alumni…

Heres what the Chattanooga area has to offer this week.

Food and beverage samplings highlight multiple events this weekend, including Taste at the Chattanooga Convention Center, the Taco & Tequila Crawl at downtown bars and Sips of Latin America, which closes out Rock the Riverfront. Here's a chronology.

[Updated 10:40 p.m. on April 4, the headline was changed from “Composer John Mackey to perform at UNF Wednesday” to “UNF Wind Symphony to perform piece about Alzheimer’s Wednesday, ending three-day residency with composer John Mackey” to fix potentially misleading information. Spinnaker takes errors seriously and apologies for the error.] Music can take people back...

Music can take people back to a specific place, feeling or person. For composer John Mackey, music was the last thing his mother forgot during her battle with Dementia, inspiring his piece “Places We Can No Longer Go.” Bringing to light the struggles that 6.7 million Americans age 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s deal...

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