Superior Winds and Sax Quartet breeze into Rozsa Center this weekend

Michigan Tech’s Superior Winds and Sax Quartet will join forces this Friday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rozsa Center for their fall concert, which director Nick Enz describes as a tribute to the energy and change that’s in the air in this season of the year.

Enz has chosen a mix of styles to showcase the many different woodwind and brass instruments which make up Superior Winds. Featured composers George Gershwin, William Schuman and Richard Wagner experimented with the variety of sound that wind instruments make – from trumpets, trombones, French horns and euphoniums to oboes, clarinets, flutes and bassoons – alone and in multi-layered ensembles. In addition to pieces by those renowned composers, the concert will include contemporary pieces: Michael Sweeney’s “Rumble on the High Plains,” Eric Whitacre’s “Sleep” and Anthony Suter’s “Dancing at Stonehenge.” The Sax Quartet adds the mellow contemporary harmonies Henry Mancini to the classic precision of Orlando Gibbons.

“We hope students and community members will join us to enjoy this music, and to celebrate November in the Copper Country,” Enz says.

“The musicians have looked forward to this concert since early September and can’t wait to share the music they’ve come to love.”

Tickets are available from the Rozsa Box Office (487-3200, www.tickets.mtu.edu) for $10 general admission and $5 for students. They are free for Michigan Tech students.