UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony (Conservatory Artist Series)

Directed by Steven D. Davis. The program features Conservatory faculty Zachary Shemon performing Joel Love’s Solace, A Lyric Concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble. Shemon is a member of the lauded PRISM Quartet and enjoys a versatile solo and chamber performance career. Love’s music is the only two-time winner of the PARMA Recordings Composition Competition. The program also features Grammy-nominated composer Adam Schoenberg’s Picture Studies, which was commissioned by the Kansas City Symphony and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Schoenberg based this work on eight works of mart from the museum. The evening opens with Donald Hunsberger’s transcription of Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, featuring the beautiful Helzberg Hall organ.