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Volume 83, Issue 12 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
November 15, 2017
The Brevard College climbing team at their first event of the 2017/18 season at the Appalachian State University competition in Boone, NC this past weekend.
Pictured left to right: (back) Matt Stevens, Eli Hyatt, Sam Willis, Jordan Haak, Sam Schaer, Lauren Fowler (front) Ben Lawson, Will Christiansen, Nathan Boepple.
Results to follow as soon as they are released.
BC concert honoring our Veterans
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By Carmen Boone
staff Writer
The Brevard College Wind Ensemble and the
Brevard Community Band put on a magnificent
concert Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in honor
of Veterans Day. Joining them were the Brevard
College Concert Choir and members of the
Transylvania Choral Society.
The concert was held in Scott Concert Hall in
the Porter Center and the program consisted of
seven pieces of music. Conducting these were
Dr. Eric Peterson, Mr. Jamie Hafner and Dr.
Vance Reese playing the organ.
The first piece was titled “Illumination,”
composed by David Maslanka. He wrote, “I am
especially interested in composing music for
young people that allows them a vibrant experi
ence of their own creative energy. A powerful
experience of this sort stays in the heart and
mind as a channel for creative energy, no matter
what the life path.... ‘Illumination’ is an open
and cheerful piece in a quick tempo...” Dr. Eric
Peterson directed this piece.
The second piece, directed by Jamie Hafiier,
was “Jubel Overture” written by Carl Maria von
Weber. “The ‘Jubel Overture’ is a celebratory
piece...” as the description states. Much of the
audience stood during the piece to sing along
with the band when they played the tune to “My
Country ’Tis of Thee” making it a very joyful
piece of music.
“Beyond the Horizon” was written by Rossano
Galante, directed at the concert by Dr. Eric Peter
son. It is “a dynamic composition encompassing
majestic brass fanfares and sweeping melodic
lines.” The music is written as a portrayal of
Earth’s beautiful horizon.
Following an intermission, “Polka and
Fugue,” from “Schwanda the Bagpiper,” written
by Jaromir Weinberger, featured Dr. Vance Re
ese as an organ soloist. The piece really tells the
story of “Schwanda the Bagpiper” throughout
with a triumphant finish. The finish was certainly
a big one and overall it was a marvelous piece.
The next piece was performed as “A Salute to
Our Veterans.” It was called “Journal for a Sol
dier,” written by Brian Balmages, and directed
by Dr. Eric Peterson. An unknown source passed
around a journal on an airplane flight for others
to write notes in for a father and husband in the
See 'Honoring our Veterans,' page 2