UW Percussion Ensemble Fall Concert Nov. 13


The University of Wyoming Percussion Ensemble presents its fall concert at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 13, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

Tickets are $5. To purchase tickets, visit the Performing Arts box office, call (307)
766-6666 or go online at www.tix.com/ticket-sales/uwyo/6984.

The concert, the first conducted by new percussion faculty member Christian De La
Torre, will feature some of his favorite music to direct, perform and teach.

De La Torre is a recent graduate of the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he received
his Master of Music degree studying with Doug Walter. A Florida native, De La Torre
received his Bachelor of Music in percussion performance from the University of Central
Florida, where he studied with Thad Anderson, Kirk Gay and Jeff Moore.

He is an active percussionist and timpanist based in Longmont, Colo., and currently
serves as principal timpanist of the Longmont Symphony Orchestra and performs with
many orchestras in the surrounding areas.

For more information, call Kathy Kirkaldie, UW Fine Arts coordinator, at (307) 766-2160
or email [email protected].


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