The Wind Symphony will present a concert Tuesday, March 4

The Wind Symphony will present a concert Tuesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Jarman Auditorium. The 60-piece ensemble is conducted by Dr. Gordon Ring, professor of music. Dr. Christopher Swanson, assistant professor of music, will be tenor vocal soloist on "Irish Songs for Tenor and Band" by Robert W. Smith, four movements that are settings of Irish folk songs and end with the famous "Danny Boy." Dr. Swanson, who directs the Opera Workshop and has performed leading roles in operas, specializes in Baroque vocal literature, German Lieder and the art songs of Benjamin Britten, and he has performed as a recitalist across the United States and in Canada and Italy. Other works on the program are "Proclamations" by Thom Ritter George, "Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo" by Malcolm Arnold, "Lincolnshire Posy" by Percy Grainger and "Washington Post" by John Philip Sousa.