HEISEY WIND ENSEMBLE PROGRAM & CONCERT UPDATE

At the beginning of their 2011-12 concert season the Heisey Wind Ensemble announced plans to “give back" to local school music programs by donating $500 in cash awards. At each of the band’s four concerts and the single concert of the Heisey Wind Ensemble Big Band a ticket would be drawn from the students in attendance and a $100 donation would be made to the band, choir or orchestra of the selected student. The final drawing of the season was held recently at HWE’s "An Evening at the Pops" concert held at the Reese Center on the Newark Campus. The winning ticket belonged to Thomas Hill who plays trumpet in the Granville Middle School band program. His director, David DeCarolis, is a trumpet player in the ensemble. Although this was the final concert of the band's 2011-2012 season, the group will have some free performances for community events later this summer. The HWE will be featured at the Newark Independence Day celebration on July 3rd and the HWE Big Band has performances at the Granville "Concert On the Green" on June 3rd and at the Newark Jazz and Ribs Festival on July 7th.