GRANTHAM, Pa. (Feb. 9, 2007) — The Messiah College School of the Arts will present two concerts on March 3 and 4 on Messiah College’s Grantham campus. Both concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, call the music department at (717) 766-2511, extension 3310.

Concert highlights

March 3, 8 p.m., Hostetter Chapel

The Messiah College Symphony Orchestra will perform a winter concert under the direction of Timothy Dixon featuring the beautiful and haunting “Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis” by Ralph Vaughan Williams and the majestic “Organ Symphony (Symphony 3)” by Camille Saint-Saens. The Messiah College Symphony Orchestra has been featured with the Harrisburg Opera, on two compact discs for Kalmus music and has recently been selected to perform at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Conference. Dixon is the director of orchestral activities and the assistant chair of the music department at Messiah College. He is also the music director of the West Shore Symphony Orchestra.

March 4, 3 p.m., Miller Auditorium

The Messiah College Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Winds will present a concert under the

direction of Bradley Genevro, director of bands and assistance professor of music. The Wind Ensemble, comprised of 48 members, will feature pieces including “The Red Machine” by Peter Graham, “Dusk" by Steven Bryant, "Bach’s Fugue a la Gigue” by Gustav Holst, “Concerto Grosso” by Fisher Tull and “Bayou Breakdown” by Brant Karrick. The Symphonic Winds, comprised of 65 members, will perform “Sea Songs” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, “Lux Aurumque” by Eric Whitacre and “Suite Provencale” by Jan Van der Roost. The concert will also feature the Messiah College Faculty Brass Quintet.

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