Does the writers' strike have you down? Want to show some OU support during Centennial Week? Come see the concert performing ensembles from the OU Band Department in their final concert of the semester!

From the Band Department:

The Symphony Band and Wind Symphony present a concert of "Color and Light" on Monday, November 12, at 8:00 p.m., in Paul F. Sharp Hall. The Symphony Band performs Alfred Reed's Ramparts of Courage, Anton Bruckner's Christus Factus Est orchestrated by Norman resident Richard Thurston, Bob Margolis' Color, and Kenneth Alford's The Mad Major march.

The Wind Symphony program includes four movements from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Serenade No. 10, K.361 "Gran Partita", Paul Hindemith's Concert Music, Op. 41, Henry Purcell's Funeral Music of Queen Mary, which is transcribed and elaborated on by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Steven Stucky, and Carter Pann's Four Factories.

But wait—there's more!

The Wind Symphony presents an open rehearsal of Four Factories with prize-winning composer, Carter Pann, on Sunday evening from 8-10 p.m., in Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall. While visiting the University of Oklahoma, the composer will also present and discuss his ideas in a composer's forum hosted by Dr. Marvin Lamb on Monday, November 12, from 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m., in Catlett Music Center, Room 014

Tickets for this Sutton Series concert are $8 for adults, and $5 for students, faculty, staff, and senior citizens. They're available at the box office in Catlett Music Center shortly before the performance, or in advance through the F.A.C.T.S. Fine Arts Ticket Service at (405) 325-4101.

Click here or on the poster to download a PDF file with two poster designs, including the one seen on the OU Bands Web site. Print them out; hang them around your office; mail them to your friends; decorate the cars of people who need more music in their lives. See you at the concert!