Andy WenThe University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host a faculty recital featuring associate professorAndy Wen on saxophone.聽The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fine Arts Building. The event is free and open to the public.Wen鈥檚 faculty recital will include four world premieres: Dr. Robert Boury鈥檚 Dialogue, for soprano saxophone and piano; Joshua Reed鈥檚 Ballade for alto saxophone and piano; Dr. Neil Flory鈥檚 Concerto with piano; and L.A. Logrande鈥檚 Bouncing Owen.Wen is an associate professor of saxophone and clarinet at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, a founding member of the Arkansas Saxophone Quartet, and plays principal alto saxophone in the Little Rock Wind Symphony.He earned his Doctorate of Music Arts from the University of Georgia studying saxophone with Kenneth Fischer and clarinet with Theodore Jahn. Wen鈥檚 performances have taken him to 25 states, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Japan, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and Thailand. He has performed concertos with bands and orchestras, solo recitals, and chamber concerts, and has released two CDs, Apparitions and Apparitions 2, with Emeritus Recordings.This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Andy Wen at [email protected] or 501-569-3102.
