Join the Wind Ensemble along its journey in preparation for performing “In the Shadow of No Towers” on March 26, 2013 at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

For more information about the project visit: www.ku.edu/carnegiehall

The KU Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Paul Popiel, Director of Bands, will present the world premiere of a work commissioned for the ensemble, entitled In the Shadow of No Towers, by New York-based composer Mohammed Fairouz.

Initiated and generously sponsored by Reach Out Kansas, Inc., and Smithyman & Zakoura, Chartered, this event provides the KU Wind Ensemble the opportunity to premiere a work by a dynamic, young composer for a New York audience in the Stern Auditorium/ Perelman Stage of Carnegie Hall. Fairouz composed his work as an examination of living in the post 9/11 world. In the Shadow of No Towers, Fairouz’s first piece written for wind ensemble, is a symphony about the events of 9/11, the days and years that have followed, and how the aftermath has shaped people in today’s political climate. The composition is loosely based on panels created for a graphic novel entitled In the Shadow of No Towers by New York-based graphic novelist Art Spiegelman.

Performance Times/Ticket information:

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - Carnegie Hall, 8:00 PM EST

Tickets for the Carnegie performance will go on sale Friday, January 25, 2013, at 11 AM (EST). Tickets can be purchased at: www.carnegiehall.org, by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, or by visiting the Box Office at 57th Street & Seventh Avenue, New York City. Tickets will cost $25. There is a discount code (KAN15783) for KU alumni and friends (tickets for these groups will be $12.50/per ticket). Student/rush tickets will be $5.

Encore performance:
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 – Lied Center of Kansas, 7:30 PM

Tickets are free; reservations required. Contact the Lied Center Box Office at 785-864-2787 for more information.



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