By JUDD WEIL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Community College (HutchCC) will present their Spring Fling Concert, the final show of their season at the Stringer Fine Arts Center on Friday, April 28.
The HutchCC Wind Symphony directed by Eric Stambaugh, and the Hutchinson Community Chorale directed by Neal Allsup are set to take the stage with an amazing performance.
“It's new stuff since it's our last concert of the year,” Allsup said. “It might just be a little bit lighter in content, not the amount, but just in the music itself. But, it’s stuff that we’ve worked on since our last concert.
The concert will showcase a wide variety of performances from highly classical to maybe even madrigal.
“We're singing seven pieces on there and then we're combining with the band on one piece,” Allsup said. “It’s from a film and it’s a tribute to American fallen soldiers.”
The conjunction piece is called Hymn to the Fallen, and is taken from the movie, “Saving Private Ryan.”
Under the direction of Eric Stambaugh, another of the band’s pieces will bring an auxiliary percussion assortment resembling the sound of helicopters.
Around 30 students will be performing in the chorale.
For those graduating students moving on, Allsup said the program will miss them.
“We thank them for all the wonderful hours of care and working towards the level of artistry, that I think for community colleges in the state of Kansas, is way above average,” Allsup said. “I know that if their plans include moving on as a singing musician, that they've been prepared well to understand the kind of work that it takes to produce outstanding and interesting vibrant art in the choral and the vocal field.”
The Spring Fling Concert will start at 7 p.m., according to Allsup, it will run for up to an hour and a half.
The show will take place in the B.J. Warner Recital Hall at the Stringer Fine Arts Center located at 600 E. 11th Ave. in Hutchinson.
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