Friends University’s Concert Band will perform April 4, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in the Riney Fine Art Center’s Sebits Auditorium.
The Concert Band will include guest artist David Shaffer. Shaffer holds a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University and a Master of Music degree from Miami University (Ohio). Shaffer has taught in the Hamilton, Ohio; Northridge, Ohio; and Wyoming, Ohio schools. He was associated with the Miami University Marching Band for 30 years as graduate assistant director (1978-80), assistant director (1980-97) and was the director for the past 11 years.
In addition to his involvement with the Miami University Marching Band, Shaffer has more than 250 compositions and arrangements in print. His compositions have been used at clinics and music festivals around the world and have been placed on contest required-performance lists in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. Shaffer has been the recipient of the ASCAP Standard Award in Music Composition for 18 years. Under the direction of Shaffer, the Wyoming High School String Orchestra performed as the opening group at the 1984 Mid-West National Band and Orchestra Director’s Clinic in Chicago. Additional Midwest conducting appearances occurred in 2000 and 2001 when Shaffer guest-conducted his compositions with the Robinson School Band, Fairfax, Va., and the South Central Middle School Band, Carterville, Ga. Shaffer is in demand as a conductor for new music reading clinics, music festivals and music education seminars. During the summer of 1986 and 1992, he served as instrumental director for the Saskatchewan School of Fine Arts. In February 1997 he conducted a program of his music with the China Youth Corps Band in the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Shaffer is a past adjudicator for Drum Corps International and Drum Corps Midwest and has judged championship events for both organizations.
The performance will take place in Sebits Auditorium on the Friends University campus at 2100 W. University Ave., Wichita, Kan. Tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for seniors and students. For more information on this event or other Fine Arts events, please contact the Fine Arts Box Office at 316-295-5677 or finearts@friends.edu.
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