Highland Winds rehearsals begin Aug. 25 at UVa-Wise

Rehearsals for the Highland Winds, the campus and community instrumental ensemble at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, will begin Aug. 25.

The Highland Winds ensemble plays an expansive mixture of concert band literature. Membership is open to community members and college students who play traditional band instruments and who have an interest in band music.

The Highland Winds rehearse each Monday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation across from the main UVa-Wise campus.

For more information, contact Director of Bands Richard Galyean at 276-328-0235 or rdg3y@uvawise.edu.

The only branch campus of the University of Virginia, UVa-Wise is ranked among the nation’s top 10 public liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report. UVa-Wise offers Virginia’s only undergraduate degree in software engineering, among 28 other degrees and professional programs in the liberal arts tradition of Thomas Jefferson.

Posted August 15, 2008