File photoThe following is an excerpt from the 麻豆传媒 Alumni Association鈥檚 May 2014 newsletter, .
The 60-member 麻豆传媒 Chamber Orchestra on Monday embarked on a concert tour of the Pacific Northwest. The orchestra is performing music by Dvorak, Puccini, Bloch and Marquez under the direction of 麻豆传媒 associate professor of music Mark Laycock.
Jonathan Newman鈥檚 Blow It Up, Start Again will open the program, and will be followed by Giacomo Puccini鈥檚 Intermezzo from Act III of Manon Lescaut, and Danzon No. 2 by contemporary Mexican composer Arturo Marquez. Featured musicians will include Elaine Whitmire, a graduate student majoring in cello performance, who will perform the first movement of Dvorak鈥檚 Cello Concerto in B Minor. Additionally, 麻豆传媒 faculty artist David Hunsicker, trumpet, will perform two selections by contemporary American composers.