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UP Wind Symphony Concert, Nov. 16: “The Legend of Maracaibo”

November 8, 2019

The Wind Symphony will celebrate the music of Spain, Portugal, and Mexico in a free concert, “The Legend of Maracaibo,” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, in Buckley Center Auditorium (this is a venue change from the original location of Roosevelt High School). The Wind Symphony is conducted by Patrick Murphy, performing and fine […]

Filed Under: 11-11-2019, Academics, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Patrick Murphy, Performing and Fine Arts, Wind Symphony

Chapel Choir and Wind Symphony Concert: Feb. 17

February 9, 2018

The Wind Symphony and Chapel Choir will join forces for the fourth annual Junior Parents Weekend Chapel Concert on Saturday, February 17, at 3 p.m., in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher. This year’s music includes Give Us This Day, composed by and in memory of Wind Symphony friend David Maslanka. A selection from the Chapel […]

Filed Under: 02-12-2018, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Chapel Choir, Performing and Fine Arts, Wind Symphony

Wind Symphony Concert, April 19

April 13, 2015

The UP Wind Symphony presents its final concert of the year on Sunday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium. Included on the program is the World Premiere of Shattering Infinity by Benjamin Taylor. The UP Wind Symphony is the lead commissioner of this piece and is joined in a consortium by such […]

Filed Under: 04-13-2015, Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, Wind Symphony

Wind Symphony and Orchestra Concert, Oct. 4

September 29, 2014

The University Wind Symphony and Orchestra will perform a concert on Saturday, October 4, at 7:30 p.m., in Buckley Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. The Wind Symphony program looks at the use of humor in music, including Percy Grainger’s whimsical Country Gardens, Paul Hart’s Cartoon, […]

Filed Under: Academics, Events, Performing & Fine Arts Tagged With: Performing and Fine Arts, University Orchestra, Wind Symphony

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Fr. Pat Hannon, CSC, published From Glory to Glory: A Pilgrim’s Notes From the Badlands of Grace. Occasioned by the author’s walking, with siblings, the famous Camino de Santiago in the fall of 2024, the book traces all manner of other pilgrimages—to and from home, family, love, self, and God. One Subject Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota. November, 2025.

Jessica Murphy Moo, editor of Portland Magazine and director of storytelling, wrote the lyrics to two songs in “We Go On, Oswego,” a song cycle honoring female refugees who lived at Camp Ontario in upstate New York. From 1944-1946, Camp Ontario provided emergency shelter to refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe. “We Go On, Oswego” was performed at Nazareth College, in collaboration with Finger Lakes Opera, on December 4, 2025. It was commissioned by Katie Hannigan, PhD. The song “There Is No Underground,” was written in collaboration with composer Maria Thompson Corley, and the song “My Table,” was written in collaboration with composer Kurt Erickson.

Simon Aihiokhai, Theology, published “A Spirituality of Desert Discipleship for Our Times. Reflections on the Readings of the Third Sunday of Advent.” VoiceAfrique.org. December 13, 2025.

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