Schedule of Events

DiMartino is one of the country’s most sought after trumpet performers and is equally known as a jazz artist, having played lead and solo trumpet in the Lionel Hampton Band and with the Chuck Mangione band. The night will also include performances by the Wind Symphony, which consists of 35-45 of the finest wind and percussion players at Winthrop, and the Jazz Ensemble, which consists of trumpets, trombones, saxophones and a rhythm section (piano, guitar, bass and drums). The jazz ensemble plays a wide range of jazz styles such as swing, traditional New Orleans, funk, fusion, Latin and modern jazz.  

The Chorale, the principal choir among the ensembles in the Department of Music, consists of outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, more than half of whom are music majors and minors. It is one of the oldest student organizations in Winthrop's history. The Collegiate Choir is open to all interested students and its repertoire is taken from all periods of musical history and includes gospel, jazz and pop music. Both groups are under the direction of Dr. Jeremy Mims, director of choral activities.

The Carolinas Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Lorrie Crochet, is an internationally recognized group dedicated to the performance of advanced wind literature. The afternoon performance also will include the first Alumni Band Concert which will give former music students an opportunity to play in Byrnes Auditorium. The Carolinas Wind Orchestra will perform Alfred Reed’s Alleluia! Laudamus Te: A Celebration Hymn for Winds, Percussion, and Organ with accompaniment from the David Bancroft Johnson Memorial Organ. This will be the first time audience members will have the chance to hear the majestic organ since it was dismantled and professionally cleaned off site during the Byrnes renovation project.

The Winthrop Symphony Orchestra (WSO) makes their debut in Byrnes Auditorium featuring Dr. Matthew Manwarren performing on the Winthrop Organ in Remo Giazotto’s beloved Adagio on Themes of Tomaso Albinoni (commonly known as the “Albinoni Adagio”). Winthrop sophomore and WSO Concertmaster Cece Trower is also a featured soloist in that piece. Other works on the program include Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Schubert’s Symphony No. 5, and the world premiere of Mother’s Petunias composed by Winthrop graduate Madison Bush (’22).