Guest conductor Allan McMurray leads USC Thornton Winds in a performance in Bovard Auditorium featuring Carter Pann's Slalom, Paul Hindemith's Konzertmusik für Blasorchester, Op. 41, and movements from Songs of Love and Life by Thornton composition professor Frank Ticheli.

Allan McMurray is a distinguished professor and a professor of conducting emeritus at the University of Colorado (UC). Before retiring in 2013, he served for 35 years as UC's director of bands and chair of conducting faculty. He has guest conducted and taught conductors in 48 states and 15 countries.
 
The complete program is as follows: Poulenc's Suite Française; Pann's Slalom; Hindemith's Konzertmusik für Blasorchester, Op. 41; Rodrigo's Adagio; Alex Shapiro's Airborne; and First Lesson and Prayer for a Marriage from Ticheli’s Songs of Love and Life, featuring soprano Michaela Kelly.

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