Musical talent at Piedmont University takes center stage this week in a series of fall concerts.
The school’s string orchestra will present a Celtic and American Fiddle Tunes concert at the Piedmont University Chapel on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m.
The 30-member string ensemble, conducted by Heather Strachan, will perform works by Heather Grier Blanco, Brendan McBrien, Doris Gazda, Richard Stephan, Sean O’Loughlin, and Miriam Overholt.
Admission is free.
Piedmont’s Wind Ensemble will perform its fall concert on Thursday, Nov. 21. The 7:30 p.m. performance at the Piedmont chapel will feature works by Percy Grainger (who visited the Demorest campus in 1949), John Philip Sousa, Jacques Offenbach, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Jacob de Haan, Frank Ticheli, and others.
University student performers represent many disciplines from across campus. The ensemble includes student performers from Lanier Technical College, Habersham Central High School, Stephens County High School, Banks County High School, Wilbanks Middle School, and North Habersham Middle School.
Dr. Emery Warnock conducts the wind ensemble. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Piedmont University Singers, under the direction of Bobby Ivey, performed their fall concert on Nov. 14.
The university chapel is located at 992 Central Avenue in Demorest, GA.
