Admission is free and open to the public.
The Wind Symphony has performed numerous Maslanka works in the past. This performance also will serve as a sneak preview of the Wind Symphony s invited performance at the College Band Directors National Association annual conference in Denton, Texas, Feb. 19 to 25. Thirty bands submitted tapes for consideration to perform at the conference. Thirty bands submitted tapes for consideration and only six will perform about 600 members of the 1,000-member group at their Feb. 19 to 25 conference on the University of North Texas campus. During that week he will work with the Wind Symphony as well as another Illinois State ensemble, the Symphonic Winds, which will include his Tears in their 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, concert in Stroud.