He is currently researching two additional biographies. The Evans Biography Award honors the memory of David Wooley Evans and Beatrice Cannon Evans. Both were born in 1894. She was also the genealogist and historian for the Bennions, her mother's family. The Utah State University Wind Orchestra will present its spring concert Tuesday, April 25, in the Chase Fine Arts Center Morgan Theatre on campus.
Tickets are available at the door.
All USU students with current ID and school band students are admitted at no cost. The concert is under the direction of Thomas P. Rohrer, director of bands in the Department of Music. The work was commissioned as part of a faculty fellowship awarded by the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from USU and a doctorate from Brigham Young University. He taught instrumental music in the Salt Lake City public schools, served as director of bands at USU for seven years and has been on the board of the Utah Music Educators Association, as well as president of the Utah State Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society.