WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Fall 2005

ON THE HILL

Beyond Sousa

Striving to stay "on the bleeding edge of modern music," the conductor of the acclaimed U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West called on three Wichita State music personalities: two award-winning composers and an 'almost operatic' conductor.

Wichita State Bands: In the National Spotlight

Vic Markovich, Walter Mays and Dean Roush brought national attention to WSU Bands this past spring at the April 10 Great Composers Concert in Vacaville, Calif.

The Thought Behind ...

The French word gisant refers first to a style of funerary statuary that shows the deceased — usually nobility — reclining on his own tombstone.

Gleanings

University Tidbits