(Posted October 22, 2007)

HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- The Juniata College Wind Symphony, Percussion Ensemble and Orchestra will be playing frightful music -- that is, compositions intended to thrill and chill the listener, in a special Halloween Concert at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27 in Rosenberger Auditorium in the Halbritter Center for the Performing Arts on the Juniata campus. In addition, the college\'s percussion ensemble will put the thump in things that go bump in the night as they \"play\" parts of Rosenberger Auditorium and use other building features as musical instruments in a new composition entitled \"The Haunted Hall,\" written by James Latten, assistant professor of music at Juniata and conductor of all three instrumental ensembles. The concert is free and open to the public. Latten and all of the musicians will be wearing Halloween costumes. All three instrumental groups will be conducted by Latten, who also encourages visitors to wear costumes to the performance. The concert opens with \"Haunted Hall,\" in which members of the percussion group are stationed around Rosenberger Auditorium in order to create musical notes by striking, thumping or playing parts of the structure of the building. Additional building noises will be incorporated into the composition. \"We will be playing different surfaces, such as windows and the floor, and also using our chairs as rhythm instruments,\" says Latten. \"We will also create various sound effects such as dragging chains across cement and some other things.\" The percussionists will also play \"Samba Macabre,\" which is a Brazilian-style adaptation of the well-known orchestral piece \"Danse Macabre,\" by Camille Saint-Saens. The orchestra, which is directed by Debbie Trudeau, lecturer in music, will open its performance with \"Masquerade Waltz,\" by Aram Khachaturian, segue to \"Pavane for a Dead Princess,\" by Maurice Ravel, and end with \"Sorcerer\'s Apprentice,\" composed by Paul Dukas. \"Sorcerer\'s Apprentice\" was made famous in the Disney film \"Fantasia.\" The Wind Symphony will close the concert with Johann Sebastian Bach\'s \"Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,\" which features the frightening Toccato movement made famous in such film scores as \"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,\" \"Tales from the Crypt\" and \"Fantasia.\" The final selection will be \"Voodoo,\" by Daniel Bukvich. Juniata students playing in the three ensembles are as follows: Percussion Ensemble Ashley Bauer, a freshman from Slatington, Pa.; Matt Booth, a senior from Allentown, Pa.; Andrea Burton, a freshman from McLean, Va.; Jordan Campbell, a sophomore from Tyrone, Pa.; Marci Chamberlain, a sophomore from Williamsburg, Pa.; Chris Gass, a junior from Newark, Del.; Elliot Haney, a junior from Duncansville, Pa.; Alison Heft, a junior from Frederick, Md.; Sergio Lopez, a freshman from Edison, N.J.; Tyler NeuCollins, a freshman from Solon, Iowa; Matina Patsos, a freshman from Petersburgh, N.Y.; Dan Popernack, a senior from Hummelstown, Pa.; Kathleen Vanderau, a sophomore from Scotland, Pa.; Brenda Tyler, a sophomore from La Puente, Calif.; and Amy Wade, a senior from Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Juniata Orchestra Violins 1: Michael Boersma, a freshman from Baltimore, Md.; Amy Frantz, a freshman from Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Emily Gray, a sophomore from Hummelstown, Pa.; Ye Kyung Kwon, a junior from Enola, Pa.; Steven Liong, an international student from Mauritus; Leigh Ann Sassaman, a senior from Selinsgrove, Pa.; and Emily Tagliati, a junior from Hollidaysburg, Pa. Violins 2: Margot Andrieu, an international student from France; Carla Boyle a community member from Huntingdon, Pa.; Erin Dlabola, a freshman from West Seneca, N.Y.; Fiona Grugan, a community member from Huntingdon; Malea Hetrick, a sophomore from Port Matilda, Pa.; Alyssa Kress, a freshman from Spring Grove, Pa.; and Hannah Frank, a freshman from Altoona, Pa. Viola: Kurt Ammerman, a junior from Philipsburg, Pa.; Corryn Kosik, a freshman from Harrisburg, Pa.; Sarah Slat, a sophomore from Hollidaysburg, Pa.; and Yukine Tsuru, an international student from Japan. Cello: Samantha Bristol, a freshman from Lone Tree, Colo.; Matthew Scott, a freshman from Sunderland, Mass.; Steve Schmitt, a freshman from New Providence, Pa.; Liana James, a junior from Boulder, Colo.; Tim Pavlic, a sophomore from Altoona; and Christopher Ree, a senior from Copake, N.Y. Bass: Matthew Bailey, a freshman from East Petersburg, Pa. and Elizabeth Linde, a freshman from Kirkwood, Pa. Wind Symphony Flute: Nicole Denny, a junior from New Milford, Pa.; Larissa Hatch, a freshman from Pocono Lake, Pa.; Kara Karstetter, a senior from Lewistown, Pa.; Kristen McMullen, a freshman from Doylestown, Pa.; Mary Murray, a community member from Huntingdon; Dana Previte, a senior from Duncansville, Pa.; and Chelsea Winder, a sophomore from Altoona, Pa. Oboe: Alec Brown, a junior from Huntingdon and David Lewis, a community member from Williamsburg, Pa. Bassoon: Caitlin Clawson, Tussey Mountain High School; Sandra Gehman, a sophomore from Lancaster, Pa.; and Monica Tully, a junior from Altoona. B-Flat Clarinet: Sara Bean, a freshman from Greencastle, Pa.; Erica Bettwy, a sophomore from Altoona; Elizabeth Boswell, a freshman from Ames, Iowa; Amy Breitlinger, a junior from White Oak, Pa.; Claire Coda, a sophomore from Shady Grove, Pa.; Tara Fitzsimmons, Science in Motion educator; Molly Harlacker, a sophomore from Red Lion, Pa.; Alyson Jacques, a senior from Carlisle, Pa.; Jenna Leskavage, a freshman from Minersville, Pa.; Jessika Michaelangelo, a freshman from Altoona; Steven Schmitt, a freshman from New Providence, Pa.; and Kelsey Walakovits, a freshman from Coplay, Pa. Bass Clarinet: Janet Berlin, a community member from Huntingdon; Krista Creuzberger, a senior from Hollidaysburg, Pa.; Nicholas Gabor, a senior from Plum, Pa.; and Justine Kobeski, a senior from Factoryville, Pa. Contrabass Clarinet: Angela Smith, a junior from Alum Bank, Pa. Alto saxophone: Dwight Bard, a senior from Warfordsburg, Pa.; Julia Bogue, a sophomore from East Berlin, Pa.; Jessica Clemens, a junior from Chagrin Falls, Ohio; Brad Dinardo, a freshman from Altoona; Allison Estwright, a senior from Hollidaysburg; Andy Fornadel, a senior from Columbia, Md.; Abigail Kress, a sophomore from Lancaster, Pa.; Tyler NeuCollins, a freshman from Solon, Iowa; and Matthew Scott, a freshman from Sunderland, Mass. Tenor Saxophone: Alison Earnhart, a senior from Mercer, Pa. and Cameron Keshavarz, a freshman from Silver Spring, Md. Baritone Saxophone: Joshua Fishel, a junior from Spring Grove, Pa. Horn: Erica Bennett, a junior from Hollidaysburg; Joseph Houck, a senior from Spruce Creek, Pa.; Kimberly Reveley, a senior from Ridgewood, N.J.; Hannah Sheridan, a freshman from Danville, N.H.; and Anne Staudenmaier, a freshman from Harrisburg, Pa. Trumpet: Michael Anderson, a junior from Mount Wolf, Pa.; Charles Earnhart, a junior from Mercer, Pa.; Nathan Eldredge, a junior from Williamsport, Pa.; Ken Goodfellow, a freshman from Duncansville, Pa.; Derek Gracey, Tussey Mountain High School; Charles Guyer, a freshman from Woodbury, Pa.; Tyker Kochel, a junior from Woodbury, Pa.; Michael Madden, a senior from McVeytown, Pa.; and Doug Wennick, a community member from Huntingdon. Trombone: William Croissant, a community member from Huntingdon; Adam Fehn, freshman from Mercersburg, Pa.; Joshua Gallasso, a junior from Johnstown, Pa.; and Ryan Knepp, a community member from Huntingdon. Euphonium: Richard Fisher, a junior from Wellsboro, Pa. and Aaron Keeney, a community member from Huntingdon. Tuba: Charles Brehm, a freshman from Downingtown, Pa.; Mitch Laabs, Huntingdon Area High School; Earl Rogers, a sophomore from South Paris, Pa.; and Matt Vesper, a sophomore from Townsend, Mass. Percussion: Ashley Bauer, a freshman from Slatington, Pa.; Andrea Burton, a freshman from McLean, Va.; Sergio Lopez, a freshman from Edison, N.J.; Matina Patsos, a freshman from Petersburgh, N.Y.; Kathleen Vanderau, a sophomore from Scotland, Pa.; and Amy Wade, a senior from Schuylkill Haven, Pa. Piano: Claire Coda, a sophomore from Shady Grove, Pa.

Contact April Feagley at feaglea@juniata.edu or (814) 641-3131 for more information.