Spark Brass to perform for the Carl S. Azzara Music Colloquium at Concord University
ATHENS, WV (WVNS) — Concord University’s Carl S. Azzara Music Colloquium will have a performance by Spark Brass, which includes David Ball, the Associate Professor of Music at Concord University.
The performance will be in the Wilkes Family Chapel in University Point at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 29, 2024. The concert is free and the public is welcome to attend.
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The Carl S. Azzara Music Colloquium Endowment is dedicated to Carl Azzara, who was a 1954 Concord graduate. Family members including Dr. Christopher Azzara, who presented the first performance of the Colloquium in 2018, and his brother, Dr. Daniel Azzara, created the fund to honor the memory of their father and to show the importance that the University had on his life. The purpose of the fund is to help give Concord University students, faculty, staff, and community members opportunities in music education through the presentations.
Those who watch the concert can see the importance of music education by watching the performance, which shows the musicians’ personal journeys and life’s work.
Many educators and professional musicians from across the country are a part of Spark Brass, including David Ball who is Concord’s Associate Professor of Music. These musicians have experienced how music can have a positive influence in their lives, as well as seeing the impact of it in their students’ lives. Their experience with seeing how music influences people is what helped them become passionate advocates for the importance of music education.
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Showing the importance of music is not the only thing that Spark Brass does, they also contribute to the brass quintet and percussion genre by creating new music, some of which includes their 2015 album Carnaval to the Music Hall. They have also toured in many states, some of which are West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.
While Spark Brass spends some of their time performing, they also help other music teachers build confident, strong band programs, and help musicians by adding chamber music to their coursework. They use brass quintet as a way to discuss self-reliance, listening and communication skills, and independence and show the advantages of chamber music.
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