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For the first two events, the department will play host to guest performers. Stellar Brass of the U.S. Air Force Academy Band will perform Thursday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the 91ÇÑ×Ó Arts Center, and David Bohnert, a member of the Wayne State College faculty, will perform at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at 1 p.m. in the Chicoine Atrium of the Sandoz Center. The week’s final event will be Sunday, April 10, with a concert by the 91ÇÑ×Ó choirs at 3 p.m. in the 91ÇÑ×Ó Arts Center. Each concert is open to the public free of charge.

Stellar Brass combines the instruments of a traditional brass quintet with percussion instruments. The result is a broad range of styles, including music from the Renaissance, American folk songs and dances, Latin, orchestral transcription and Dixieland. The band is known to transform from a marching band, to a classic rock group, to even a barbershop quartet.

Bohnert, associate professor of music and director of bands at Wayne State, is an active performer, who maintains an active solo schedule. He also plays regularly with A Touch of Brass, the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra and Municipal Band, the Northeast Area Jazz Ensemble.

The concert Sunday will feature 91ÇÑ×Ó’s three vocal groups, the concert choir, the men’s ensemble and Arioso, the women’s choir. Arioso will be playing essentially the same set of a capella music it performed during its recent concert tour in Europe.

Besides this week’s three concerts, the department has two other events on the schedule this month. The 91ÇÑ×Ó Wind Symphony will join the Community Symphonic Band for a concert April 19 and the 91ÇÑ×Ó instrumental and vocal jazz ensembles will entertain an audience April 29. Each of those events begins at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall.