Friends University Chamber Orchestra to perform April 6

The Friends University Chamber Orchestra will present its spring concert Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium in Riney Fine Arts Center.

“The Friends University Chamber Orchestra’s Spring Concert will feature music from the Baroque and Classical Eras, as well as music from the 20th century,” said Kay Buskirk, director of the Chamber Orchestra.

The concert features The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives, Prayer of Saint Gregory by Alan Hovhaness, several Baroque works and ends with a Divertimento by W.A. Mozart.

“My favorite piece is the 20th century piece, The Unanswered Question, by Charles Ives,” Buskirk said. “The work begins with hushed chords from the strings that are constant throughout the work. A single trumpet asks a two-measure ‘question’ over and over, which represents the question ‘what is the meaning of life’? Each time he is answered by a quartet of woodwinds. Each answer becomes more chaotic and harsh until they give up and don’t answer the trumpet’s last question–the ‘Unanswered Question.’”

Tickets are free, and the concert is open to the public. There will be a reception following the concert. The performance will take place in Sebits Auditorium in Riney Fine Arts Center on the Friends University campus at 2100 W. University Ave., Wichita, Kan.

For more information on this event or other Fine Arts events, please contact the Fine Arts Box Office at 316-295-5677 or finearts@friends.edu.

Friends University, a Christian University of Quaker heritage, equips students to honor God and serve others by integrating their intellectual, spiritual and professional lives.