Community Band presents spring concert
April 10, 2024Yuma, AZ (April 11, 2024) – The Arizona Western College Community Band will present its second spring concert on Monday, May 6, featuring guest soloist Michael Becker.
Becker is the trombone instructor at the University of Arizona and principal trombonist for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
The performance will begin at 7:00pm in the North Wing of the Schoening Conference Center at the AWC Yuma Campus, 2020 S. Ave. 8E. A campus map can be found here.
Community Band presents Grand Serenades
February 28, 2024Yuma, AZ (February 28, 2024) – The Arizona Western College Community Band will present its “Grand Serenades” concert on Monday, March 11, featuring guest soloist Michael Becker.
Becker is the trombone instructor at the University of Arizona and principal trombonist for the Tucson Symphony Orchestra.
The performance will begin at 7:00pm in the North Wing of the Schoening Conference Center at the AWC Yuma Campus, 2020 S. Ave. 8E. A campus map can be found here.
Community Band presents Christmas concert
November 14, 2023Yuma, AZ (November 14, 2023) – The public is invited to come out and enjoy a Christmas concert presented by the Arizona Western College Community Band on Monday, Dec. 4.
The performance will be held at 7:00pm in the North Wing of the Schoening Conference Center at the AWC Yuma Campus, 2020 S. Ave. 8E, and will feature both Christmas music and other styles of concert music.
The event is free and open for the community to attend. Donations to benefit AWC Music Department scholarships will be accepted.
AWC Community Band to perform with Ballet Yuma
October 5, 2023Peter and the Wolf ballet to be presented alongside live music
Yuma, AZ (October 5, 2023) – The community is invited to an upcoming joint performance of “Peter and the Wolf” by the Arizona Western College Community Band and Ballet Yuma.
As part of the AWC Community Band’s fall concert, students will be performing musical compositions by Sergei Prokofiev alongside a choreographed ballet by Ballet Yuma. The “Peter and the Wolf” ballet has been performed at schools across Yuma County.
Fine Arts Department utilizes a variety of mediums in COVID era
March 22, 2021Band, choir student shares on disappointments and resilience during pandemic
Yuma, AZ (March 22, 2021) – For the past three years, Vanessa Ramirez has been diligently working to improve as both a flutist and a singer.
Ramirez has participated as a student in the Arizona Western College Community Band, Pep Band, and Jazz Band and also takes private voice lessons and sings second soprano and alto with the AWC Chamber Singers and Yuma Chorale.
Annual Christmas Gala set for Nov. 21
November 14, 2019Yuma, AZ (November 14, 2019) – The Arizona Western College choirs, orchestra, Community Band, and piano faculty will be performing during their annual Christmas Gala on Thursday, Nov. 21.
“The audience can expect to hear arrangements of familiar Christmas classics, as well as more unfamiliar or exotic selections from the various ensembles,” said Shawn Pollard, AWC Professor of Instrumental Music.
Pollard added that the community is in for an enjoyable performance, as students will be performing a culmination of music they’ve been working on all semester.
AWC Fine Arts to present full lineup of May concerts
April 30, 2019Yuma, AZ (April 30, 2019) – The Arizona Western College Fine Arts Department has a number of performances on the calendar for the community to enjoy during the month of May.
The AWC Jazz Ensemble will be performing a spring concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, at the AWC Theater, 2020 S. Ave. 8E.
AWC Pep Band is performing an open-air patio concert from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Thursday, May 2. Students will be performing on the covered patio of the 3C Building near the AWC Yuma Campus Starbucks, 2020 S. Ave. 8E.