The faculty woodwind quintet will perform their biannual concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 24 in McNamara Rehearsal Hall. Tickets are not required. The quintet is composed entirely of college faculty, including Lecturers in Music Jaimie Wagner on flute, Kaycee Thomas on oboe, Andrew Sprung on clarinet, Alan Taplin on French horn, and Cynthia Duda-Pant on bassoon. The program...
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