A McNeese State University faculty recital will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, in Ralph Squires Recital Hall at the Shearman Fine Arts Center. Featured performing arts faculty member is William Rose, associate professor of music. He will be accompanied by Anne Rose on piano, with special guests Michele Martin, mezzo-soprano, and Susan Lauderdale, bassoon.

This free program will feature: “Memoriam” from “Confitibor” by Georg Christoph Wagenseil; “Sky Dreams” by Norman Bolter; and “Olmutz Concerto” by Elizabeth Raum.

Featured during “Sky Dreams,” a piece which depicts a late fall afternoon in New England, will be a multimedia presentation using photographs from New England by photographer Robert Ludwig.

Rose, who is also assistant department head and coordinator of technology for the McNeese Department of Performing Arts, teaches the low brass studio, music theory, conducts the brass choir and has served as musical director for music theater productions. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his master’s degree from Michigan State University. He has performed with the Milwaukee Symphony, Acadiana Symphony, Chorale Acadiene, the Greater Lansing Symphony and the Detroit Chamber Winds and currently serves as principal trombonist with the Lake Charles and the Rapides symphonies.

As a published composer and arranger, his catalog includes works and publications for band, orchestra, jazz ensemble, choir, handbells, mixed chamber ensemble, brass and trombone ensembles. He currently serves as chair of the International Trombone Association Press.

He is a founding member of the LATEX Trombone Quartet, which has performed all over the United States, including the International Trombone Festival. Rose has also held the Henry Alexander Endowed Professorship in Music, is a Yamaha Performing Artist and performs on soprano, alto, tenor and bass trombones, euphonium and tuba.

Persons requesting accommodations in accordance with the ADA should contact the Office of the ADA Coordinator at least 72 hours before the event. Additional information is available from: the Office of the ADA Coordinator, Smith Hall, Room 127; Voice: (337) 475-5428; Fax: (337) 475-5960; TDD/TTY, Hearing Impaired: (337) 562-4227; or adacoordinator@mcneese.edu.