Casper College and Kelly Walsh students ‘Side By Side’

The Casper College Chamber Orchestra and the Kelly Walsh High School Chamber Orchestra and Guitar Ensemble will present the free concert “Side By Side” Thursday, March 24, at 7 p.m.

The concert will feature music from past and current composers, including Edward Grieg, Ennio Morricone, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Isaac Albeniz, Gustav Holst, Leroy Anderson, and Casper’s own Gary DePaolo.

The CC Chamber Orchestra is under the direction of Jennifer DePaolo, strings and orchestra instructor, and the KWHS Chamber Orchestra and Guitar Ensemble are under the direction of Gary DePaolo, music instructor. The groups will appear separately, but select members of the KWHS Chamber Orchestra will join with the CC Chamber Orchestra for Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra, Op. 48, Pezzo in forma di Sonatina.”

Jennifer and Gary DePaolo will switch conducting duties during the concert, which is free and open to the public. The concert will take place in the Wheeler Concert Hall located in the Music Building on the Casper College campus.