Mid-week musical event to feature students from the region playing a diverse range of composers.
by Duane Bonifer
COLUMBIA, KY. (02/20/2026) Area residents can enjoy a mid-week musical break on Feb. 25, compliments of the Lindsey Wilson University Concert Band.
Under the direction of Lindsey Wilson Director of Bands Robert Palmer, the LWU Concert Band will present its first concert of the spring semester at 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Biggers Sports Center. The concert is free and open to the public.
This year’s Lindsey Wilson Concert Band features students from several area high schools, including from Adair County, Hart County, Russell County and South Warren high schools.
“One of the reasons the Concert Band is so exciting to work with this year is because it features students from throughout our region,” said Palmer, who is also a music professor at the university. “The Concert Band also includes students from nearly every school in the university, as well as from several sports teams and clubs. It is such a wonderful mix of students.”
The Feb. 25 concert will feature several selections in full band, chamber winds and percussion ensemble formats. Pieces to be performed include “Amparito Roca,” by Jaime Texidor; “The Water is Wide,” arranged by Greg Danner; “Saturn: The Ringed Planet,” by Rob Romeyn; “El Zape,” by Gio Santos; and “Aftershock, “by Nathan Daughtrey.
Noah Mudd ’27, a middle school history education major from Louisville, Kentucky, said he’s excited about performing at the Feb. 25 concert because the pieces are challenging and fun to play.
Alyssa Stover ’28 of Magnolia, Kentucky, said she thinks audience members will enjoy the diversity of the program’s musical selections.
“I am very excited about our upcoming concert because the repertoire is intriguing to listeners while also being difficult enough to give us as an ensemble a challenge,” said Stover, an elementary education major.
Lindsey Wilson University Director of Bands Robert Palmer will direct the LWU Concert Band in a free concert that will be performed at 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Biggers Sports Center.
Lindsey Wilson University is a vibrant liberal arts university in Columbia, Kentucky. Founded in 1903 and affiliated with The United Methodist Church, the mission of Lindsey Wilson is to serve the educational needs of students by providing a living-learning environment within an atmosphere of active caring and Christian concern where every student, every day, learns and grows and feels like a real human being. Lindsey Wilson offers 28 undergraduate majors, five graduate programs and a doctoral program. The university’s 29 intercollegiate varsity athletic teams have won more than 120 team and individual national championships.
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(Duane Bonifer – Lindsey Wilson University)