A concert featuring the CSUS Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Chamber Winds will be held on Sunday Oct. 6 in Capistrano Hall.The concert will be conducted by Dr. Robert Halseth, a Sac State professor who specializes in symphonic winds and conducting.

The instruments that will be featured in the concert include the flute, oboe, clarinet, base clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba, horns, drums, cymbals, gongs and triangles.The Chamber Winds is “a small group” of nine players, said Halseth. The only instruments used in the Chamber Winds are the flute, clarinet, bassoon, oboe, and horns.

Halseth, who is in his 10 year of being a conductor at Sac State, said that the concert will be “mostly ensemble music.” Halseth also said that the “trumpet and horns (sections of the Symphonic Wind Ensemble) are very strong.”

“The players are working hard to live up to the experience that the music requires of them,” Halseth said. He also said that preparing for the concert can be “a challenge, because we don’t do easy music.”

The concert will feature several contrasting pieces that combine a variety of different sounds and tones that will undoubtedly make for a decidedly unique show. The concert will have an international feel with music that will be new to most attendees.

The concert, which Halseth described as being “very European,” will have a German march, as well as an Italian piece and a French symphony. The concert will also feature Czechoslovakian music. In addition, a more recent piece will be performed. A 1999 symphony from an English composer, with “lovely sounds that (bring to mind) the Renaissance,” said Halseth. He also said that the Italian symphony “lets the mind and ears take off” in a whole new direction.

Halseth hopes that this concert, the first this year for the Symphonic Wind Ensemble and the Chamber Winds, will help him and his players realize how to improve upon the music that they play and help to determine each group’s strengths and weaknesses.

The next concert from these talented musicians will feature American music, rather than many international symphonies.The concert will be held on Oct. 6 in the Music Recital Hall in Capistrano Hall. The show will begin at 4 p.m. Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students and senior citizens. Tickets can be purchased at the CSUS Ticket Office or by calling (916) 278-4323.