Ricardo Lorenz visits The Gator Nation

UF graduate students in Band Conducting with Ricardo Lorenz, UF Director of Bands David Waybright (center), and Assistant Director Chip Birkner (2nd from right)
UF graduate students in Band Conducting with Ricardo Lorenz, UF Director of Bands David Waybright (center), and Assistant Director Chip Birkner (2nd from right)

By invitation of the University of Florida Bands, Ricardo Lorenz visited the Gainesville campus on September 29-October 2, 2009 to attend the official premiere of El Muro, a work for wind symphony commissioned by the American Bandmasters Association and the University of Florida Bands.  The work was premiered on October 1st by the UF Wind Symphony conducted by David Waybright.  While at University of Florida, Lorenz met with graduate students in the Band and Music Composition programs, as well as with Composition Faculty Paul Richards and Paul Koonce.  Lorenz also had a chance to tour the brand new Steinbrenner Band Building, a $10-million state-of-the-art facility suitable for rehearsals, performances, and recordings.