Western Washington University’s Wind Symphony will perform with guest artist Roshanne Etezady at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19 in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall.

The free performance will feature an eclectic mix of Wind Band classics and cutting-edge contemporary repertoire, as well as a number of original compositions by Etezady, who will be on campus for the WWU Wind Symphony Composer in Residence Series.

"I'm really excited about this upcoming performance. There will be something for everybody,” says Christopher Bianco, conductor of the WWU Wind Symphony. “Roshanne's music is really fantastic; the students have enjoyed working on it.”

Hailed by the Detroit Free Press as “a promising and confident composer,” Roshanne Etezady is emerging as one of the most dynamic musical voices of her generation. Her music ranges from clever and colorful to sublimely subdued; it combines lyricism with rhythmic intensity and...