Featuring TAMUK Wing Symphony
The Texas A&M University-Kingsville (TAMUK) Wind Symphony performed their season opener and highlighted two students in their program.
Undergraduate Isla Coronado competed back in December for the opportunity to be a featured flute soloist.
Coronado performed “Concerto, op. eight” by Otar Gordeli.
“Weirdly enough my solo reminded me of Mario Kart. It was a very lively, fun and exciting piece, which reminded me of Mario Kart because of how light, fun and freeing it is. I imagined a lot of happy scenery and singing my heart out,” Coronado said.
Coronado is from Mission, Texas, and is currently studying music education and performance. She has dedicated many months to practicing and plans to continue her education after graduating.
Coronado described the overall performance as “energetic, passionate and heartful.”
Graduate student, Carlos Navarro, conducted a piece based of an opera of a wedding in Spain. The piece highlighted the imagery of fire through the strong percussion section.
“From the end of August [student performers] have been putting in all the work- hours of practice time into achieving what we want. They knocked it out of the park,” Navarro said.
The program consisted of five selections, “Intermezzo” from La Boda de Luis Alonso, “Flute Concerto”, “Four Scottish Dances”, “Hymn to a Blue Hour” and “Petals of Fire”.
“Our main goal was to perform well, and give a show that many people would remember for the better. My favorite piece was “Petals of Fire”, it was very fun, exhilarating and exciting,” French horn performer Austin Catache said.
The School of Music will hold more performances from TAMUK Wind Symphony in November, for more information visit
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