WKU’s Department of Music hosted its 28th annual PRISM concert, showcasing students’ talents through a wide host of performances that lit up Van Meter Hall on Friday. Ensembles from the department included WKU’s Jazz Band, University Singers, Steel Drum Band, Wind Ensemble and more. Acts took place throughout the auditorium, from the stage, to the aisles, to the balcony. Talisman photographers captured the event and invite you to experience it through their lenses.
WKU music education sophomore Isaiah McFadden kneels down to have his hair tied back by fellow music education sophomore Shaylee Baxter. After, they waited in the lobby between performances on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
WKU music education sophomore Colby Monarch performs alongside another trombone player on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)
WKU music education junior Patrick Johnson plays a solo on his saxophone on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
Members of the WKU TrebleMakers Sophia Wyatt (left), Bailey Reed and Sarah McAuliffe sing “Talking to The Moon” by Bruno Mars on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)
WKU adjunct professor of music education and music theory Melissa Keeling performs a solo flute piece on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
WKU sophomore Wyatt Edmonds spikes a beach ball into the crowd as the WKU Steelband plays “Pyxis” by C.J. Menje on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
WKU Director of Bands Gary Schallert sits in the wing backstage on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
David Holt and Keaton Killion perform with the Euphonium and Tuba Ensemble on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
WKU associate professor of piano and co-department chair Zachary Lopes performs Mozart’s Sonata for Piano, Four Hands with the Piano Quartet on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)
A disco ball spins during a set change in the 28th annual PRISM concert on Friday in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)
The WKU Saxophone Ensemble plays “Spider Dance” by Toby Fox on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)
The WKU Redshirts perform “Boondocks” by Little Big Town on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)
Jervon Orr (left) and Jefferson Tunks of the WKU Trombone Choir play Bach/Taylor’s Fugue in D minor on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM Concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)
The WKU Saxophone Quartet performs “Malaguena” by Ernesto Lecuona on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
The WKU Blues Band performs “I Ain’t Superstitious” by Willie Dixon on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)
WKU music education junior Patrick Johnson laughs as he waits in the lobby with his soprano saxophone between performances on Friday during the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall. “I’m taking my well-deserved break,” he said. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
WKU professor of voice Wayne Pope reacts after finishing his last announcement for the 28th annual PRISM concert on Friday in a backstage room at Van Meter Hall. Pope has been at WKU for 25 years, and served as the voice for PRISM for over two decades. “It’s unreal,” he said. “We have a great group that hangs tight.” (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
WKU Director of Bands Gary Schallert gestures to the audience after the final performance of the 28th annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall on Friday. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)
Members of the audience applaud WKU professor of voice Wayne Pope as he is recognized for 20 years of voicing the annual PRISM concert in Van Meter Hall on Friday. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)