West Chester University Chamber Winds Bio
The West Chester University Chamber Wind Ensemble is one of four wind bands at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. The Chamber Wind Ensemble regularly represents the university in campus concerts, regional and national conferences, as well as European performance tours. The ensemble performs works for wind and percussion for eight to twenty-three musicians in a wide variety of genres and styles.
They will perform a selection of the following:
Serenade, Op. 7 Richard Strauss
Nocturno, Op 24 Felix Bartholdy-Mendelssohn
Old Wine in New Bottles Gordon Jacob
Petite Symphonie Charles Gounod
City Girl Sentimel Shuhei Tamura
Willows Weeping Danielle Fischer
Pure Imagination Leslie Bricuse, arr. Yozviak
Andrew Yozviak Bio
Dr. Andrew Yozviak is the Director of Bands in the Wells School of Music at West Chester University. His primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble and Chamber Winds as well as teaching graduate conducting classes. Prior to this appointment, Yozviak served as Visiting Director of Bands at Susquehanna University and taught thirteen years in the Pennsylvania public schools, including four as director at Quakertown Community Senior High School. Yozviak has earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Music Degree in Composition from Indiana University, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree in Wind Conducting from Rutgers University where he studied with William Berz.
As a composer, Yozviak has accepted commissions to compose and arrange music in a variety of genres including works for winds, chorus, jazz ensemble, and chamber ensembles. Yozviak’s work as an arranger has yielded more than three hundred marching shows for high school and university bands, drum and bugle corps and arrangements for NFL Films.
Dr. Yozviak lives in West Chester, Pennsylvania with his wife Elizabeth Pfaffle and 8-year old son Joseph where they enjoy cooking, home renovation, LEGOS, and Minecraft!
