THOUSAND OAKS, CA. – California Lutheran University’s new director of bands will conduct the Wind Ensemble in a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, in Samuelson Chapel.

Michael D. Hart will direct the CLU Wind Ensemble as it plays both new compositions and works from the classic wind band repertoire. CLU’s Jazz Improvisation Ensemble, directed by Peter Woodford, will perform works from “The American Songbook.”

Hart also conducts the Athletic Band and teaches courses in music theory and ear training at CLU. He received a bachelor's in music education from Concordia College in Moorhead and master's in music from The University of Iowa, where he is completing a doctorate in conducting. Before coming to CLU, he was a faculty member at Iowa Wesleyan College where he directed the Southeast Iowa Band and was a band director in the Minnesota public schools teaching at the elementary, junior high and high school levels. He has performed as a tubist with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and The University of Iowa Symphony Band. He appeared as both a tubist and conductor at the 2010 International Tuba Euphonium Conference in Tucson.

Donations will be accepted. For more information, call the Music Department at (805) 493-3306 or visit http://www.callutheran.edu/music.