| Oct. 13, 2009 CONTACT: Dr. Mark Bartley, 806-651-2830, mbartley@wtamu.edu COPY BY: Rana McDonald, 806-651-2129, rmcdonald@wtamu.edu WTAMU Symphony Orchestra to Present The Iron Mask in Live Cinema CANYON, Texas—It will be swashbuckling at its best when the West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra presents its live-cinema presentation of the 1929 classic The Iron Mask at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 in Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall on campus. The WTAMU Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Mark Bartley, assistant professor of music, will provide the live musical accompaniment while the black-and-white silent film plays on the wide screen. The presentation will mark the orchestra’s fourth live-cinema production in as many years. “We’ve had great success with horror in Phantom of the Opera and comedy with City Lights and The Kid featuring silent film stars Lon Chaney and Charlie Chaplin,” Bartley said. “This year Douglas Fairbanks and The Iron Mask seemed to be a great fit for a performance around Halloween.” The Iron Mask features Douglas Fairbanks in a sequel to his 1921 film The Three Musketeers. The film was his last silent movie and his last one portraying a swashbuckler. The movie reunites the legendary brotherhood of D’Artagnan, portrayed by Fairbanks, and the Three Musketeers (Athos, Porthos, and Aramis) as they are drawn into Cardinal Richelieu’s plot to hide King Louis XIII’s twin son to protect the Kingdom of France from possible revolution. De Rochefort and his ally Milady de Winter kidnap D’Artagnan’s sweetheart Constance when she learns of the baby’s existence. The Musketeers race to save her, but the rescue attempt yields an end to their company and a new threat to the throne. “The audience will enjoy the musical score by Carl Davis. It’s remarkably effective with D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers represented by each of the four French horns,” Bartley said. The orchestra will perform the program Oct. 26 at the Ector Theatre in Odessa. The performance will provide a good warm-up for the Nov. 1 live-cinema production at WTAMU. Members of the WTAMU orchestra are listed by hometown and orchestra instrument.
Amarillo
Kyle Baker, principal—tuba
Adam Barrett—viola
Yesenia Campos—violin 1
Cole Craven—violoncello
Brian Hairston—violin 2
Brent Klein, principal—percussion
Noah Littlejohn—violoncello
Elizabeth McBride, principal—violin 2
Lynsi Porterfield—violin 2
Debra Rasband—double bass
Jillian Read, principal—double bass
Heather Sechrist, concertmaster—violin 1
Andrew Striley—viola
Lindsay Thompson—violin 2
Jacob Walker—violoncello
Kathryn Wilkes—violin 1
Jonathan Winn—double bass
Chris Winters—double bass
Arlington Heights, Ill.
Dan Wade, projectionist
Austin
Robert Buckles—double bass
Brenham
Abby Ullrich, orchestra manager—bass clarinet
Canyon
Halee Cross—horn
Elyse Kahler—violin 2
David Lough—trumpet
Carrollton
Sedrick Wall Jr.—double bass
Cleburne
Brandy Chapman, principal—keyboard
Clovis, N.M.
Christine Aasen—bassoon
Trey Burns, principal—trumpet
Katie Smith, principal—clarinet
Dayton
Brandon Borup—percussion
Decatur
Chris Brigham—horn
El Paso
Jesus Rodriguez—violin 1
Megan Rose, principal—horn
Genoa, Italy
Guglielmo Manfredi, faculty—horn
Irvine, Calif.
Dr. Keith Redpath, faculty—violin 1
Keller
Chris Hawkins—piccolo
Laredo
Alejandra Alderete, principal—violoncello
Irma-Esther Arambula, principal—viola
Matias Arambula IV—violin 1
David Caballero—percussion
Mesquite
Michael O’Rear—violoncello
Midland
Travis Marks, principal—trombone
Jordan McNutt—English horn
Breanna Munoz—trumpet
Monahans
Chris Garcia, principal—bassoon
Odessa
Lyndsay Eiben, principal—flute
Paul Garza—double bass
Pampa
Nathanael Holmes—trombone
Justin Myers—percussion
Plainview
Matthew Torres—horn
Plano
Andrew Byers—violoncello
Texico, N.M.
Robert Snider, principal—oboe
The Colony
Allen Cloutier—trombone Advance tickets for the WTAMU production are available by calling 806-651-2854. The tickets are priced at $5 for general admission and $3 for students. For more information, call Bartley at 806-651-2830 or visit wtamu.edu/academics/livecinema.aspx. —WTAMU— | 
