String players from Washburn Rural High School will pool their talents with the Washburn University Symphony Orchestra to perform Aaron Copland’s spirited “Hoe-Down” as the finale of a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in White Concert Hall on the university campus.
“Hoe-Down” is the final movement of Copland’s ballet “Rodeo.” The composer sampled the folk tune “Boneparte’s Retreat” as the theme of the movement, which garnered a wide audience in the 1990s when the Beef Checkoff Program used it in its television commercials for its “Beef. It’s What’s for ...