For the upcoming concert "Classical...And Not So Much!" Dr. Martin C. Reynolds and the Southeast Wind Symphony have had to have plenty of rehearsal. The two class periods scheduled for rehearsal time lasting one hour and 15 minutes isn't enough. The music for the concert lasts slightly over an hour, so Reynolds, the conductor and director of the upcoming concert, only has time to run through the music one time during rehearsals.

Students have to learn the music on their own time and in groups outside of class to be prepared for the concert.

"We refer to it as sectional time," Reynolds said. "Where they meet with their section and they work out details of the music in a student group."

The Wind Symphony at Southeast has 48 members that made up of the instrument families of woodwinds, brass and percussion. Each member has to audition before the semester in order to become part of the symphony and will get to play in two concerts before the semester ends.

"I'm a music education major and part of the requirements of the program is that you have to be in one large ensemble," said Tiffany Nation, a euphonium player in the Wind Symphony.

In addition to directing Southeast's Wind Symphony, Reynolds is also in charge of the concert band, marching band and the basketball show band. He is also an assistant professor of music. Nation believes that Reynolds is a big help in her music education.

"He's a great teacher. He didn't just teach us brass instruments, he taught us activities that we can do in the classroom," Nation said. "He's really good for the program."

Reynolds created the upcoming concert, "Classical...And Not So Much!" because he wanted to do something that had a wide range of music.

"I've had this idea for a while to have a program that had a really wide array of stuff on it," Reynolds said. "It's important to me to try to get as many people in the auditorium as we can to hear our programs. I understand different things are appealing to different people."

Reynolds said that music majors need to know about a wide basis of music, so it helps the musicians as much as the audience that the concert covers a wide variety of music.

"I really hope that this concert is appealing to people because of the breadth of stuff that's on it and people will come out and support our students," Reynolds said. "And hopefully enjoy the music and variety."

The first song will be Mozart's overture to the opera "To the Marriage of Figuro," written in 1786. From there, the music will move up to present day avant-garde, a french word that describes music ahead of its time.

Since Reynolds has come to Southeast, the audiences have gotten larger at the event. He attributes the audience growth to the variety of music.

"For every concert that I've conducted since I've been here, every audience we've had has gotten progressively a little larger," Reynolds said. "And so, I guess that means that the music that we're playing is appealing to people, and they're interested to come out and hear it, and I hope that just keeps continuing."

"Classical...And Not So Much!" is at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Donald C. Bedell Performance Hall. Tickets cost $3 for students and $10 for the general public and can be purchased in the River Campus box office or online at rivercampusevents.com.