{"id":132120,"date":"2022-10-18T10:12:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T14:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=132120"},"modified":"2022-10-18T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T14:12:40","slug":"wright-state-bands-collaborate-with-wandering-griffin-for-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/10\/18\/wright-state-bands-collaborate-with-wandering-griffin-for-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State Bands collaborate with Wandering Griffin for fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shelley Jagow, professor of music and director of bands, left, collaborated with at the Wandering Griffin Brewery & Pub to produce Prairie Berry Blast!, a Canadian Saskatoon berry Weiss bier, and hold a fundraiser to benefit the Wright State Bands.<\/p><\/div>\n

Time was cheap beer and rock bands went together like peanut butter and jelly. More contemporarily, craft beer and symphonic bands may have supplanted the former as the new norm.<\/p>\n

The Wright State University School of Fine and Performing Arts<\/a> held a fundraiser on Sept. 14 at the Wandering Griffin Brewery & Pub in Beavercreek to benefit the Wright State Bands \u2014 Wind Symphony, Symphonic (Concert) Band, Varsity Pep Band and Jazz Ensemble.<\/p>\n

The Wright State Bands<\/a> did not showcase an in-person concert for nearly two years due to the Covid-19 outbreak, said Shelley Jagow, Ph.D., professor of music and director of bands at Wright State.<\/p>\n

It was following a concert this summer after the two-year hiatus that Jagow and some of her students celebrate afterhours at the Wandering Griffin. While there, Jagow met owner and brewer David Jennings and after having a discussion, the pair decided to collaborate in the beer-brewing process to develop their own unique concoction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI began a conversation with David Jennings, the brewmaster, who approached me as I think he thought I was everyone\u2019s \u2018mom\u2019 at first,\u201d said Jagow. \u201cWe talked about food, music, teaching\/coaching, family and craft beer \u2014 all things I love. He invited me to make a beer with him so I could learn more about the process and then he would make a donation to a charity of my choice. So of course, I wanted our Wright State Bands to be the beneficiary.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the brewing process, Jagow stirred grains and added hops and yeast at various times over the course of several weeks last summer before adding Saskatoon berries from her native Saskatchewan to the wheat beer. The end result was Prairie Berry Blast!, a Canadian Saskatoon berry Weiss bier. The brew proved so popular that it remained on the menu for little more than a week before the keg was tapped out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thoroughly enjoyed the process of making craft beer, and I can assure you that I drink every pint now with a greater reverence,\u201d Jagow said.<\/p>\n

Jennings said that once he discovered how avid Jagow was about craft beer, he suggested they get together to come up with a special beer to help support the band programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe university has many areas that we can help support through these collaborations, and we look forward to not just working with WSU Bands but other groups and programs that might be interested in the future,\u201d said Jennings.<\/p>\n

All of the Wandering Griffin\u2019s beers are produced on site using a seven-barrel brew system capable of producing 220 gallons of beer every time they brew.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So is Jagow ready to give up her day job and turn to brewing full time?<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always joked that when I retire that I was going to start my own brewery and pair flights of beer with cupcakes,\u201d said Jagow, who has taught at Wright State for 25 years. \u201cBut to be honest, I truly do not think I am smart enough to be a brewer \u2014 too much science and mathematics involved. So I think I will remain a consumer versus a producer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Proceeds from the sale of Jagow\u2019s beer will be used to purchase repertoire for the bands to perform free public concerts held in Schuster Hall in the Creative Arts Center.<\/p>\n

While she believes this may have been a one-time fundraising event, Jagow is open to future events with the Wandering Griffin or any other community business that is interested in supporting the performing arts.<\/p>\n

Jagow said the Wright State Band program is generating some of the finest music educators in the community and continues to serve the university by providing both a creative and collaborative opportunity for Wright State students to come together and make music.<\/p>\n

Chris Lynch, a junior majoring in music education and tuba performance, serves as the principal tubist of the Wind Symphony. As a student at Wright State, he has had numerous opportunities for growth as a musician, leader, educator and as a person.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerforming is incredibly important to me because it is the culmination of dozens, and possibly hundreds of hours of hard work, it is a form of self and group expression and it is a wonderful medium in which we as musicians can share beautiful works of art with the masses,\u201d said Lynch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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