The University Orchestra at the University of Texas at Austin, playing Malcolm Arnold's "A Grand Grand Overture" -- which is mocking traditional Overture form. It was written for the 1956 Hoffnung Music Festival, and has the unusual designation of solo "instruments": 3 Vacuum Cleaners, 1 Floor Polisher and 4 Rifles.

Conducted by Wesley Schulz, featuring four UT Music Professors on Vacuum:

-Roger Myers, professor of viola
-Eugenia Costa-Giomi, Associate Professor of Music and Human Learning
-Rick Rowley, Lecturer in Vocal Accompaniment
-Dr. Michael Tusa, Professor of Musicology and associate director of the school of music

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