Octubafest 2011 will feature the first ever collaboration between two of USF's outstanding performance studios: the tuba/euphonium studio and the percussion studio. Featured on the program will be Carl Orff's complete "Carmina Burana" arranged by USF alumni Tim Beringer. The primal beauty and power of this work is the perfect compliment to the excitement and majesty of these large scale forces. Also on the program will be Howard Buss's "American Phoenix" featuring Jay Hunsberger, USF Professor of Tuba and Euphonium, as soloist. Written for the 10th anniversary of 9-11, this is a powerfully moving work.