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The Concord Band Celebrates
its 50th Anniversary with a gala concert on
Saturday, March 14 at 8 PM
in the auditorium
of Acton-Boxborough Regional High School. The
concert is representative of what has made the
Band one of the finest community bands in the
country: a widely varied program of musical styles
from classical to jazz, outstanding soloists, and
the world premiere of a newly commissioned piece.
Roger Cichy has written Flowing Pens from
Concord based on the writings of four Concord
authors: Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Thoreau,
and Emerson.
Three music directors have spanned virtually the
entire fifty-year history of the Band, and all
three will be present to conduct parts of the
concert.
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50th
Anniversary Gala Concert
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Saturday,
March 14
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Acton-Boxboro Regional High School Auditorium
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8:00 p.m. |
36 Charter Road
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Acton,
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Conductor
William Toland
Conductor
Dr. William G. McManus
James O'Dell,
Music Director
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Music Director
Emeritus
William Toland will return for the concert. Mr.
Toland directed the Band for more than 30 years and
began the Band's long tradition of commissioning new
music. He will
open the concert with His Honor, a march by
Henry Fillmore. Mr. Toland will also conduct
Satiric Dances by Norman Dello Joio, the Band's
first commission. Satiric Dances has since
become a staple of the concert band repertoire and
is frequently performed by high school, college, and
community bands throughout the world.
Dr. William G.
McManus is retiring after fourteen seasons as Music
Director with the Band. To mark the occasion, he has
 chosen
to conduct Alfred Reed's Armenian Dances,
which was also on the first program he conducted
with the Band. Dr. McManus will also be writing a
new arrangement to feature jazz vocalist
Amanda Carr, a
frequent soloist with the Band.
"Amanda Carr is a
true jazz singer . . She sings and swings with the
unaffected confidence of a genuine jazz improviser .
. I've rarely heard a jazz singer fuse so naturally
and pleasurably . . ." - Nat Hentoff, The Wall
Street Journal.
The concert will mark
the debut of the Band's new Music Director,
James
O'Dell, who will be conducting Malcolm Arnold's
Four Scottish Dances, the Mozart Bassoon Concerto featuring
Concord Band's principal bassoonist Nathaniel
Hefferman, and selections from
Phantom of the Opera. A distinguished and versatile conductor,
educator, and musician, Mr. O'Dell is also Associate
Dean of The Boston Conservatory, and Associate and
Principal Guest Conductor of the
Metropolitan
Wind Symphony.
 Trumpet
player and composer
Lewis Buckley will lead the Concord Band and its
Dixieland group in Dixieland Live!, which he
arranged for the Band to premiere in April 2001. Mr.
Buckley is also the Music Director of the
Metropolitan
Wind Symphony. The Band also regularly features
soloists from among its many outstanding musicians.
Nathaniel Hefferman, Concord Band principal
bassoonist, will be the featured soloist in the
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2009 ~ SAVE THE
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Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4, 2009
Spring
POPS
Performing Arts Center | 51 Walden Street |
Concord, MA
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POPS
TICKET INFORMATION:
Friday Tickets:
call Joan Hale at Shoemaker & Jennings at (978)
369-1500.
Saturday Tickets:
call the Emerson Hospital Auxiliary at (978)
318-0338. |
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June 6, 2009
Boston Festival of Bands
Faneuil Hall, Boston |
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About the
Concord Band
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The Concord Band, founded in 1959, is a
65-member
community band based at the
Performing Arts
Center in Concord, MA.
James O'Dell
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Concord Band is one of the leading community
concert bands in the United States. It is well known for
its innovative programming and the exceptional quality
of its commissioned pieces. It presents both formal and
Pops concerts throughout the year.
Visit our website at:
www.ConcordBand.org |
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Weather Updates
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In case of questionable weather, call the Concord Band
phone line at (978) 897-9969 for concert updates.
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Reserve your tickets for the 50th
Anniversary Concert:
Tickets are $15 each ($5 for students and seniors)
By email: Reservations@ConcordBand.org
Please specify how many tickets and which night,
and include your name, email address and phone
number for confirmation.
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Or,
reserve by phone:
(978) 897-9969 |
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