2009 Gala 50th Anniversary Concert

View this concert on Concord-Carlisle TV: Part 1 Part 2

Press release: 2009/3/14 The Concord Band’s 50th Anniversary Concert - A Review

Press release: 2009/1/17 Concord Band to Celebrate 50th Anniversary with March 14th Gala Concert

Boston Globe, March 12, 2009 At age 50, Concord Band starts a new chapter with director James O’Dell

Acton Beacon, March 11, 2009 Concord Band to celebrate in Acton

Concord Journal, March 7, 2009 Gala Marks Band’s 50th

Lincoln Journal, March 4, 2009 Menkis to perform with Concord Band

Lexington Minuteman, March 3, 2009 The Bassoonist’s Big Day

The Journal of the Association of Concert Bands (page 18), February 2009 (PDF) The Concord Band Celebrates its 50th Anniversary with Gala Concert

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Program Music Director Emeritus William Toland, conducting His Honor Henry Fillmore Satiric Dances Norman Dello Joio first Concord Band commission — — — retiring Music Director William McManus, conducting Armenian Dances Alfred Reed Maybe Amanda Carr vocalist Amanda Carr Dixieland Live! arr. Lewis J. Buckley Lewis Buckley, trumpet Mark Petersen’s video — Intermission — Music Director James O'Dell, conducting Four Scottish Dances Malcolm Arnold Concerto in B♭ Major Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Nat Hefferman, bassoon soloist Phantom of the Opera Andrew Lloyd Webber — — — composer Roger Cichy, conducting Flowing Pens from Concord Roger Cichy Concord Band 50th Anniversary commission Forward March arr. Steven Grimo see it on YouTube