Press Release

Concord Band Winter Concert to Feature Sax Soloist Lynn Klock

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CONCORD, MA February 9, 2005 — The Concord Band will perform its winter concert Saturday, March 5, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. at 51 Walden St. in Concord. The concert will feature guest artist saxophone virtuoso Lynn Klock.

Lynn Klock has been a guest soloist with professional orchestras and bands, university bands, community bands, and high school bands both here in the United States and abroad. Mr. Klock will perform two pieces with the Concord Band—Woodland Serenade and Rondo, a concerto for alto saxophone, and Catch Me If You Can from the movie of the same name. Mr. Klock is currently Professor of Saxophone at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has also taught saxophone at the Interlochen National Music Camp, The Hartt School of Music, University of Toledo, and Olivet College. Mr. Klock is the saxophonist and bass clarinetist with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Klock is a Selmer clinician, and, since 1992, he has been a clinician for the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival and Summer Camp.

Tickets of $10, $5 for students and seniors will be available at the door or by calling (978) 897-9969.

The Concord Band, founded in 1959, 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. Its summer concerts at Fruitlands Museums in Harvard, Massachusetts, are attended by more than 10,000 people each year. The band's Music Director is Dr. William G. McManus.

For additional information, contact Yvonne Dailey, Concord Band Publicity. Visit our website at www.concordband.org.