Tonight's July 7, 2024, Concert will be held indoors,
at James Madison School!
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Our conductor this week will be Jacob Yochum. Jacob is a multi-talented guy: he's the conductor of the Bel Canto Chorale, Burlington's premier choral group, he is a fine vocalist, a fine saxophonist (that's what he plays in the band when he's not conducting) and he happens to be the pastor of the Danville Methodist Church!
Since the date of this concert is our closest to the July 4 holiday, the rest of Jacob's selections are Americana-themed. They include Hail America! March by George Drumm, arranged by Tom Clark; Colossus of Columbia March by Russell Alexander, arranged by Glenn Cliffe Bainum; American Pageant by Thomas Knox; March "We Americans" by James M. Fulton; Shenandoah A Sea Fantasy arranged by Claude T. Smith; Suite of Old American Dances by Robert Russell Bennett; and the band's traditional closing selection, The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa.
This will be our sixth concert of the summer which means that half our season has already gone by. Why is it that, when the winter seems as if it will never end, our summer concert season seems to flash by in a blur? The moral must be, "don't put off going to Muni Band concerts or you'll miss out!" This is especially true since this week's concert will be our annual get together with the Nauvoo Pageant Bagpipe Band!
As has become a tradition, the Nauvoo Pageant Bagpipe Band will begin its performance at 6:30, an hour before our regular Muni Band concert start time so we hope our audience will come to the park early to enjoy their performance. At 7:30 they will join our band in our three traditional selections, Scotland the Brave; Highland Cathedral by Michael Korb and Ulrich Roever, arranged by Geoff Kingston; and Amazing Grace arranged by Robert W. Smith.
For those specifically SEEKING web pages from past concerts, our recent concert archives are now available online.
