ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Senior High Honor Band concert scheduled Dec. 9
November 29, 2006
If you appreciate fine music performed by great bands, be sure not to miss the upcoming performance of the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, and Senior High Honor Band on Saturday, Dec. 9, in a special afternoon performance at 4 p.m. in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
In its 18th year of existence, the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Senior High Honor Band brings together accomplished high school instrumentalists from southeastern Idaho for a weekend of music making. Honor band students audition by tape and are recommended by their high school band directors to participate in this special ensemble. The 60-piece group rehearses Friday evening and all day Saturday, then performs Saturday afternoon with the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble.
The concert will open with the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Symphonic Band, which will perform several selections beginning with the exciting work “Slavaâ€� by Leonard Bernstein. ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø visiting music faculty member Aric Schneller will then join the ensemble to sing “Nessun Dorma,â€� the enormously popular tenor aria from Puccini’s “Turandot.â€� Next, the band will perform “A Movement for Rosaâ€� composed by Mark Camphouse honoring Rosa Parks, the late civil rights heroine.
The second half of the concert will feature the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Senior High Honor Band. It will perform an exciting assortment of music including a “Suite of Old American Hymn Tunesâ€� by Walter Hartley, “Aquariumâ€� by Dutch composer Johann De Meij, “Ghost Fleetâ€� by Robert Sheldon and will close with the perennial holiday favorite, “Sleigh Ride,â€� by Leroy Anderson.
Admission is free to all ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø students, staff, and faculty. General admission is $5 and $2 for precollege students.
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