Maryland Community Band: An All-American Salute
Maryland Community Band
An All-American Salute
Thursday, September 11, 2014 . 7:30-8:30PM
Principal People:
Conductor John E. Wakefield
Soprano Millicent Scarlett
Saxophone Chris Vadala
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Music-making is everywhere. The Maryland Community Band brings together talented students, faculty, alumni and, of course, community members, for an exceptional evening of American music that is both a celebration of creativity as well as a musical remembrance of 9/11.
Program
- National Emblem March — E.E. Bagley
- A Copland Portrait — arr. Clare Grundman
- Rumba — Maurice Whitney
- Persuasion — Sammy Nestico, featuring Chris Vadala, saxophone
- 76 Trombones from The Music Man — Meridith Wilson, arr. Leroy Anderson
- Bugler's Holiday — Leroy Anderson, featuring the trumpet section
- Midway March from the movie Midway — John Williams, arr. John Moss
- The music of George Gershwin, featuring Millicent Scarlett, soprano:
- Strike Up the Band — arr. Warren Barker
- Summertime from Porgy and Bess — arr. Donald Hunsberger
- Embraceable You — arr. Warren Barker
- They Can't Take That Away From Me — arr. Warren Barker
- America the Beautiful — arr. Carmen Dragon
- The Stars and Stripes Forever March — John Philip Souza