(NOTE: If the weather is bad, this concert will be moved
to Edward Stone School -- notice will be posted here,
and on the band's Facebook page.)
Note from the webmaster: We update this web site at least once a week during our summer concert season. Since the program for each Sunday concert is finalized at our rehearsal on Monday evening, we generally post the week's update sometime on Tuesday or Wednesday. Unfortunately, if you are viewing this page on a summer Monday, what follows will undoubtedly be the information for YESTERDAY'S concert.
Though the weather was threatening nearly all day, at concert time Mother Nature smiled on us and the Teddy Bear Picnic concert is in the books. We had a great time! Congratulations to the talented young musicians who joined us for two selections - we recognize that they represent the future of the band and their ability says that the future looks bright!
This week's concert will be conducted by Mt. Pleasant Middle School band director Adam Creager. When not conducting, Adam plays baritone saxophone in the band. Though symphony orchestra literature employs saxophones only on a limited number of pieces, when the Southeast Iowa Symphony needs a saxophonist, Adam is their go-to guy. A versatile musician, Adam also plays piano with the Bullis-Rutter Big Band.
Adam has picked some interesting selections for his concert. His music will anticipate the upcoming 250th birthday of our nation and memorialize a long-time band member Ron Coberley who passed away recently and whose memorial is underwriting this concert. Audience members will remember Ron, who was New London's band director for many years, as both a member of our trumpet section and a regular conductor. Ron also served as vice-president of the Muni Band board - his dedication to the band is sorely missed.
Adam's selections will be chosen from among: National Emblem March by E.E. Bagley; Call of the Prairie by Lisa Galvin; Chicken Run - Main Titles by John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams, arranged by Paul Murtha; Fandango by Frank Perkins, arranged by Floyd E. Werle; Celtic Farewell by Michael Sweeney; Summon the Heroes by John Williams, arranged byJohn Higgins; Grease! by Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs, arranged by John Moss including We Go Together, Summer Nights, Born to Hand Jive, Beauty School Dropout, and Greased Lightnin'; The Mandalorian by Ludwig Göransson, arranged by Paul Murtha; Novena, subtitled Rhapsody for Band by James Swearingen; and our traditional closing march, The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa.
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