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Free family-friendly concert? Yes!
High-quality live music for the public has been
the mission of the Nevada County Concert Band for the past 38 years (and well
over 100 years, including our city-based predecessor bands).
"There's something here for everyone, "
says conductor Cheryl Woldseth," with marches, jazz, folk songs, movie
themes, and soloists. Audiences
of all ages will find something they recognize, and may come away with new
favorite songs too."
Flute soloist Cathy Harding will perform
"Rhapsody for Flute," a surprisingly playful and jazzy modern
composition with band.
A cornet trio will perform Leroy Anderson's
ever-popular "Bugler's Holiday," and a solo group will be featured
with the band in the "Original Dixieland Concerto."
Plus a saxophone quartet will perform Paul
McCartney's "When I'm Sixty-Four."
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If you like marches,
you'll love John Philip Sousa's "Fugue on Yankee Doodle," or the
quirky "January February March" written by the 1960s' NBC Radio
Symphony conductor Don Gillis.
For western fans, there's
the medley of movie themes including "The Magnificent Seven,"
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," and "Hang 'Em High."
Disney fans will
recognize "A Night on Bald Mountain" from Fantasia.
"I like to include
the audience whenever I can," says Woldseth. "Our concerts not only feature the music, but the
musicians, the instruments, and the history behind the music. Sometimes I will choose audience
members to take part in the concert, too. This may happen in the folk song 'Dry Bones,' which
requires several extra percussion players." Percussion instruments may include shakers, bangers,
clangers, whistles, and other noise-makers. "It's all in good fun. All of our band members are volunteers, and the audience
should experience the joy we get out of playing instruments as much as we
do."
To finish off
the concert, the band will perform a medley including "A Night in
Tunisia," "St. Louis Blues," "It Don't Mean a
Thing," and "Birdland" as a salute to great American jazz
musicians.
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