Presented By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD)
Concert Band and Michigan Youth Band
Rodney Dorsey, conductor The Concert Band features music of several prominent American composers in this shared concert with the Michigan Youth Band. Pulitzer prize winning composer and retired School of Music, Theatre & Dance faculty member William Bolcom’s Song for Band was written and dedicated to former Director of Bands H. Robert Reynolds on the occasion of his retirement in 2001. Baritone Daniel Washington, current faculty member and assistant dean, will join us for Aaron Copland’s iconic Old American Songs. You are sure to enjoy this musical slice of Americana! Concert Band PROGRAM - Foumai - Spiritus Mundi; Bolcom - Song for Band, Graceful Ghost Rag; Copland - Old American Songs Daniel Washington, baritone; Welcher - Zion; Gould - Horseless Carriage Galop Michigan Youth Band PROGRAM: Bremer - Early Light; Latham - Three Chorale Preludes; Camphouse - A Movement for Rosa; Fillmore - His Honor
Cost
- Free - no tickets required