Concert Season: Season 37

(Guest Conducted by Dr. Ed Powell, PLU)

Join us for a concert you can dance too! Our 37th season comes to a close with dance music from around the world.

We will be performing works from Israel, Mexico, and Italy (although it was composed by a Russian composer). Also on the list, are several movements from some of the oldest music written for wind instruments. ‘Selections from the “Danserye”‘ is dance music written during the Renaissance period by Tielman Susato in 1551. The wind instruments we hear today are very different from instruments of the 1500s except for maybe the flute and drum.

This concert we feature the Thomas E. Anderson Scholarship recipient, Eze Odimba. Eze will perform “Carnival of Venice” for Alto Saxophone. Read more about Eze.

Rounding out our concert will be more modern dances from the US. “Suite of Old American Dances” will set us back to the 40s and 50s during jazz and ragtime eras, and “Symphonic Dances of West Side Story” will make you shout “Mombo” and have you dancing the Cha-Cha.

We look forward to seeing you on May 18!

This concert we feature one of our community’s educators and instrumentalists, Rebecca Ford. Ms. Ford is the Lecturer of Trombone at Pacific Lutheran University and is an active trombonist and teacher in the Puget Sound region. She can be heard with ensembles such as: the PLU Lyric Brass Quintet, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Tacoma Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and many others.

Join us as we celebrate the holiday season with Sounds of the Season.  Our Christmas concert will include traditional Christmas music, Israeli folk songs, and our annual favorite, Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride directed by the “Direct the Band” winner. It’s a concert you won’t want to miss!

We start our season by inviting our music friends from across the pond. “British Invasion” is a collection of wind band pieces composed by British composers. Continue reading ““British Invasion”” →