The Memorial Concert Band of Colonie will present its annual POPS concert on Wednesday, May 29 at Shaker High School, 445 Watervliet-Shaker Road in Latham, at 7:30 PM.  Please note the location change from our usual concert venue.  The theme for the concert is “Swing into Summer”.  Music Director Doug Dougherty has assembled a mix of light classics, big band inspired pieces, and show tunes.  Highlights from the program are:

• An arrangement of Franz von Suppe’s “Light Cavalry Overture” (you will recognize the tune).
• “Liberty Fanfare” by famed American conductor and composer John William, which was written to honor the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.
• A medley “Big Band Spectacular” and George Gershwin’s “Strike up the Band”.
• The clarinet section featured in Leroy Anderson’s “Clarinet Candy”.

This is the final concert for our 2012 - 2013 season.  The Band is on hiatus during the summer but will return in the fall with more great band music for your listening pleasure.
 
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December 16, 2012






October 17, 2012

The band's annual Holiday Concert program included Howard Hanson's Chorale and Alleluia, as well as holiday classics including It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Auld Lang Syne, and March of the Toys from Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland.  

In the Fall Concert, Composer and Guest Conductor, Dr. James L. Tullypremiered his work commissioned by the Band entitled “Goodbye, old friend …”.  The piece was written in honor of the founding President of the Band, the late Al Hallenbeck.  Dr. Tully is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina.  Other highlights on the program include “Danny Boy” arranged by Warren Barker, “Chorale and Shaker Dance” by John Zdechlik, and “ An Outdoor Overture” by Aaron Copland.

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