SEE, HEAR MUSKOKA CONCERT BAND STORIES TWICE SATURDAY, SUNDAY AFTERNOONS APRIL 25-26 AT BRACEBRIDGE LIBRARY, HUNTSVILLE UNITED CHURCH
BY FRAN HARVEY, MCB CONDUCTOR
MUSKOKA — Please join the Muskoka Concert Band at our annual Spring Concerts!
This spring we will be performing a special program titled “Picture This! — Music that tells us stories” at two great concerts in Muskoka.
- On Saturday, April 25 at 2 p.m., we will be performing our one-hour free spring concert sponsored by the Bracebridge Library (your donations, as always, are gratefully accepted).
- And on Sunday, April 26 at 2 p.m. we will do a full program at Trinity United Church in Huntsville (admission $20 at the door, children 12 and under free.)
“Picture This!” is a program of music that tells
us stories of different places, times and people.
You will hear the story of the Lewis and Clark exploration of the Louisiana Territory depicted in Philip Sparke’s exciting work, “The Pioneers,” a quick visit to the Big Top with “From Tropic to Tropic,” the gorgeous depiction of cottage life through Canadian composer Vern Kennedy’s “Chandler Point Suite.”
And even a vision of a Renaissance soiree with “Madrigalum.”
No MCB program would be complete without some traditional music that holds stories for many of us. Canadian Danny Wilks’ rich version of “Danny Boy” fits that bill with just a bit of a jazz chord twist.
For the music theatre lovers, we have some of the music of the stories we love to watch with “Broadway Showstoppers Overture” and “A Chorus Line.”
To punctuate the stories of Muskoka’s history, we thought you’d enjoy some big band music in the form of “Count Basie Salute.”
Please join for these fun spring concerts.
