From BOWLING GREEN AREA COMMUNITY BANDS
The Bowling Green Area Community Bands will perform “Music is Magic” Sunday, March 17 at 4 p.m., at the Bowling Green Schools Performing Arts Center, 530 West Poe Road. The concert is free and doors open at 3:30 p.m.
BiG Band BG, under the direction of Brian Bushong (trumpet), will open the concert with “Abracadabra,” with soloist Dan Mrachko (saxophone). Followed by “Mr. Lucky,” showcasing the saxophone section, with soloist Dan Shelhaus (saxophone). BiG Band BG will conclude their section with “In the Stone,” with soloist Ken Zuercher (guitar).
Then the concert band will take the stage beginning their program under the direction of Roy Young (tuba), with the rhythmic fanfare “Quintillusion!”Followed by the premier of “Chorale.” A piece full of soaring brass and woodwind color written and conducted by BGACB’s very own Joseph Stribrny (trombone).
Then in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, Karen Kelly (bass clarinet) will conduct “Eire,” a colorful musical portrait of Ireland; with soloists Jennifer Amon and Erin Crawford (piccolo), Kim Kucharski (flute), Teresa Disbrow (clarinet), Lynn Zuercher (bassoon), Alex Peters (horn), and Phil Smith (euphonium).
Followed by the mischievous “Abracadabra” under the direction of Karen Kelly (bass clarinet). Then the BGACB percussion section will perform “Double Trouble” from “Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban.” But the Harry Potter fun doesn’t stop there! Karen Smith (saxophone) will lead the BGACB Woodwind Choir in “Nimbus 2000” from “Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone.”
The concert band will reunite as a whole with Karen Kelly (bass clarinet) at the podium, for “Symphony 1, The Lord of the Rings 1 Gandalf (The Wizard).”
The concert will conclude under the direction of Roy Young (tuba) with “The Charlatan March.” A spirited march guaranteed to leave you with a spring in your step and a song in your heart.
Listeners are urged to don your wizard robes, take up their magic wands, and join us on March 17th for this mystical, magical, musical event for the whole family.
For more information on the bands visit www.BGACB.org and facebook.com
