From BOWLING GREEN AREA COMMUNITY BANDS
Take a journey through time and space with The Bowling Green Area Community Bands as they bring you on a musical adventure with their featured concert: “May The 4th Be With You!”
The concert will be held May 4 at 4 p.m. at The Bowling Green Performing Arts Center, 503 West Poe Road, Bowling Green.
Under the “lightsaber” of Thomas Headley, the bands will perform:
- Claude T. Smith’s “Emperata Overture”
- John Williams’ music for “Star Wars,” arranged by Jerry Brubaker
- Selections from the film “The Sound of Music, which is
- celebrating its 60th anniversary, composed by Richard Rodgers’ music and arranged by Robert Russell Bennett
- BGSU graduate and currect director of the President’s Own U.S. Marine Band Ryan Nowlin’s “Song of Solace”
- Randall Standridge’s “Animation (Episode 1: Wabbit)”
- John Philip Sousa “Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,” arranged by Frederick Fennell.
Featured soloists include Kim Kucharski on flute, Stephanie DeCroix on horn, Andrew Kalmar on tuba, Brian Bushong on trumpet and flugelhorn, Erin Crawford on piccolo, Jon Roode on trumpet, Roy Young on tuba, Rob Synder on alto sax, Teresa Disbrow on clarinet, Michael Borjas on euphonium, and Mark Patton on alto sax as well as “Spike Jones” Percussion Section including Jeff Guion on Frederick Fennell’s Turkish Crescent.
BiG Band BG will play:
- “The Flik Machine” from Walt Disney’s “A Bug’s Life” by Randy Newman arranged by Paul Murtha,
- “All I Need Is the Girl” lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and music by Jule Styne, and arranged by Billy May with special guest vocalist Bryan Twitchell,
- “Birdland,” music by Josef Zawinul and arranged by Michael Sweeney.
The special guest announcer during the event will be “Obi Wan” Jerry Anderson.
The bands will also be joined by the TMS (‘taint my Sister) Quartet. Members are: Tom Pendleton, tenor, Brian Zattau, lead, Chad Lulfs , baritone, and Nate Rettig, bass. Visual artwork will be provided by Pat Williams.
This performance will be the last official concert led by BGACB’s director, Thom Headley. Headley has been a cornerstone of the bands since their founding in 2007, first as assistant director and then taking the director’s baton in 2011.
The dedication Headley pours into every concert is a testament to his commitment to the band. While the musicians will certainly miss his leadership, they’re not saying goodbye for good – they eagerly anticipate seeing him back in his familiar spot in the French horn section at Monday’s rehearsal.
A cookie reception for Headley will be held after the concert in the Performing Arts Center lobby.
