On Thursday, July 13, the Wheaton Municipal Band welcomes to the stage not only the Chicago Symphony Brass Quintet, but also two guest conductors who stand alongside Music Director Bruce Moss: From Iowa, Mark Heidel and Myron Welch.
Minot City Band opens its summer performances this week as part of the annual Midsummer Festival in the Scandinavian Heritage Park with a concert at 7 p.m. on F
The Symphonic Band and the Wind Symphony at Stephen F. Austin State University will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, in the Grand Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center located on the SFA campus.<br/><br/>The Symphonic Band’s portion of the program celebrates Black History Month, according to Dr. Christopher Kaatz, assistant director of bands at SFA and director of the Symphonic Band, and features “A Movement for Rosa,” by Mark Camphouse, among other works. Wind Symphony, conducted by Dr. Dan Haddad, associate director of bands at SFA, will perform “Lasting Light” by Viet Cuong and Gustav Holst’s First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, and other works.<br/><br/>Admission to the concert is free. For more information about the SFA School of Music and its programs, call (936) 468-4602 or visit sfasu.edu/music.<br/>