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This Week's Concert
Sunday, July 10, 2022
Note from the webmaster:  We update this web site at least once a week during our summer concert season.  Since the program for each Sunday concert is finalized at our rehearsal on Monday evening, we generally post the week's update sometime on Tuesday.  Unfortunately, if you are viewing this page on a summer Monday, what follows will undoubtedly be the information for YESTERDAY'S concert.
For those specifically SEEKING web pages from past concerts, our recent concert archives are now available online.
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in Burlington and Southeast Iowa
since 1927
This week our conductor will be Mark Eveleth, who recently retired from his thirty-five year tenure as the band director at West Burlington High School.  Now that Mark has retired he tells us that he's happy to have more time to practice and promises to get his trumpet chops in great shape!  Mark has decided to take a "sentimental journey" through his career by programming pieces that he and his students particularly enjoyed playing over the years and we're certain that you will enjoy them too!
Next week's concert
will be conducted by Jim Priebe
Jim Priebe
Mark Eveleth
Links which may be of interest to members of our audience:

Hopak - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopak

Chicago (the Musical) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(musical)

Loras Schissel - arranger of Manhattan Beach March, Sousa expert and Mark's college roommate - https://www.bandworld.org/ABC/View.aspx?p=ABC_Clinician_Schissel

Great Locomotive Chase (the historical event) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Locomotive_Chase

"The General"* -- classic silent film from1926, starring Buster Keaton, loosely based upon the Great Locomotive Chase (*link added by webmaster) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWm587wKKVw
Mark's selections will include: Fall River Overture by Robert Sheldon; A Hymn for Band by Hugh Stuart; La Banda Nascente by B. Sbraccia, edited by Frederick Fennell;  Hopak from "The Fair of Sorochinsk" by Modest Moussorgsky, Selections from Chicago by John Kander and Fred Ebb, arranged by Ted Ricketts; Manhattan Beach March by John Philip Sousa, arranged by Keith Brion and Loras Schissel; Three on the Isle by Hugh Stuart, The Great Locomotive Chase by Robert W. Smith, Count Basie Salute arranged by John Higgins, Alamo March by Karl King arranged by James Swearingen; and our traditional closing march, The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa.
We had lots of fun hosting the Nauvoo Pageant Bagpipe Band last week and celebrating our country's independence.
While printed programs will be available at the concert, you may also click on the music note above to download an advance printable copy of this week's program.
While printed programs will be available at the concert, you may also click on the music note above to download an advance printable copy of this week's program.