(NOTE: If the weather is bad, this concert will be moved
to Edward Stone School -- notice will be posted here,
and on the band's Facebook page.)
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 or Wednesday. Unfortunately, if you are viewing this page on a summer Monday, what follows will undoubtedly be the information for YESTERDAY'S concert.
Jeremy has chosen these selections for his concert:
Interestingly, Jeremy recently completed a church-related mission to the African country of Zambia where he established the beginnings of an instrumental music program. He says that he found it to be a life-changing experience and we look forward to following his future efforts to continue and strengthen that program.
Another summer Muni Band season is nearly in the books! This week's concert is our last until next year and we are tremendously appreciative of all who have attended our concerts and supported the band! Next summer's season will be our 99th year of providing free family-friendly concerts in the park and we are greatly anticipating our centennial season in 2027!
Our concert will be the concert conducted by Jeremy Henman that was rained out on June 8. Hopefully we'll have better luck this time around! Jeremy is looking forward to just his second year as the high school band director in West Burlington but he is no stranger to the West Burlington students, having been the general music teacher at the elementary level for several years. He plays the trumpet in our band as well as the Southeast Iowa Symphony and often performs with other area orchestras including the Knox-Galesburg Symphony and the Quincy Symphony Orchestra.
Our vocal soloist for the concert will be none other than Jeremy's mom, soprano Tanya Henman. We can't accuse Jeremy of nepotism in picking her as his soloist since she is well-known in our areas as having a beautiful voice and she has soloed with us several times! Tanya is the vocal music teacher with Burlington's Notre Dame schools and performs with the Bel Canto Chorale.
Fanfare from La Peri by Paul Dukas, arranged for band by Robert Longfield; Spoon River by Percy Grainger arranged by Robert Sheldon; El Relicario Paso Doble by Jose Padilla arranged by Philip Lang; Someone to Watch Over Me by George Gershwin arranged by Warren Barker, featuring Tanya Henman as soloist; Ars Vitae by Larry Clark; Selections from The King and I by Richard Rodgers arranged by Robert Russell Bennett; Byzantine Dances by Carol Brittin Chambers; March of the Trolls from Lyric Suite by Edvard Grieg arranged by Brian Beck; The Magnificent Seven by Elmer Bernstein arranged by Roy Phillippe; and our traditional closing march, The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa.
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