(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.
Our director this week is Carmen Lachnitt, the band director at Notre Dame. Carmen is a bassoonist and plays, not only in our band, but the Southeast Iowa Symphony as well. A member of the Lachnitt "dynasty," Carmen is the wife of Gerhardt, and the daughter-in-law of Mike and the mother of Kiefer, all of whom play in the band.
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The soloist for Carmen's concert is clarinetist Adrian Matteson, an extremely talented young man who recently graduated from Mediapolis High School. A two-time All-State winner, Adrian plans to attend Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, this fall, and will study theology, actuarial science, and music! Adrian will play the well-known Theme from Schindler's List by John Williams.
Carmen's theme for this concert was inspired by the theme from her concert last summer, "Christmas in July." In researching music possibilities, she says that she realized that there were a number of "spooky" pieces available and decided to make this her "Halloween in July" concert. There is a "sub-theme" involving Carmen's daughter Anna who will be attending Luther College in Decorah this fall and she will no doubt explain which of her selections involve this sub-theme. We can't resist speculating about the possibilities if she continues to employ the "winter holiday in July" concept. If she did a "Groundhog's Day in July" concert, would she just play the same piece over and over?
The remainder of Carmen's selections mostly follow the Halloween concept and include: Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens arranged by Paul Barker; The Haunted Carousel by Erika Svanoe; The Viking March by Karl King; Corpse Bride by Danny Elfman arranged by Victor Lopez including Corpse Bride (the title song), Remains of the Day, and The Wedding Song; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by John Williams arranged by Victor Lopez including Hedwig's Theme, Hagrid the Professor, Double Trouble, and Window to the Past; Galop. Prince of Decorah by P.G. Lowrey; Valdres March by Johannes Hanssen arranged by Glenn Cliffe Bainum; Dies Irae by Giuseppe Verdi arranged by Jay Bocook; and our traditional closing march, The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa.
