On Friday, July 24, the Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a program of American popular music. The program, which features a variety of pop styles from the 1920s to 1980s, is as follows:
Washington Post March – J. P. Sousa
Second American Folk Rhapsody – C. Grundman
Concertino for Flute – C. Chaminade
Wendy Rolfe, flute
New York: 1927 – W. Barker
Satchmo! – T. Ricketts
Sinatra! – arr. S. Bulla
Pop and Rock Legends: The Beatles – arr. M. Sweeney
The Blues Brothers Revue – arr. J. Bocook
Pop and Rock Legends: The Association – arr. T. Ricketts
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – B. Bacharach
Africa (recorded by Toto) – D. Paich & J. Porcaro
Maynard Madness – arr. Victor Lopez
Thundercrest March – E. Osterling
Marion resident Wendy Rolfe earned her bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory and earned her master’s and doctor of musical arts degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. She is Professor of Flute at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and performs regularly with the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, and the Buzzards Bay Musicfest. Ms. Rolfe has been a member of the Marion Concert Band since 1999.
The concert, under the direction of Tobias Monte, will begin at 7:00 pm at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand, Island Wharf off Front Street in Marion. All concerts are free and open to the public.