On Friday,July 6, the MarionConcert Band will open its 2018 season with a program of patriotic music in celebration of Independence Day. The program is as follows:
National Emblem March – E. E. Bagley
Captain America March – A. Silvestri
American Anthem – G. Scheer
American Pageant – T. Knox
Our Glorious Land – J. Olivadoti
God Bless the U.S.A. – L. Greenwood
American Civil War Fantasy – J. Bilik
The Homefront: Musical Memories from World War II – arr. J. Christensen
God Bless America – I. Berlin
Armed Forces Salute – arr. B. Lowden
America, the Beautiful – S. Ward
The Stars and Stripes Forever – J. P. Sousa
Guest conductor Philip Sanborn resides in Marion and is Director of Instrumental Music at Tabor Academy. He is the music director of the Tri-County Symphonic Band and is the leader of the New Bedford Symphony Seaside Swing Band and the Buzzards Bay Musicfest Swing Band. He has also performed with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, and the American Band of Providence, R.I.
The concert 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. “Like” us on Facebook at “Marion Town Band” for up-to-date announcements and rain cancellation notices.