The Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series on July 26, with a program of music inspired by the sea. The program is as follows:
Hands Across the Sea – J. P. Sousa
Parade of the Tall Ships – J. Chattaway
Fantasy on American Sailing Songs – C. Grundman
Variants on a Nautical Hymn – M. Williams
Sea Songs – R. Vaughan Williams
Selections from South Pacific – R. Rodgers
Montego Bay (samba) – S. Nestico
Highlights from Victory at Sea – R. Rodgers
Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid) – A. Menken
Martinique – R. Washburn
From Tropic to Tropic March – R. Alexander
Guest conductor Sandra Medeiros is an active music educator, flutist and guest conductor in the south coast area. She teaches instrumental and choral music in the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District. She holds a masters of music education degree from Gordon College. She has performed with the Tri-County Symphonic Band, the Gilded Age Orchestra of Newport, the Fall River Symphony Orchestra and the Flutissimo Flute Ensemble of Brockton. She has been a member of the Marion Concert Band since 2007.
The concert, under the direction of Tobias Monte, will begin at 7:00 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.