Down to the Sea in Ships

            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.

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