On Friday, July 21, the Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a program of American popular music. The program features a trumpet soloist and a variety of pop styles from the 1900’s to the present, is as follows:
Washington Post March – J.P. Sousa
Second American Folk Rhapsody – C. Grundman
The Symphonic Gershwin – G. Gershwin
Satchmo. – arr. T. Ricketts; Mary St. Laurent-Sheehan, trumpet
Big Band Signatures – arr. J. Higgins
Sinatra. – arr. S. Bulla
Pop and Rock Legends: The Association – arr. T. Ricketts
Stevie Wonder in Concert – arr. P. Murtha
The Best of Miami Sound Machine – arr. P. Murtha
Blues Brothers Revue – arr. J. Bocook
Thundercrest March – E. Osterling
Mary St. Laurent-Sheehan, trumpet, has performed with the Narragansett Bay Symphony, the Tri-County Symphonic Band, the Marion Concert Band and the Band of America’s Few. She is an alumnus of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (1992) and is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where she performed with the Parris Island Marine Band. She has been a member of the Marion Concert Band since 2012.
The concert will be held at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand, Island Wharf off Front Street in Marion. The program, under the direction of Tobias Monte, will begin at 7:00. 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.