The Marion Concert Band will present a concert of Latin-American music on Monday, July 23.
The program is as follows:
•National Anthem
•La Bonita (Spanish March)
•Mexican Overture – M. J. Isaac
•Montego Bay (Samba) – S. Nestico
•Fandango – J. Turrin: Tobias Monte, trumpet; Kevin Kane, trombone
•Martinique – R. Washburn
•Danzon – L. Bernstein
•The Golden Ear (Paso Doble) – M. San Miguel
•Mas Que Nada – J. Ben
•Serenata – L. Anderson
•Malagueña – E. Lecuona
•Spanish Flea – J. Wechter
•Brazilian Festival – A. C. Jobim
•Cantico – A. Grayson
•Copacabana – J. Feldman
•Commandante (Marche Espagnole) – G. Guentzel
Trumpet soloist Tobias Monte is a music teacher in the Fall River Public Schools. He is also on the faculty of the music department at UMass Dartmouth where he directs the Wind Ensemble and teaches courses in conducting, brass methods and applied trumpet. He holds positions in the trumpet sections of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra and the Simon Symphonietta, and has been the director of the Marion Concert Band since 1985.
Trombone soloist Kevin Kane is currently on the adjunct faculties of Rhode Island College, Providence College and Roger Williams University. In addition to being a freelance trombone and euphonium player, he has performed with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Concordia Brass Quintet, the Narragansett Brass Quintet and the American Band of Providence, RI. Kane has been principal trombone of the Marion Concert Band since 2006.
The concert, under the direction of Tobias Monte, will begin at 7:30 pm at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand, Island Wharf off Front Street in Marion. All concerts are free and open to the public.