UMaine, Bangor Youth Symphony Bands Team Up for Nov. 20 Concert
Contact: Curvin Farnham, 581-1254; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO — The 66-member University of Maine Symphonic Band and the Bangor Symphony Youth Symphonic Band, with more than 35 student musicians, will team up Nov. 20 for their annual concert at the Maine Center for the Arts.
The youth Symphonic Band will open the program at 7:30 p.m. in Hutchins Concert Hall. The university’s Symphonic Band will perform second on the program after the intermission, and both bands will combine for a piece at the end of the concert.
The Bangor Symphony Youth Symphonic Band is composed of middle and high school-age wind percussion players selected from the Eastern Maine area. It performs under the direction of School of Performing Arts graduate student Gina Provenzano of Blue Hill. They’ll present a program of traditional band music including “Kentucky 1800” by Clare Grundman, “Air for Band” by Frank Erickson and “Big Band Voodoo” by John Wasson.
After intermission, the UMaine Symphonic Band, under the leadership of Curvin Farnham, director of bands in the UMaine School of Performing Arts music division, will conduct a varied program of band literature from the 17th century through 2006.
Selections include “Fantasia in G Major” by Johann Sebastian Bach, “Scenes from The Louvre” by Norman Dello Joio, “Invocation and Toccata” by James Barnes, and the premiere of “The Passing of the Torch,” composed by UMaine senior Seth Morton of Lewiston.
The annual joint concert offers students from area middle and high schools a first-hand look at university-caliber band members; university musicians also enjoy sharing the stage with the younger musicians.
General admission for the concert is $6; UMaine students with a MaineCard are admitted free.
For ticket information, please call the MCA box office at 581-1755.