Summer 2013 schedule announced

The summer 2013 concert schedule of the Chemical City Band will be as follows:

Wed June 19, 7:30pm  -  Opening Night w/ soloist Erin Yanacek
Wed June 26, 7:30pm
Wed July 3, 7:30pm   -   w/ narration by Family Life Radio's Peter Brooks
Wed July 10, 7:30pm  -  w/ special guests, The Tri-City Trumpets
Wed July 17, 7:30pm
Wed July 24, 7:30pm
Wed July 31, 7:30pm  -  Season Finale, with the cast from "Thoroughly Modern Millie".  The band will be directed by guest conductor David Brown.

In keeping with the decision to honor a long time Midland musician in each new summer series, this summer's concerts will be dedicated to the many years of Mr. James Stark.  Mr. Stark served as director of the Midland High School bands from 1948-1978, and was a frequent guest conductor of the Chemical City Band. He also directed the Blast from the Past big band through much of the 1980s.

Please join us in the beautifully restored Nicholson-Guenther band shell for another summer of enjoyable music in Central Park. It's our 104th season, and one of Midland's finest traditions!!

See you in the park :)

CC Band performances are available online:

Week 7 - July 25

Season finale !

Our 2012 concert season concludes with the following program:

MICHIGAN MADE - music of Michigan composers

Star Spangled Banner
Mesata (Pasa Doble) ........................................... Lloyd Conley
Kansa, suite for band .......................................... Lloyd Conley
Bolero for Band ................................................... Glenn Osser
A Symphonic Invention ...................................... Lloyd Conley
Beguine for Band ................................................. Glenn Osser
Block M, concert mach .......................................Jerry H. Bilik


Peter Makar Jr. IV, guest conductor



INTERMISSION


Excerpts from the summer TMI production of "CATS"
Selections to be announced

Week 6 - July 18

We're down to our last two weeks for the summer 2012 season, and our July 18 concert looks to include the following musical selections:

Torch of Liberty, march .................. Karl L. King

Morceau Symphonique ................... A. Guilmant

Kirsten Schaffert, trombone soloist

Hebrides Suite, ...................... Clare Grundman

movements I, II, III, & IV

La Banda Nascente ............................ B. Sbraccia

Intermission

On the Mall, march ................Edwin Franko Goldman

Flight of the Eagle ....................................John Wasson

Italian Festival .......................................... Glenn Osser

Semper Fidelis, march ................... John Philip Sousa

America the Beautiful / Star Spangled Banner

Jim Huber directing

Week 5 - July 11, 7:30pm

The Robert T. Ralston concert series continues with another evening of widely varied music from the Chemical City Band. Our featured soloist is Sam Huss, a 2012 graduate of Meridian High School.

The updated concert order is as follows:

Liberty Fanfare .................... John Williams/arr. Curnow
Variations on a theme from "Norma" ........ J. Arban/arr. Horton
Sam Huss, cornet soloist

Highlights from film "Exodus" .................. Ernest Gold/arr. Reed
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite, circus march .........Karl L. King

Intermission

Thundercrest Concert March ................... Eric Osterling
Broadway's Classics ................................ arr. Larry Norred
Interlochen Theme ................................. Howard Hanson/ arr. Balent
from the Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"
The Thunderbirds ................................... Bary Gray/arr. Jim Huber
America the Beautiful / Star Spangled Banner

Jim Huber, directing


Please join us for another enjoyable evening of music
in Midland's Central Park and the newly restored Nicholson-
Guenther band shell.

Week 4 - July 4th, 7:30pm

Our 4th of July concert will begin at 7:30pm in the Nicholson-Guenther band shell, and will be chosen from the following pieces:

His Honor, march .............................. Henry Fillmore

Overture Jubiloso .............................. Frank Erickson

Salute to Bob Hope ......................arr. Warren Barker

America the Beautiful ............... arr. Carmen Dragon

Intermission

American Red Cross, march ............. Louis Panella

Tango for Band ................................... Glenn Osser

Richard Rodgers symphonic portrait ......arr. Frank Erickson

Salute to America's Finest .....................arr. Paul Lavendar

Stars and Stripes Forever ....................John Philip Sousa

James Huber, directing

Fireworks will begin over in Chippewassee Park shortly after 10pm.

Week 3 - June 27, 7:30pm

Our 3rd week of the Robert T. Ralston concert series offers a potpourri of musical selections. The tentative program is as follows:

The Crosley March .................. Henry Fillmore
As Summer Was Just Beginning ..... Larry Daehn
The Beatles, Echoes of An Era ...... arr. John Higgins
March of the Belgian Parachutists ..... Peter Leemans / ed. John Bourgeois

Intermission

Theme from "Superman" (1978) ...... John Williams / arr. Jerry Nowak
Havah Nagilah Fantasy ...... Philip J. Lang
Selections from "Mary Poppins" ...... Sherman & Sherman / arr. Alfred Reed
On the Campus, march ............ John Philip Sousa

James Huber, directing


Please join us for another evening in Midland's historic Central Park at the newly restored Nicholson-Guenther Band Shell.