Week 7 - July 28 Concert

 The Chemical City Band will perform its seventh concert of the 112th Season on July 28, 2021 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park, starting at 7:30 PM.  In case of rain, the concert is cancelled because we have no alternate performance site.  Please check this blog or our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/chemicalcityband) for last minute instructions, if necessary.

Eric Attard will be our guest conductor, while Steve DeRees takes a position in the tuba section.  The following pieces will be presented:

Williamsburg Overture..................................................................................James Swearingen

The Homefront: Musical Memories from World War II.........................arr. James Christensen

Air for Band.....................................................................................................Frank Erickson

Bombasto.............................................................................Orion R. Farrar, arr. J. Edmondson

Intermission

The High School Cadets March.........................................................................John Philip Sousa

The Marriage of Figaro Overture...................................Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. E. Slocum

Over the Rainbow...................................................Edgar Harburg and Harold Arlen, arr. J. Brubaker

Bravada Esprit..........................................................................................................David Shaffer

Barnum and Bailey's Favorite March..................................................Karl L. King, arr. G.C. Bainum

America, the Beautiful..................................................................Samuel F. Ward, arr. A.F. Gaylord

The Star-Spangled Banner.......................................................John Stafford Smith, arr. A.F. Gaylord

Historical photo courtesy of the Alden B. Dow Archives

Week 6 - July 21 Concert

 The Chemical City Band will perform its sixth concert of our 112th Season on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park, starting at 7:30 PM.  In case of rain, the concert is cancelled because we have no alternate performance site.  Please check this blog or our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/chemicalcityband) for last minute instructions, if necessary.

Steve DeRees will conduct the following selections:

Folk Song Suite for Military Band........................................................Ralph Vaughan Williams

1. March "Seventeen Come Sunday"
2. Intermezzo "My Bonny Boy"
3. March "Folk Songs from Somerset"

Michel Legrand in Concert.............Michel Legrand and Marilyn & Alan Bergman, arr. I. Polster

Call to Victory March....................................................................Karl L. King, arr. J. Swearingen

Intermission

Spirit!.....................................................................................................................Douglas Akey

What a Wonderful World..................................George Weiss and Bob Thiele, arr. B. Lowden

Malaguena..............................................................................Ernesto Lecuona, arr. S. Nestico

The Gladiator March......................................................................................John Philip Sousa

America, the Beautiful............................................................Samuel F. Ward, arr. A.F. Gaylord

The Star-Spangled Banner...............................................John Stafford Smith, arr. A.F. Gaylord

Week 5 - July 14 Concert

The Chemical City Band will perform its fifth concert of our 112th Season on Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park, starting at 7:30 PM.  In case of rain, the concert is cancelled because we have no alternate performance site.  Please check this blog or our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/chemicalcityband) for last minute instructions, if necessary.

Steve DeRees will conduct the following selections:

Carnegie Anthem........................................................................................................William Owens

Overture to "Candide"..........................................................Leonard Bernstein, trans. C. Grundman

Music from "Braveheart"......................................................................James Horner, arr. J. Vinson

Heat Lightning March.........................................................................................Richard W, Bowles

Intermission

Impact................................................................................................................Randall D. Standridge

Music from "The Lion King".....................................................................................arr. John Higgins

Incantations...............................................................................................................Robert W. Smith

Who's Who in Navy Blue...................................................................John Philip Sousa, ed. F. Byrne

America, the Beautiful......................................................................Samuel F. Ward, arr. A.F. Gaylord

The Star-Spangled Banner........................................................John Stafford Smith, arr. A.F. Gaylord

CCB Rehearsal

Week 4 - July 7 Concert

 The Chemical City Band will perform its fourth concert of our 112th Season on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at the Nicholson-Guenther Community Band Shell in Midland's Central Park, starting at 7:30 PM.  In case of rain, the concert is cancelled because we have no alternate performance site.  Please check this blog or our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/chemicalcityband) for last minute instructions, if necessary.

Steve DeRees will conduct the following selections:

The Original Thirteen, Concert March............................................William Billings, arr. J.D. Ployhar

American Salute........................................................................Morton Gould, trans. P.J. Lang

Holiday for Flutes............................................................................David Rose, arr. J. Warrington

The Liberty Bell March...........................................................John Philip Sousa, ed. W.D. Revelli

Intermission

Freedom Forever March.................................................................................Dana F. Everson

The Trombone Rag...........................................................................................John Higgins

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

America, the Beautiful..........................................Samuel Augustus Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon

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

The Star-Spangled Banner............................................John Stafford Smith, arr. A.F. Gaylord

CCB Flutes

CCB Trombones