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Up-coming Concerts
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May 4,
2008
Spring Concert |
The
Belle Valley Community Band will be presenting a Spring
Concert on
Sunday May 4, 2008 at
4:00 p.m. at
Almont High School gymn (off Howland Rd.) The concert is
free to the
public and will feature guest conductors Steven Burns and Christine
Dodge along with regular BVCB conductor Dennis Burns.
Music to be performed includes The Big Cage Circus
Galop by Karl L. King, Prelude, Siciliano and
Rondo by Malcolm Arnold, Bayou Breakdown
by Brant Karrick, Lux
Arumque by Eric Whitacre, Cajun Folk Songs by Frank Ticheli, Amparito Roca
by Jaime Texidor, Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine by John Philip Sousa, The
Padstow Lifeboat March by Malcolm
Arnold, Heroic
Saga by Robert Jager, Roller Coaster: A
Symphonic Sketch by Otto M. Schwartz, and Andante and Rondo for 2
Flutes and Wind Ensemble by Franz Doppler. The latter piece will
feature BVCB flutists Kim Teal and Christine Dodge as soloists.
A
free-will offering
will be accepted at the
door to support the band and there will be cookies and punch in the
cafeteria afterward. We hope to see you there!
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It's
Christmas in January!
(Concert
Rescheduled)
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The
Belle Valley Community Band Christmas Concert has been rescheduled for
Sunday January
13, 2008 at 4:00
p.m. in the Almont High School Auditorium in Almont,
MI (off Howland Rd.) The concert is
free to the
public and will feature Scenes from "The Louvre" by Norman Dello Joio, Armenian Folk Song and
Dance by Aram Khachaturian, Finale from Symphony
No. 6 by Peter I. Tchaikovsky, A Praetorius Prelude
by Douglas Akey, Fantasia
on a Myth of
Ancient Greece by BVCB conductor Brian McCloskey, Pat-a-Pan by
Bernard de la Monnoye as arranged by Chip Davis, The Nutcracker Suite by Peter I. Tchaikovsky, and Sleigh Ride by
Leroy Anderson. Pre-concert and intermission music will also be
performed by special guests
The
Blue Water Low Brass Ensemble.
 
A
free-will offering
will be accepted at the
door to support the band and there will be cookies and punch in the
cafeteria afterward. We hope to see you there!
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December
16,
2007
Christmas Concert |
IMPORTANT NOTICE!!
The
Belle Valley Community Band Christmas Concert Scheduled for Sunday December
16, 2007 has been canceled due to bad weather.
We hope you have a very
The
Belle Valley Community Band will be presenting a Christmas Concert on
Sunday December
16, 2007 at 7:00
p.m. in the Almont High School gymn, Almont,
MI (off Howland Rd.)
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April 29,
2007
Spring Concert |
The
Belle Valley Community Band will be presenting a Spring
Concert on
Sunday April
29, 2007 at 7:00
p.m. in the Almont Middle School Auditeria, Almont,
MI (off Howland Rd., behind the high school.) The concert is
free to the
public and will feature First Suite in Eb
by Gustav Holst, The
Immovable Do by Percy Grainger, The March from "1941"
by John Williams, Variations
on a Korean Folk Song by John Barnes Chance, America, the Beautiful
by Samuel A. Ward, Seventy-six
Trombones
from "The Music Man" by Meredith Willson, March Electric
by Giuseppe Creatore, and Concertpiece for Solo
Horn and Wind Ensemble by Camille St.-Saens, with Brian
McCloskey performing the horn solo.
A free-will offering
will be accepted at the
door to support the band and there will be cookies and punch in the
cafeteria afterward. We hope to see you there!
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December
10,
2006
Christmas Concert |
The
Belle Valley Community Band will be presenting a Christmas
Concert on
Sunday December
10, 2006 at 3:00
p.m. in the Almont Middle School Auditeria, Almont,
MI (off Howland Rd., behind the high school.) The concert is
free to the
public and will feature Army of the Nile Quick
March by Kenneth Alford, Old Scottish Melody
by Charles Wiley, A
Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson, Chester Overture
by William Schumann, Montmarte March
by Haydn Wood, Angels from the Realms of Glory
by Robert W. Smith, First Movement from
Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven, and Holiday Overture
by Kenneth Soper.
  
  
  
A free-will offering
will be accepted at the
door to support the band and there will be cookies and punch in the
cafeteria afterward. We hope to see you there!
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April 23,
2006
Spring Concert
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The
Belle Valley Community Band will be presenting a Spring
Concert on
Sunday April
23, 2006 at 4:00
p.m. at the Dryden High School Auditorium, Dryden,
MI. The concert is
free to the
public and will feature Steven Burns in A Trumpeter's Lullaby
by Leroy Anderson and the trombone section in Lassus Trombone
by Henry Fillmore. Other music to be performed includes Molly On the Shore
by Percy Grainger, Victory
at Sea: Symphonic Scenario by Richard Rodgers/Bennett, Woodwind Marmalade
arranged by Andy Clark, The Gallant
Boulevardier March by John Cacavas, Liebestod by
Richard Wagner/Bainum, Pavanne from Symphonette No. 2
by Morton Gould with guest conductor Christine Dodge, and Symphonic Dance No. 3,
"Fiesta" by Clifton Williams. This concert will also be David
Coon's last performance as a director of the band after 17 years of
wonderful concerts, so we hope you will join us in wishing him well as
he retires from conducting the band and takes up his trombone full-time.
A free-will offering
will be accepted at the
door to support the band and there will be cookies and punch in the
cafeteria afterward. We hope to see you there! |
February
26,
2006
Winter Concert |
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The
Belle Valley Community Band will be presenting a Winter
Concert on
Sunday February
26, 2006 at 4:00
p.m. at the Dryden High School Auditorium, Dryden,
MI. The concert is
free to the
public and will feature The Whistler and His Dog
by Arthur Pryor, Fantasy
on a Fiddle Tune by Pierre La Plante, Mannin Veen: Dear Isle
of Mann by Haydn Wood, Zampa Overture
by L. J. F. Herold, Benny Goodman: The King
of Swing arranged by Paul Murtha, Tamboo by
Francisco Cavez, Finale
from Symphony No. 5 in Bb by Franz Schubert, and Klaxon March by
Henry Fillmore. A free-will offering
will be accepted at the
door to support the band and there will be cookies and punch in the
cafeteria afterward. We hope to see you there!
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