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St. Joseph Municipal Band

Performing at the John E. N. Howard Band Shell

St. Joseph, Michigan

August 20, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Mary J. Goff, Mayor  Conducted by Dr. Donald Moely
Frank Walsh, City Manager 

 

Opening Ceremony: Please join in singing the National Anthem

1 Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland

Featuring the trumpets, french horns, trombones, tubas and percussion

2. The Light Eternal James Swearingen

3. Five Mellow Winds David Shanke

Featuring: Chris Keech, Dan Worthington, alto saxes; Dr. Dave Ratajik and Dr Steven Schadler, Tenor Saxes and Rich Bressler, Clarinet

4. Voice of the Guns Kenneth J. Alford

 

The Municipal Band Brass Quintet

William Camp, Coordinator, & Charles Steck, Trumpets;

David Steel, French horn, Gary Cooper, Trombone; Jason Harris, Tuba

1. Grand Valley Fanfare Eric Ewazen

2. The Little White Donkey Jacques Ibert

3. Sunday Traffic from Music for Movies Aaron Copland

4. Brasability Lennie Niehaus

 

5. Big Band Showcase arr. Warren Barker

6. El Capitan March John Philip Sousa

Next Sunday for our weekly 3:30 & 7:30 p.m. concerts, we will a Euphonium solo, a guest conductor, and guest vocalist Sally Stine.

Hanging Flower Baskets are donated by Barbott=s Greenhouse & Landscape of Stevensville

FEATURED PERFORMERS TODAY

The Municipal Band Brass Quintet is coordinated by William Camp, formerly of Niles but presently a professional trumpet player in Chicago.  He regularly performs with the Chicago Classic Brass and has also performed in Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, and at La Scala, Italy.  
Charles Steck, Charles Steck is Associate Director of Bands and Choirs at LaPorte High School, and Instructor of Trumpet and Trumpet Choir at Valparaiso University.  He holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music from Valparaiso University.
David Seel, is associate Band Director at Adams High School, South Bend, and formerly performed is the Army Service band. 
 Gary A. Cooper attended Lake Michigan College, Indiana University of South Bend and the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Cooper has played with the Michigan Opera Orchestra as well as the South Bend, Kalamazoo and Chicago Civic Symphonies. He is Artist in Residence in the St. Joseph system. He also teaches at the  Arts Center for the Salvation Army and teaches private lessons. 
Jason Harris, of Marcellus, is beginning his Master’s Degree in Tuba performance this fall at Western Michigan University.

 

 

 

 
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