Concert Sunday night at Ellis Park!

We have some amazing special guests this week!  Kentucky Derby bugler (and Cedar Rapids native) Steve Buttleman will amaze you with a simply gorgeous rendition of Puccini’s Nessun Dorma and invite two outstanding high school trumpeters to join him on Leroy Anderson’s Bugler’s Holiday.  Ninth grade Hannah Langley will also impress on Carnival of Venice and everyone will enjoy music from Star Wars and other movie favorites.  Join us Sunda night, 7:30-8:30, at Ellis Park!

This week’s program:

  • Star Spangled Banner, Ian Weiss, vocals, Washington High School
  • Chimes of Liberty (Edwin Franko Goldman)
  • Variations on a Korean Folk Song (John Barnes Chance)
  • Carnival of Venice (arranged by Steve Shanley) featuring Hanna Langley, flute, Oakridge Middle School, Brett Dupree & Stephanie Nuss, conductors
  • Great Moments in Cinema (John Williams, arranged by Jay Bocook)
  • Nessun Dorma (Giacomo Puccini, arranged by Les Taylor) featuring Steve Buttleman, trumpet
  • Entry March of the Boyars (Johan Halvorsen, arranged by CliffordBarnes)
  • Bugler’s Holiday (Leroy Anderson) featuring Steve Buttleman, Morgan Eadie (Prairie High School), Caleb Burken (Xavier High School), trumpets
  • Tribute to Harold Arlen (arranged by James Kessler)
  • Leichtes Blut Galop (Johann Strauss, arranged by Glen Lienhart)
  • Cedar Rapids Song of Dedication, Ian Weiss, vocals, Washington High School