CR Municipal Band Concert Wednesday at Guthridge!

We are excited to make our Hiawatha debut this Wednesday evening at Guthridge Park!  Our guest artists this week include Young Artist Competition runner-up Sam Kelly on clarinet, recent UNI grad Brent Mead on trombone, and long-time Maquoketa band director guest conducting a favorite Karl King march.  Bring a lawn chair and a picnic and join us at beautiful Guthridge Park at 7:30!

This week’s program includes:

  • The Star Spangled Banner and Cedar Rapids Song of Dedication performed by Tristen Perreault, from Xavier
  • Snowbird March (Frank Piersol)
  • Folk Dances (Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. H. Robert Reynolds)
  • Concerto in E-flat, First Movement (Franz Rosler, arr. Steve Shanley)
    Sam Kelly, Clarinet
  • Selections from “Phantom of the Opera” (Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Warren Barker)
  • Voice of America (Karl King), Jay Kahn, Conductor
  • Clarinet Candy (Leroy Anderson)
  • Morceau Symphonique (Alexandre Guilmant, arr. W. Shepard)
    Brent Mead, Trombone
  • Theme from “The Magnificent Seven” (Elmer Bernstein, arr. Paul Yoder)