Join the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band at Guthridge Park in Hiawatha on Wednesday, July 2, or at the McGrath Amphitheatre on July 6, for a performance featuring patriotic favorites and more. The band will be joined by the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale under the direction of Gerald Kreitzer.
The program includes “Back Your Boy,” a piece written during World War One by two Cedar Rapidians. Recently discovered by Coe College faculty member Bethany Keenan and arranged for the band and concert chorale by our own Dr. Shanley, the march brings patriotism and local history together. You can learn more here.
PROGRAM:
Galaxy March (Frank Piersol)
American Faces (David Holsinger)
The Six Service Songs (arr. Gordon Goodwin)
Ellington! (arr. Stephen Bulla)
The Stars and Stripes Forever (John Philip Sousa)
America the Beautiful (Ward/Bates, arranged by Carmen Dragon)
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
Back Your Boy (Henry S. Ely & Earnest A. Leo, arr. Steve Shanley)
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond, arr. Gene Cokeroft & Steve Shanley)
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr. Wilhousky)
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
