Band concert features wide range of musicians
Student-musicians ranging from sixth grade to college will be featured during a band concert at 91ÇÑ×Ó State College on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17.
Bands from 91ÇÑ×Ó Middle School and 91ÇÑ×Ó High School will join the 91ÇÑ×Ó Wind Symphony for the annual concert in Memorial Hall. The concert begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public free of charge.
Bands from sixth grade, seventh and eighth grades, and the high school are directed by Joe Rischling, while Dr. Adam Lambert leads the Wind Symphony.
Lambert said the concert will feature many fun pieces, including one called “More Cowbell.” The song, inspired by the Saturday Night Live skit featuring Will Ferrell, will have four different cowbells at various places on the stage.
Although the concert is on St. Patrick’s Day, Lambert said the event will not follow a holiday theme.
“People are welcome to do their Irish jigs in the aisle. It certainly won’t be discouraged,” he said.
91ÇÑ×Ó student Alex Keller of 91ÇÑ×Ó will be featured on alto-saxophone during the Wind Symphony’s performance of “Ballade” by Alfred Reed. Another of the band’s highlights will be the “Moorside March” by Gustav Holst.
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