Tacoma Concert Band + Harp

The Tacoma Concert Band is an icon in community music.  Not only is it one of the best bands in Tacoma, but it is an award winning, nationally recognized wind band.  Robert Musser is the founder and conductor of this great ensemble.  You can hear their next performance this weekend in the Pantages theater this Saturday (10/8) at 7:30 pm.

The program includes two works that feature a guest soloist, Elizabeth Blakeslee on harp.  Blakeslee is the solo harpist from the National Symphony Orchestra, in Washington D.C.

The program also includes the Barnes Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Paganini.  This is a virtuosic work often performed by the U.S. Marine Band.  It uses a familiar melody in 20 variations, many of which feature soloists within the band.  It is a wonderfully crafted composition, and a fantastic showpiece for bands.

For more information and tickets:  http://www.tacomaconcertband.org/

Here is the entire program:

Dunedin March…………………….Kenneth Alford

Fantasia in G Major…………………….J. S. Bach

Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Paganini…………..James Barnes

Fantasia for Harp and Concert Band……………..James Bingham

The Golden Age of Broadway……………………..Richard Rodgers

Greensleeves: A Fantasia for Band……………….Robert Smith

Nocturn for Harp………………….Clare Grundman

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice……………..Paul Dukas

Washington Grays March…………………Claudio Grafula