The Genesee Valley Wind Ensemble's Spring Concert will be held at Alexander High School at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 25.
The school is located at 3314 Buffalo St. in Alexander.
Tickets are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors 55+ and veterans; $5 for students with ID; children age 5 and under are admitted free. For families, cost is $25 for immediate families and children -- mother and/or father and up to four children.
The featured works for the Spring Concert are:
- "Toccata for Band" by Frank Erickson
- "A Touch of Tuba" by Art Detrick*
- "Into Battle" by Christopher Taylor
- "The Lion King" by Elton John, Tim Rice, Hans Zimmer, arrangements by Calvin Custer
- "Foundry" by John Mackey
- "Molly on the Shore" by -- Percy Grainger, with Guest Conductor Meaghan McTammany
- Selections from the musical "Chicago" -- arrangements by Ted Ricketts
- "Mama Mia!" -- arrangements by Roy Phillippe
- National Emblem March -- Edwin Eugene Bagley
The Genesee Valley Wind Ensemble will be conducted by its founder, Philip J. Briatico.
Meaghan McTammany will be the guest conductor.
*Matt Stanton, of Avon Central School, is the guest soloist, playing tuba.
The purpose of the GVWE is to serve and to provide the Greater Genesee Valley audience with new and familiar live music, to serve its membership with the opportunity to perform challenging wind ensemble literature and to create the opportunity for the conductor and musicians to grow their collective musical talents.
The GVWE Spring Concert is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York Legislature and administered by GO ART!
Contact: geneseevalleywindensemble@gmail.com
Online: www.geneseevalleywindensemble.org
