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From Jazz to Rock: America’s Popular Music
July 18 @ 7:00 pm
On Friday, July 18, the Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a program of American popular music. The program, which features a variety of popular music styles from the 1890’s to the present, is as follows:
Washington Post March – J.P. Sousa
Second American Folk Rhapsody – C. Grundman
The Symphonic Gershwin – G. Gershwin
Carnival of Melody – arr. R. Hawkins
Satchmo. – arr. T. Ricketts
Mary St. Laurent-Sheehan, trumpet
Sinatra. – arr. S. Bulla
Pop and Rock Legends: The Beatles – arr. M. Sweeney
Pop and Rock Legends: The Association – arr. T. Ricketts
Stevie Wonder in Concert – arr. P. Murtha
The Best of Miami Sound Machine – arr. P. Murtha
Blues Brothers Revue – arr. J. Bocook
Thundercrest March – E. Osterling
Mary St. Laurent-Sheehan, trumpet, has performed with the Narragansett Bay Symphony, the Tri-County Symphonic Band, the Marion Concert Band, and the Band of America’s Few. She is an alumnus of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (1992) and is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where she performed with the Parris Island Marine Band. With the Band of American’s Few, a band comprised of former Marine bandsmen who have either retired or have been honorably discharged, she has performed at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Virginia, and at the Royal International Nova Scotia Tattoo in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has been a member of the Marion Concert Band since 2012.
The concert will be held at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand, Island Wharf off Front Street in Marion. The program, under the direction of Tobias Monte, will begin at 7:00. All concerts are free and open to the public. “Like” us on Facebook at “Marion Town Band” for up-to-date announcements and rain cancellation notices.