Down to the Sea in Ships

The Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series on August 22, with a program of music inspired by the sea. The program includes two soloists and is as follows:

Hands Across the Sea – J. P. Sousa

Parade of the Tall Ships – J. Chattaway

Fantasy on American Sailing Songs – C. Grundman

Trumpet in the Night – H. Simeone

John Smialek, trumpet

Sea Songs – R. Vaughan Williams

Selections from South Pacific – R. Rodgers

Montego Bay – S. Nestico

La Tourterelle – E. Damaré

Wendy Rolfe, piccolo

Highlights from Victory at Sea – R. Rodgers

Under the Sea (from The Little Mermaid) – A. Menken

Martinique – R. Washburn

From Tropic to Tropic March – R. Alexander

John Smialek, trumpet soloist, holds a master’s degree in music from Northwestern University. He has performed with the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. He is also a founding member of the New England Brass Quartet and was the band director at Seekonk High School for 16 years. He has been a member of the Marion Concert Band since 1989.

Marion resident Wendy Rolfe earned her bachelor’s degree from the Oberlin Conservatory and earned her master’s and doctor of musical arts degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. She is Professor of Flute at the Berklee College of Music in Boston and performs regularly with the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, and the Cape Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Rolfe has been a member of the Marion Concert Band since 1999.

The concert, under the direction of Tobias Monte, will begin at 7:00 pm at the Robert Broomhead Bandstand, Island Wharf off Front Street in Marion. 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.