The Tri-County Symphonic Band, led by Music Director Philip Sanborn, will embark upon its 57th season reflecting on “How Suite It Is.” The Sunday, October 28concert includes some of the most recognizable and most frequently played suites in the symphonic band repertoire. Rhode Island Philharmonic principal trumpeter, Joseph Foley, will play the Hummel Trumpet Concerto.
Once again, the Tri-County Symphonic Band will offer its Annual Children’s Christmas Concert, free of charge, at the Sippican School on Sunday, December 9with the help of the Sippican School Concert Choir under the direction of Patricia Richard.
From dancing in the Secret Garden to strolling through the Country Gardens, The Tri-County Symphonic Band explores the great outdoors in a concert entitled “Going Green.” Flutist Leslie Neighbor Stroud will perform the enchanting Gary Schocker opus “Green Places” in the Dartmouth High School Auditorium on Sunday, February 10.
The Tri-County Symphonic Band commissioned Cape Cod composer Michael Donovan to write a piece that gives us musical perspective on the body of water that defines our area: “Postcards from Buzzards Bay.” This seven-movement work takes us from Dartmouth to Woods Hole and brings to life the many ways that we encounter, embrace, and endure this wonderful bay. The concert will also feature other works written about the bay and about the sea and the Tri-County Symphonic Band will perform this concert twice: at Falmouth Academy on Saturday, March 23and at Tabor Academy on Sunday, March 24.
The 17th Annual Tri-County Symphonic Band Benefit Pops Concert will be held at Tabor Academy on June 9at 2:00 pm, in a grand tent, and will include music from movies, Broadway shows, and mainstream popular music of the 1950’s. Join us for a program called “The Fabulous Fifties.”
The 2018-2019 concert season, our fifty-seventh, is a fun-filled, whirlwind trip through some of the finest music ever written for symphonic band. We are excited that you will be part of our tradition of bringing the community high quality symphonic band music and outstanding soloists. Help us to share the “Tri-County experience” that has thrilled audiences for over 57 years.
Tickets for the concerts can be purchased online at brownpapertickets.com, at The Symphony Music Shop in Dartmouth, and at the door on the day of the concert.New this year, the Tri-County Symphonic Band will be offering two family ticket plans for the October, February and March concerts.Tickets for those concerts are priced at $15 for adults, $5 for students with children 12 and under admitted free.Family Plan A includes 2 adults and one or more (unlimited) students aged 13 and older for a total of $25. Family Plan B includes 1 adult and one or more (unlimited) students aged 13 and older for a total of $12.50. Children 12 and under are always free.
For more details about the upcoming season and tickets to all of the concerts, please visit: tricountysymphonicband.org