ISU Senior High Honor Band and ISU Symphonic Band Concert

MEMO
To: Various
From: Dr. Patrick Brooks, Director of Bands
Re: ISU Senior High Honor Band and ISU Symphonic Band Concert
Date: 12/07/10


The Idaho State University Senior High Honor Band and Symphonic Band will be sharing a performance on Saturday, December 11 at 4:00 PM in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall on the ISU campus. Conductors on this program will be Dr. Patrick Brooks, ISU Director of Bands, and Kevin York, Associate Director of Bands.

The Senior High Honor Band is comprised of 65 outstanding instrumentalists from around the region. They are nominated by their high school band directors for their outstanding musical accomplishments and character. Because of the number of students that are nominated, not all students nominated are selected.

The Senior High Honor Band will be performing three selections: Royal Fireworks Music by George Frederick Handel arranged for band by Frank Erickson, a beautiful setting of the Ave Maria by Franz Schubert, and the ever-popular collection of Christmas favorites, A Christmas Festival by Leroy Anderson.

The ISU Symphonic Band will open up its portion of the program with the exciting Gavorkna Fanfare by Jack Stamp, and the Chorale and Alleluia by Pullitzer prize winning American composer Howard Hanson. Featured soloist for the concert will be Dr. Molly York, adjunct professor of flute at Idaho State. She will be performing the haunting, ethereal Night Soliloquy for Flute and Wind Ensemble by Kent Kennan.

Other selection to be performed by the Symphonic Band include the tuneful Children’s March “Over the Hills and Far Away” by Percy Grainger, and Folk Dances by Dmitri Shostakovich.

The ISU Symphonic Band is comprised of 54 students from various degree programs throughout the university.

Ticket prices for ISU Bands concerts are as follows: $8 adults, $6 ISU faculty and staff, $4 pre-college students, Free to ISU students. Children under the age of 6 will not be admitted into concerts.

For more information on this concert or about the ISU Bands, call Idaho State University Director of Bands Dr. Patrick Brooks at 282-3147


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Dr. Patrick Brooks
Director of Bands
Mail Stop 8099
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209
208-282-3147