Please join the Muskoka Concert Band, under the direction of Fran Harvey, for our annual Remembrance Concert on Saturday, November 9th at 2:00 pm at Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst. This year we are featuring our special guests, the Elderberries Choir, directed by Louise Jardine.
Our concert, Echoes of Conflict, focuses on music that helps us reflect on the impacts of war on soldiers, countries, communities, and families. You will hear some more familiar selections as the band plays Marta Keen’s well-known piece Homeward Bound, J. William Middendorf II’s Old Ironsides March, and the choir sings Jay Unger’s beloved Ashokan Farewell.
The Elderberries will also perform Inscription of Hope by Z. Randall Stroope and the band will perform the engaging work They Shall Run and Be Free, a programmatic piece by American composer and arranger Brant Karrick that includes the spiritual Oh Freedom.
The two groups will join forces to perform John Williams’ Hymn to the Fallen from the motion picture Saving Private Ryan and Canadian composer Eddie Graf’s arrangement of World War II songs called Vera Lynn Medley.
We look forward to having you join us at this important time of year as we remember together and reflect on the Echoes of Conflict.
Admission is by donation at the door (cash only – suggested donation $20.)
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