Concert Info

Founded in 1982, the Quincy Concert Band will perform its fall concert, entitled "Blue", at 2:30 PM Sunday, November 5, in the Morrison Theatre at Quincy Junior High School. There is no charge for admission, although donations are gladly accepted.

QCB director Dr. Trent Hollinger describes the music to be performed in our next concert:

“Our entire fall concert was inspired by the color blue and the 'Symphony in Blue and Gold '. I am so excited to bring this brand-new work, - one that our band helped commission - to Quincy. It is heavily influenced with jazz, and is a fantastic addition to the band repertoire.” Along with 30 other bands, the Quincy Concert Band helped commission Erika Svanoe in the creation of this 20-minute band symphony that is in the style of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Milhaud’s Creation of the World.

"Quincy’s very own Jean Murray will be featured in an extended jazz clarinet solo in Frank Ticheli’s 'Blue Shades'. 'Blue Shades' is heavily influenced by the blues and jazz, and many 'shades of blue' are depicted - from bright blue, to dark, to dirty, to hot blue. Additionally the band will perform a suite of popular tunes from the civil war era in 'The Blue and The Gray', and the award-winning and hauntingly beautiful 'Pale Blue on Deep' by Aaron Perrine."

PROGRAM:
Blue Lake Overture (1971) by John Barnes Chance (1932-1972)
Symphony in Blue & Gold (2023) by Erika Svanoe (b. 1976)
**Intermission**
The Blue and the Gray (1961) by Clare Grundman (1913-1996)
Pale Blue on Deep (2011) by Aaron Perrine (b. 1979)
Blue Shades (1997) by Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)

For more information, or to join the band, please contact Dr. Hollinger at thollinger@culver.edu, or board president Gayle Tenhouse at quincyconcertband@gmail.com. You can find us on Facebook by searching for "Quincy Concert Band".

Quincy Concert Band

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