The first Holiday concerts are coming up

Two local groups, the Concord Chamber Orchestra and the Milwaukee Festival Brass will perform their Holiday concerts on Saturday December 2.

The Milwaukee Festival Brass will perform Holidays in Brass at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Wauwatosa, beginning at 7 PM.  The program is a celebration of the release of their first CD, and will feature selections from that disc.  Trombonist Will Akers will be featured n Angels on High,” and principal cornettist Krystal Esty will perform a beautiful arrangement of John Rutter’s Candlelight Carol.  For more information or to order tickets, please see the MFB web site.

On the same evening, the Concord Chamber Orchestra will perform Portraits of Divinity at the Basilica of St. Jopsephat on the corner of 6th Street and Lincoln Avenue in Milwaukee beginning at 7 PM.  Joining the CCO will be the Milwaukee High School of the Arts Choir, under the direction of Raymond Roberts. The program includes:

     Giovanna d’Arco (Joan of Arc) Overture - Giuseppe Verdi
     “Entrance of the Queen of Sheba” from Solomon- George Frederick Handel
     “Ballet Suite” from Hérodiade - Jules Massenet
     “Bacchanale” from Samson & Delilah - Camille Saint-Saëns
     Gloria - Antonio Vivaldi
     A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson

There is no better venue for a concert like this than the Basilica.  For more information or to order tickets, see the CCO web site.

Happy Thanksgiving

The fall concerts have been performed.  The Holiday concerts are round the corner.  Time to take a breath, slow down, even for just a bit, and be thankful for all we have.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Kettle Moraine Symphony concert

The Kettle Moraine Symphony will present a program of music saluting veterans entitled  Dawn’s Early Light: A Salute to Veterans. The program begins at 3 PM in the Silver Lining Arts Center in West Bend.  A pre-concert presentation begins at 2PM.

The orchestra will be joined by the West Bend High School Vivace! and Concert choirs, the Moraine Chorus, and the VFW Post 1393 Color Guard.  The program includes John Williams’ Hymn to the Fallen, marches by John Philip Sousa, Morton Gould’s American Salute,  and Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2, Romantic.

Veterans are invited to attend the concert at no cost. Community members can buy tickets for $18, seniors for $15 and students with valid ID for $5. Tickets are available online at kmsymphony.org and at Horicon Bank in West Bend, West Bend Area Chamber of Commerce, and White House of Music in West Bend and Germantown.

Those who want to learn more about the music they will be hearing are invited to a free pre-concert talk with Professor Peter Gibeau at 2 p.m.  For more information, see the Kettle Moraine Symphony web site.

There is no better way to salute our veterans than with wonderful music!

Greenfield Concert Band

The Greenfield Concert Band will perform their first concert of the season on Friday November 17th at 7 PM in the Performing Arts Center at Greenfield High School.  Unfortunately, I do not have information about the concert at this time.  The group has been in existence for only a few years, but will perform this May at The Amp in Konkel Park, the City of Greenfield's new amphitheater.

But November is a bit chilly for an outdoor concert.  And the Greenfield HS PAC is a very nice venue to hear a concert.  So, mark November 17th on your calendar!