Our Central Kentucky Concert Band has the great privilege and pleasure of being a part of the extraordinary 2012 Great American Brass Band Festival. The GABBF will take place from June 8-10 in Danville [KY]. This year’s GABBF is dedicated to Vince DiMartino, internationally-acclaimed trumpet artist and co-founder of the GABBF and is subtitled … TRUMPETISSIMO. Our CKCB will be featured on the Main Stage at 2:00 PM, Saturday, June 9. Our Featured Soloists for this special GABBF concert will be John Bryant, Trumpet and Dick Cryder, Trombone. On Sunday, June 10, members of the CKCB will be part of the Grand Finale-Massed Bands [4:00 PM, Newlin Hall, Norton Center]. Special Guest Artists for the Grand Finale include [among others] Allen Vizzutti, Jens Lindeman and Doc Severinsen! We hope to see you there. Thanks and Thanks for your continuing support of our Central Kentucky Concert Band.
Thanks & Thanks
… for your continuing support of the Central Kentucky Concert Band. Special Thank-You to those of you who have followed us through our 2011-2012 “Of Myths and Magic” Performance Season … Double-Double Toil and Trouble [December], Humpty-Dumpty Sat on a Wall [February], One Ring To Rule Them All [May]. It is a privilege and a pleasure for our CKCB music-making family to be a part of the vibrant Lexington arts community. We hope you may choose to attend one or all of our coming performances.
Central Kentucky Concert Band – Coming Performances
● Saturday, June 9
2:00 PM
Main Stage
as part of the Great American Brass Band Festival in Danville, Kentucky
● Sunday, June 10
4:00 PM
Newlin Hall – Norton Center
as part of the GABBF Massed Bands – Grand Finale
SPS 2012 [Summer Pops Series]
● Saturday, 6/30 … Lexington/UK Arboretum [7P]
● Sunday, 7/1 … Paris/Wallis Home and Arboretum [7P]
One Ring To Rule Them All
One Ring To Rule Them All
Featuring: The Central Kentucky Concert Band
Special Guest Artists: The SYMBIOSISDUO
Sunday, May 6, 2012
3:00 PM
Lexington Opera House
The One Ring To Rule Them All concert [ORTRTA] will feature “Mystic Voyage” [Bernotas], “Entry of the Gods into Valhalla” [Wagner], “Prisoner of the Ring” and “A Time To Dance” [Giroux] and “Hobbits” and “Gandalf” from Symphony No. 1 [de Meij].
Special Guest Artists for the ORTRTA concert will be the incomparable SYMBIOSISDUO – Gail Robertson, Euphonium and Stacy Baker, Tuba. They will perform “The Harmonious Blacksmiths” [Handel] and “Duet” from the Pearl Fishers [Bizet] in arrangements specially composed for the event by Gail Robertson. Deb Eastwood, Cornet, will also be joining this musical extravaganza.
This concert is the third of the “Of Myths and Magic” 2011-2012 performance season. Peter LaRue serves as the Music Director and Conductor of the Central Kentucky Concert Band.
LexArts has provided generous funding support for the One Ring To Rule Them All concert through its Fund for the Arts.
There is no admission charge, donations are most-graciously accepted. We hope to see you at the extraordinary Opera House for this afternoon of delightful music.
Please Save The Date
Our Central Kentucky Concert Band will continue its 2011-2012 performance season [Of Myths and Magic] with their “One Ring To Rule Them All” concert which shall take place at the extraordinary Lexington Opera House at 3:00 PM on Sunday, May 6. The ORTRTA” concert will include works by Bernotas, Giroux, de Meij, Wagner & Sousa. Our very special guest artists will be the SYMBIOSISDUO [Gail Robertson, Euphonium and Stacy Baker, Tuba]. Trust me, this is a concert you will not want to miss. We hope to see you there. Thanks & Thanks for your continuing support of the Central Kentucky Concert Band.
Reminder – No Rehearsal This Week
Please remember we shan’t have rehearsal this week [April 5]. Rehearsals will resume on Thursday, April 12 as we enter the final phase of preparations for our coming ORTRTA concert. Happy Easter, Happy Passover, Happy Spring Break. Be Well.
One Ring To Rule Them All …
Our CKCB music-making family is off to a good start on their preparations for the coming ”ORTRTA” [One Ring To Rule Them All] concert which will be presented at the Lexington Opera House on May 6, 2012 at 3:00 PM. The play list will include works by Bernotas, Giroux, de Meij, Wagner & Sousa. Our very special guest artists will be the SYMBIOSISDUO [Gail Robertson, Euphonium and Stacy Baker, Tuba]. Trust me, this is a concert you will not want to miss. Thanks & Thanks for your continuing support of the Central Kentucky Concert Band.
Humpty-Dumpty Sat on a Wall
Humpty-Dumpty Sat on a Wall
featuring the Central Kentucky Concert Band
Sunday, February 26, 2012
3:00 PM
Haggin Auditorium, Mitchell Fine Arts Building, Transylvania University
The Humpty-Dumpty Sat on a Wall Concert will feature “Magic Overture” [Doss], “Overture to the Magic Flute” [Mozart], “Entrance of the Queen” [Aparicio-Barberin], “March of the Trolls” [Grieg], “Alake” [Wyntin], and “Young Wizards” [Fraser].
Special highlights of the concert will include a musical tribute to the life of Mr. Jack Shepard, Tubist Emeritus and cherished member of the CKCB; the much-beloved “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” [Dukas] under the baton of well-known area educator and musician, Mr. Les Anderson, Assistant Conductor of the CKCB and a rousing rendition of the “Humpty-Dumpty Rag” [Straight] to close the program.
This concert is the second of the “Of Myths and Magic” 2011-2012 performance season. Peter LaRue serves as the Music Director and Conductor of the Central Kentucky Concert Band.
There is no admission charge for the concert, donations are most-graciously accepted. We hope to see you there.
Please Hold The Date
Sunday, February 26 – 3:00 PM at Transylvania University … the Central Kentucky Concert Band continues its 2011-2012 performance season with our “Humpty-Dumpty Sat on a Wall” concert. The program will feature works by Barberin, Doss, Dukas, Fraser, Grieg, Mozart, Straight and Wyntin. We hope to see you there. Thank-You for your ongoing support of the CKCB.
The Passing of Mr Shepard
Our CKCB music-making family mourns the passing and celebrates the life of our Cherished Friend, Tubist Emeritus, Mr. Jack Shepard. A life well-lived.
Humpty-Dumpty Rehearsals Begin
On Thursday, January 5, at 7:30 PM our CKCB music-making family will continue its 2011-2012 performance season “Of Myths and Magic” as we begin rehearsals for the “Humpty-Dumpty Sat on a Wall” concert. Works by Wyntin, Barberin, Doss, Fraser, Straight, Mozart and Grieg will be featured. We look forward to continuing our quest for excellence in adult music-making. See you there.
