Masterpieces
The Band is busily preparing for its first concert of the New Year, the annual Spring Concert at
Lancaster Mennonite High School on Sunday, March 14 at 2:00 PM.
OUR FEATURED SOLOIST
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Mezzo-soprano Madelyn Wanner hails from New Holland, Pennsylvania. Ms. Wanner grew up playing the flute in the New Holland Band, and gained her first experiences as a vocal soloist with the group. She is a recent graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music of Johns Hopkins University. Operatic credits at Peabody include the role of Cherubino in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, The Child in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortiléges, Second Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, and Hansel in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Ms. Wanner recently made her debut with the Baltimore Concert Opera singing Siebel in Gounod’s Faust, and Hansel in Hansel and Gretel. Currently Ms. Wanner is pursuing graduate studies in the Maryland Opera Studio at the University of Maryland. |
PROGRAM
| The National Anthem |
Francis Scott Key
arr. John Stafford Smith
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| Die Fledermaus Overture |
Johann Strauss Jr.
arr. for Military Band
by Charles Godfrey Jr.
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| Allegro energico from “Symphony No. 3” |
Vittorio Giannini |
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| Faites-luis mes aveux (Flower Aria) |
Charles Gounod
arr. Jos van de Braak |
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Ich lade gern mire gast ein
(From time to time I entertain) |
Johann Strauss Jr.
arr. Roger Niese |
Madelyn Wanner, lyric mezzo-soprano |
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| The New York Hippodrome March |
John Philip Sousa |
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| Tip Toe Through the Tubas |
arr. Jerry Brubaker |
Col. Jere W. Fridy, Associate Conductor |
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| The Black Horse Troop |
John Philip Sousa |
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| The Sinfonians Symphonic March |
Clifton Williams |
Robert A. Shaubach, Assistant Conductor |
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| Selections from “Showboat” |
Jerome Kern |
Sherry Breton, soprano |
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| A Nation’s Prayer |
George Warren
arr. by Ployhar |
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| This is My Country |
Al Jacobs
arr. J. Brubaker |
| The Stars and Stripes Forever |
John Philip Sousa |
IN ADDITION, programming for the spring concert will include a few unprinted surprises that are to be played as “chasers” following major works.
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Join us on March 14 at 2:00 PM at Lancaster Mennonite High School (Rt. 30 east).
Tickets are $10 each and are available by calling 717.687.8683 or 717.355.6334, or by sending your check with the number of tickets you are requesting along with a self-addressed and stamped envelope to New Holland Band, PO Box 345, New Holland, PA 17557-0345
postmarked no later than March 1. Write "Tickets" on the envelope.
Tickets will also be available at the door prior to the concert hour.
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