FEATURE EVENT

 

Austin Symphonic Band

Official Band of the City of Austin

 

 

2013 Season Concerts

 

ASB & Friends

Friday, February 22, 2013 – 8:00 pm

Bethany Lutheran Church

3701 W Slaughter Lane

Austin, TX 78749

Admission: $10 – $6 Students & Seniors

 

The Austin Symphonic Band will perform its second indoor concert of the season, featuring solo pieces for brass. The guest artists will be Wiff Rudd, Trumpet, and Brent Phillips, Trombone, both from the faculty of the Baylor School of Music.

 

Rudd will perform “Dramatic Essay for Solo Trumpet and Band” (1958) by Clifton Williams. Phillips will play the virtuosic “Blue Bells of Scotland” by Arthur Prior. The artists will combine their talents in two pieces: Joseph Turrin’s “Fandango for Solo Trumpet, Trombone and Wind Symphony” and Herbert L. Clark’s celebrated “Cousins” (1904) for cornet and trombone.

 

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Middle Earth, Wind, and Fire

Saturday, April 27, 2013 — 8:00 pm

McCallum Fine Arts Center

5600 Sunshine Dr

Austin, TX 78756

Admission: $10 – $6 Students & Seniors

 

2013 marks the 25th anniversary of Johan de Meij’s monumental Symphony No. 1, The Lord of the Rings – one of the most popular wind band works ever written, and one that predated the movie score by decades. In honor of the occasion, ASB will perform the complete symphony. The narrator will be Luis Muñoz, Drama Director of the University Interscholastic League.

 

Other works celebrating the Earth, Wind, and Fire theme will include Frank Ticheli’s bacchanalian “Vesuvius” and Russell Peck’s humorous “Cave of the Winds.”

 

Background on Johan de Meij: http://johandemeij.com/post.php?id=280

 

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Spring-Summer Concert Series

 

Mother’s Day at the Capitol

Sunday, May 12, 2013 – 7:00 pm

South Steps of the State Capitol

Austin TX 78701

Admission: Free

 

ASB returns for its second annual Mother’s Day concert on the South Steps of the State Capitol. This picturesque and historic setting may become a concert tradition.

 

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Father’s Day Concert in the Park

Sunday, June 16, 2013 – 7:30 pm

Zilker Hillside Theater

Austin, Texas

Admission: Free

 

Bring a picnic supper and spread out a blanket under the pecan trees at the beautiful Zilker Hillside Theater. Marches, Broadway show tunes and band classics are sure to please Father.

 

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July 4th Frontier Days Celebration

Thursday, July 4, 2013 – 8:00 pm

Old Settler’s Park

Round Rock, Texas

 

Enjoy free watermelon, children’s games, arts and crafts vendors, and  skydivers, all leading up to the fireworks display accompanied by great patriotic music.

 

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Bastrop Patriotic Festival

Saturday, July 6, 2013 – 8:00 pm

Fisherman’s Park

Bastrop, Texas

 

The band makes its annual appearance along the banks of the Colorado River. This traditional concert could have been given 100 years ago. Marches and fireworks close out the patriotic festival.

 

 

Contact us:

Austin Symphonic Band

P.O. Box 6472

Austin TX  78762-6472

http://www.austinsymphonicband.org

 

Austin Symphonic Band … Community in Concert!

 

 

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