The Roanoke College Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Joseph Blaha will perform with the Blacksburg Community Band under the direction of Mr. Ed Schwartz for the Seventh Annual Massed Band Concert Thursday, October 11 in the Olin Hall Theater on the campus of Roanoke College at 7:30 p.m.
A salute to water and the music that evokes images of adventure on it will be the theme for this concert. Three of the compositions are suites of tunes from famous movies and television programs.
Swashbucklers is based on music from the 1930s action films starring Errol Flynn and Tyrone Power that laid the groundwork for movies such as “Star Wars” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Also featured on the program is the symphonic suite from Pirates of the Caribbean by Klaus Badlet and expertly arranged for band by John Wasson.
The music for the television series, Victory at Sea, celebrates the heroism of our Navy, Marines and Coast Guard during World War Two. It was composed by Richard Rogers and arranged for band by his Broadway colleague, Robert Russell Bennett.
The work of two Blacksburg composers will also be presented as the combined bands perform Steven E. Brown’s arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s March for the Volunteer Navy and John Raymond Howell’s Variations on a Hymn Tune: April 1912—a remembrance of the sinking of the Titanic on its one hundredth anniversary. Flautists Rachel Glick, Kathleen Murphy and Leslie Schallock will perform as vocalists on My Heart Will Go On from the movie, “Titanic.”
The concert is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
