Brass ensemble to be part of Sunday’s band concert in the park

The Brazil Concert Band Show for July 21st will include a newly formed group, The Terre Haute Brass Ensemble.

The brass group is made up of musicians from throughout the Wabash Valley.

They will perform at 7:20 p.m. prior to the Brazil Concert Band’s weekly performance at Forest Park rain or shine.

David Baysinger played the bagpipes with the Brazil Concert Band at a recent Sunday night concert. Director Matthew Huber said he thought that was the first time a piper played with the band.

Frank Phillips photo

The BCB, directed by Matthew S. Huber, will present “A Midsummer’s Offering” and include Broadway, band classics, pop favorites and marches.

As the BCB continues to honor the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, “Blue Moon” by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in an arrangement by Dave Bennett will be heard.

Also by Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein is “The Golden Age Of Broadway” arranged by John Moss with “Bali Ha’i”, “Oklahoma!”, “Getting To Know You”, “Carousel” and “Climb Ev’ry Mountain.”

Another special Broadway salute is the overture from “The King And I” from 1951 in a band score by Robert Russell Bennett.

The pop classic “Angel Eyes” by Matt Davis and arranged by Carroll DeCamp is on tap along with “St. Louis Blues March” by W.C. Handy.

Marches will include “The Northern Pines” by John Philip Sousa, “The Florentiner” by Julius Fucik and Henry Fillmore’s “The Klaxon” highlighting the BCB’s saxophones and French horns.

Spotlighted from the movie “10” starring Bo Derek is the classic “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel, arranged by Jay Bocook.

From England comes “First Suite in E Flat for Military Band written in 1909 by Gustav Holst with its famous Chaconne, Intermezzo and March.

The concession stand this week will be under the direction of the Clay County Soccer Club with Italian beef.

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