The band’s conductor, Dr. William Hall,
begins his ninth year as director of the band that has become
known for performing a wide variety of musical styles. The
Fall Concert will be no exception, as it includes works by
world-renowned composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart and Ralph Vaughan Williams, and respected American
composers such as Vincent Persichetti, Elliot Del Borgo, John
Zdechlik and Eric Whitacre.
The concert opens with French composer Léo Delibes’ “March
and Procession of Bacchus,” the exciting third act opening
from the ballet Sylvia, and moves to Eric Whitacre’s
beautiful ballad “October,” a piece commissioned
by a consortium of Nebraska high school and college bands,
including Dana. John Zdechlik’s “Chorale and Shaker
Dance” features a set of four variations on the well
known tune “Tis a Gift to be Simple.” The concert’s
first half concludes with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ medley
of English Sea Chanties “Sea Songs.”
The featured soloist on the program is Dana senior Christi
Burkey on french horn. Burkey will perform the Rondo from Mozart’s
Third Horn Concerto accompanied by the Concert Band. Burkey
has studied french horn with Ross Snyder of the Omaha Symphony
Orchestra.
The second half of the Concert Band’s program will include
the “March of the Belgian Parachutistes,” by Pierre
Leemans, Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Fantasia in G
Minor,” originally written for organ, and Vincent Persichetti’s “Serenade
for Band.”
The concert will conclude with the moving “Do Not Go
Gentle Into That Good Night,” by Elliot Del Borgo. The
piece is based upon the Dylan Thomas poem of the same name.
Both the poem and the music express the desire of the human
spirit to transcend physical death and to ascend to immortality.
Del Borgo’s composition includes quotes from several
Lutheran hymns such as, “Good Christian Men Rejoice” and “A
Mighty Fortress Is Our God.”
Dana College is a place where all students make things happen — in
their own lives and in the lives of others. Through a highly
supportive faculty and campus community, Dana students develop
interpersonal skills, leadership abilities, and other important
values and knowledge as they make choices about their future.
Dana’s outstanding academic programs in business, education
and social work, among others, ensure that students have the
knowledge, skills and experience necessary to pursue challenging
careers or placement in graduate school.
Dana College is a private, liberal arts institution in Blair,
Neb. To learn more, visit www.dana.edu.
Dana College: Develop talents, Take charge, Build a future — We’re
with you all the way.
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For more information contact: Sarah Cavanah
Communications Coordinator
Dana College
(402) 426-7216
scavanah@dana.edu
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