The Classic City Band's 2025 Fall Concert, "How the West Was Won", examines the idea of the American West in the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. This free concert includes marches, operatic selections, movie music, and other classical works influenced and inspired by visions of the American Frontier. Come on out and join us on Sunday, October 12, at 3PM at UGA's Hodgson Hall at the Performing Arts Center.
Program:
Grand Canyon Fanfare . . . . . James Newton Howard (b. 1951), arr. Paul Murtha
This Land Is Your Land . . . . . Woody Guthrie (1912 - 1967), arr. Gene Milford
An Outdoor Overture . . . . . Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
Ash . . . . . Jennifer Jolley (b. 1981)
Davis Clark, conductor
Rough-Riders . . . . . Karl L. King (1891 - 1971), arr. James Swearingen
The Promise of Living, from "The Tender Land" . . . . . Aaron Copland, transcribed by Kenneth Singelton
Forgotten Tales of the West . . . . . Adrian B. Sims (b. 2000)
Concert Suite from "Dances With Wolves" . . . . . John Barry (1933 - 2011), arr. Jay Bocook
Marco Cestaro, conductor
How The West Was Won . . . . . Alfred Newman (1900 - 1970), arr. Vít Chudý
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