May 18, 2005
Contact: Druci Reese
Cal Poly Music Department
(805) 756- 2607
U.S. Coast Guard Band To Perform at Cal Poly May 26
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- The U. S. Coast Guard Band will perform military marches, excerpts from movie soundtracks, orchestral overtures, original works for the modern wind orchestra, and patriotic selections at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 26, in Harman Hall in the Christopher Cohen Center.
Under the baton of Lieutenant Kenneth W. Megan, the band will perform “The Liberty Bell” by John Philip Sousa, “Americans We” by Henry Fillmore, “Escapades” from the movie soundtrack of “Catch Me If You Can” by John Williams, and “Carnival Overture” by Antonin Dvorak.
The band will also play two original works for wind orchestra:
Roger Nixon’s “Music of Appreciation” and Mark
Camphouse’s “The Shinning City,” a work for band
and narrator. “The Shining City” is based on speeches
made by Ronald Reagan when he was U.S. President. Richard E. Wyman
will conduct the band while principal conductor Lt. Megan will provide
the narration.
The program will also include such patriotic tunes as “America
the Beautiful” and “The Mellow Sounds of the Radio Era.”
Admission is free, however, concert-goers must have a ticket to
enter. Vouchers for up to four tickets will be printed in upcoming
issues of The Tribune. For dates when the vouchers will appear,
go to the Events Calendar at the Cal Poly Music Department's Web
page at www.music.calpoly.edu. Vouchers can be exchanged for tickets
at the Performing Arts Ticket Office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays
and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Tickets are limited; there are
no reserved seats.
The concert is sponsored by Cal Poly’s College of Liberal Arts, Music Department, Associated Students Inc., Kappa Kappa Psi, and The Tribune. For more information, call the Music Department at 756-2607.
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