ABAC BAND AND CHOIR CONCERT NOVEMBER
21
Abraham Baldwin College’s Concert
Band and Concert Choir will present their annual Fall Concert on Nov. 21 at
The Concert Band, directed by Eugene
Wyles, will perform L. Aime Maillart’s “The Dragoons of Villars,” an example of
early 19th century Romanticism. The piece was taken from an opera of
the same name and transcribed for band performances. The band will also perform
“Brighton Beach,” a concert march in British style composed by William P.
Latham; “Anthem for Winds and Percussion,” a contemporary piece written by
Claude T. Smith; “From Whom All Blessings Flow,” a hymn tune set in a symphonic
setting for bands by Ed Huckeby; and “America the Beautiful,” composed by
Samuel Augustus Ward and arranged by Carmen Dragon. While the band plays this
song, ABAC’s Director of Public Relations Mike
Chason will read I Am Your Flag.
The Concert Choir, directed by Wayne
Jones, will perform a “mixture of folk songs, art songs, and pieces related to Christmas.”
Selections include the following: a Slavic piece called “CRN-BEL,” “Still,
Still, Still,” “Of the Father’s Love Begotten,” a 13th century plainsong;
“O Magnum Mysterium,” a sacred Latin piece composed by Morten Lauridsen of the
Los Angeles Master Chorale; and a Russian piece called “Veniki.”
# # #