ABAC BANDS TO PERFORM IN SPRING CONCERT
APRIL 10
The Abraham Baldwin College Concert
Band, under the direction of Eugene Wyles, and the Abraham Baldwin College Jazz
Ensemble, under the direction of Donald Coates, will present their annual
spring concert on April 10 at
The ABAC Concert Band’s selections
will include Claude T. Smith’s “Intrada” (Adoration and Praise), which is based
on the hymn, “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty;” Henry Fillmore’s
arrangement of the overture from the opera “Light Calvary” by F. Von Suppe; and
a march by John Philip Sousa, composed in 1899 and edited by Frederick Fennell,
entitled “Hands Across the Sea.” The concert band’s final selection of the
evening will be Clifton Williams’ “Dedicatory Overture,” featuring the alma
mater hymn of
The ABAC Jazz Ensemble will perform a
variety of selections featuring blues, swing, samba, bossa nova, ballads, and
jazz fusion. Several students in the jazz ensemble will be featured as
soloists. Amanda Richards, a sophomore music major from Tifton, will perform a
medium swing tune, “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise.” Jeremy Dye, a sophomore
computer information technology major from Tifton, will perform a ballad
entitled, “A Day in the Life of a Fool.” Several other soloists will also
be featured during the concert.
The spring concert will be the last
formal concert for the 2002-03 academic year for both the concert band and the
jazz ensemble. For additional information, contact Coates at (229) 386-3094.
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