All New England Band Festival

November 8th, 2000 by Adam

Betsy Cheney

November 6, 2000

The annual All New England Band Festival, featuring 173 high school musicians, will culminate in a performance at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20 at the Silver Cultural Arts Center on the Plymouth State College campus.

The concert will conclude a day-long event involving honor band members representing 65 high schools from all six New England states. The students were chosen from more than 430 who applied for the festival. Selection was based on students’ individual musical achievements while attending the schools they are representing.

Guest conductors for the 2000 festival are James Swearingen and Stephen Bulla. Both are nationally-known composers of band music and have numerous published and recorded works to their credit.

The festival bands will share the concert with the Plymouth State College Symphonic Band, conducted by Professor Gary Corcoran. The College band will perform works by John Cheetham, William Schuman, Percy Grainger and Roger Cichy, as well as works by guest conductors Swearingen and Bulla.

Tickets for the performance are $6 general admission and will be available at the door. Call the PSC box office, (603) 535-ARTS or 1-800-779-3869 for information. If special accommodations are needed, please call in advance.
-end-

Posted in | Leave a Comment

In the News

Example Image

Quincy Bog Natural Area presents ‘Saving the Mountains’

RUMNEY — The Quincy Bog Natural Area welcomes all area residents and visitors to “Saving the Mountains: New Hampshire and the creation of the National Forests” presented Wednesday, June 26 at 7 p.m. at the Quincy Bog Nature Center, 131 Quincy Bog Road, in Rumney. The program is free and open to public. This program, [...]

Example Image

Batchelders donate Drerup art to Plymouth State University

PLYMOUTH — A rare, original Karl Drerup charcoal sketch has been donated to Plymouth State University by retired state Supreme Court Justice and Plymouth native Bill Batchelder and his wife, Betty. Karl Drerup, a leading mid-century craftsperson best known for his colorful enamels, once taught Betty when he was Plymouth State’s art department chair, and [...]

Example Image

Silver Center Hosts Professional Children’s Theatre Papermill Theatre Actors at PSU Each Thursday Throughout Summer

Published Date Monday, 17 June 2013 07:46 PLYMOUTH — The Silver Center for the Arts at Plymouth State University hosts professional actors from the Papermill Theatre in Lincoln throughout the summer, presenting their repertoire of children’s stories adapted for the stage. Performances are 2 p.m. each Thursday. All seats (including babes in arms) are $6 [...]