Thursday, April 26, 2012

Free Band and Chorus Concerts At MCC Sunday

McHenry County College (MCC) will host a two concerts on Sunday in the Luecht Conference Center at MCC.

At 3 p.m., the MCC Concert Band, under the direction of Paige Lush, Ph.D., will include such selections as  “Mars” from The Planets by Gustav Holst; “Prelude,” “Siciliano” and “Rondo” by Malcolm Arnold; “El Choclo” by A.G. Villoldo, and “English Folk Song Suite” by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

In addition, the MCC Chorus, under the direction of Steven Szalaj and piano accompaniment by Emily Jane Morlan, will perform an array of songs, with a vocal ensemble performing “The Last Rose of Summer,” an Irish Folk Song, arranged by Darmon Meader; “I Have Dreamed” from The King And I by Richard Rodgers, arranged by Kirby Shaw with soloists Kathryn Madigan, and Jake Seelye.

Songs performed by the full chorus include: “Veni Sancte Spiritus,” K. 47 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with soloists Alexis Artner, Danielle Kattner, Jesse Thielsen and Anthony Colangelo; “Up To the Mountain” (MLK Song) by Patty Griffin, arranged by Mac Huff with soloists Renn Hollander, Marianne Ling and Lindsay Tullar; and “People” from Funny Girl by Jule Styne, arranged by David Lantz III. The finale, “I’m Seventeen Come Sunday,” an English Folk Song, arranged by Percy Grainger, will be accompanied by members of the MCC Concert Band.

The concerts are free and open to the public. The college is located at 8900 U.S. Hwy. 14 in Crystal Lake. For more information, contact Michael Hillstrom at (815) 479-7814.

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