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SHERMAN, TEXAS — The Austin College Concert Band will perform a tribute to the United States in its fall performance on Wednesday, November 18, at 7:30 p.m. in Wynne Chapel. The performance is free and open to the public.
The show, “Forging a Nation,” will be directed by Bob Archer, adjunct instructor in music. Archer said the theme for the concert is “music devoted to the founding, defense, and sacrifice that is America” and will include songs and texts recognizing the nation’s presidents, military, and historic military conflicts.
Current members of the Concert Band are Austin College students (music majors and non-music majors), Austin College faculty, area high school band directors, and community members.
The music will include “Chester,” an overture for band, by William Shuman; “Fort McHenry Suite,” by Julie Giroux; “Lincoln Portrait,” by Aaron Copland; the World War medley “Over There,” arranged by M.L. Lake; “Duty, Honor, Country,” with text by Douglas MacArthur; “The Strategic Air Command Concert March,” by Clifton Williams; “Where Valor Proudly Sleeps,” by Robert Longfield; “Ceremony of Allegiance,” by Don Gillis; and the “Star-Spangled Banner,” arranged by Jack Stamp.
Guest narrators will be Gloria Davidson, Dick Malnory, and Paul Onspaugh.
Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book Colleges that Change Lives.
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