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Remember When… May 12, 2018 7:00PM at Normal West High School 501 North Parkside Road, Normal, IL The Brass Band of Central Illinois will present its annual spring concert entitled “Remember When…” at 7:00 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2018. The concert will be held in the auditorium of Normal West High School, 501 NorthContinue reading “May 2018: BBCI Presents “Remember When…””

Spring Concert 2017 Saturday, May 6, 2017, 7:00 p.m. Normal Community West High School Auditorium601 N. Parkside Road Normal, IL 61761 ​ FREE ADMISSION Guest Soloist: Helen Tyler Harrelson Baritone Soloist and Principal Baritone with the Fountain City Brass Band, Kansas City, MO, first female to play with the Black Dyke Mills Band, UK ,Continue reading “Spring Concert 2017”

Programs Featuring the Brass Band of Central Illinois and the Chicago Brass Band Sunday, May 31, 2015 2:00 p.m. Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts Bloomington, IL Brass Band of Central IllinoisMusic Director, Dr. Sharon Huff Festival Overture, op. 96 by Dimitri Shostakovich , arr. Michael Antrobus Czardas by Vittorio Monti arr. Bryan Doughty TimContinue reading “Concerts from 2015”

Programs Saturday, May 3, 2014 Central Catholic High School 7:30 P.M. Overture to Colas Breugnon by Dmitri Kabalevsky Mars from The Planets by Gustav Holst, arr. Stephen Roberts Blue Bells of Scotland by Arthur Pryor, arr. Derek Broadbent Tim Pitchford, Trombone soloist Nocturne by Alexander Borodin, arr. Gordon Langford Them Basses by G. H. Huffine,Continue reading “Concerts from 2014”

Programs Saturday, May 4, 2013 Central Catholic High School 7:30 P.M. All Glorious by Dorothy Gates Toccata in d minor by J. S. Bach arr. Ray Farr Canto Religioso by James Curnow Elisa Saunders, Cornet “Largo” from The New World Symphony by Antonín Dvořák arr. Gordon Langford featuring dancers Lesley Sutton and Alicia Warren HarveyContinue reading “Concerts from 2013”

Programs Saturday, May 5, 2012 Central Catholic High School 7:30 P.M. Procession of the Nobles by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. James Curnow Concert Etude by A. Goedicke, arr. William Broughton Elisa Saunders, cornet Slavonic Dance Op. 46 no. 3 by A. Dvorak, arr. Philip Sparke Adagio in g minor by T. Albinoni, arr. Kevin Bolton MylesContinue reading “Concerts from 2012”

Programs Film Music Concert, May 7, 2011 7:30 P.M. Central Catholic High School Liberty Fanfare by John Williams (b. 1932) Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) by Harold Arlen (1905-1986) arr. Goff Richards (featuring Michele Reckers, alto horn) Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Gabriel’s Oboe (from The Mission) by Ennio MorriconeContinue reading “Concerts from 2011”

Programs May 1, 2010 7:30 p.m. Spring ConcertCentral Catholic High School Auditorium, BloomingtonAmy Gilreath, trumpet and cornet soloist La Danza by G. Rossini, arr. Gordon Langford Trumpet Concerto No. 2 by Vassily Brandt, arr . John Glenesk Mortimer Hymn for Diana by Joseph Turrin Simoraine by Clive Barraclough Russlan and Ludmilla by M. Glinka, arr.Continue reading “Concerts from 2010”

Programs May 2, 2009 7:30 pm, spring concertCalvary United Methodist Church, NormalFeatured tuba soloist, Andy Rummel from Illinois State University The Thunderer by J. P. Sousa Capriccio by Rodney Newton Mountain Song by Philip Sparke Knoxville 1800 by James Curnow Vanished Army by Kenneth J. Alford Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar, arr. Eric BallAndanteAllegro diContinue reading “Concerts from 2009”

Programs May 3, 2008 7:30 pm, spring concertCalvary United Methodist Church, Normal Featured trombone soloist, Stephen Parsons from Illinois State University Amparito Roca by Jaime Texidor Brass Metamorphosis by James Curnow Salvation is Created by Pavel Tschesnokoff, arr. James Hile Rhapsody for Trombone by Gordon Langford soloist Stephen Parsons Entry of the Gladiators by JuliusContinue reading “Concerts from 2008”