Motor City Festival of Bands at Dearborn’s Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
Motor City Brass Band (MCBB), a metro Detroit British-style brass band, is pleased to announce its Motor City Festival of Bands II, which is back by popular request after the success of last year’s Festival of Bands.
The concert is Sunday, March 13 at 3 p.m. at the Michael Guido Theater in Dearborn’s Ford Community & Performing Arts Center.
MCBB will be joined by four Michigan bands, with each band playing a 20-minute segment. The concert will begin with a massed fanfare of cornet and trumpet players from all five bands. The end of the concert will feature two massed-band pieces in which all 288 band members participate. The participating bands are:
• Farmington Community Band under the baton of Damien Crutcher, Resident Conductor and Music Director
• Motor City Brass Band under the direction of Craig Strain, Music Director and Conductor
• Oakland University Brass Band, under the baton of Dr. Kenneth Kroesche, Director
• Plymouth Community Band under the direction of Carl Battishill, Director
• Washtenaw Community Concert Band guided by Dr. Jerry Robbins, Director
MCBB will perform three pieces starting with Paul Dukas’ “Fanfare” from La Péri, from the composer’s final work. The London Overture by Philip Sparke will follow. Sparke is a British composer noted for his band music. “Gee, Officer Krupke” from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein will bring a taste of Broadway to the performance.
All five bands will combine under the baton of Charles Greenwell to perform Amparito Roca by Jaime Texidor. This piece will feature the mallet percussionists from all bands in an arrangement by Craig Strain, Motor City Brass Band Musical Director and Conductor. The concert will conclude with The Pines of the Appian Way from The Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi.
Guest conductor Charles Greenwell has conducted many ensembles in his career including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, the Tulsa Philharmonic, the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, among others. Currently he is Conducting Assistant with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and holds the title of conductor and Music Director of both the Southern Great Lakes Symphony Orchestra and the Birmingham-Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra.
Ticket Information
Tickets purchased from the FCPAC Box Office are $15 for adults and $12 for students & seniors. The FCPAC Box Office can be reached at 313-943-2354.
Concert Information
Motor City Festival of Bands II
Motor City Brass Band
Sunday, March 13, 3:00 PM
Ford Community & Performing Arts Center
15801 Michigan Avenue
Dearborn, MI 48126