DuPage Community Concert Band Fall Performance Oct 14 at the MAC

The DuPage Community Concert Band presents an exciting autumn performance directed and conducted by Mark A. Taylor at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, in Belushi Performance Hall at the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., in Glen Ellyn.

The fall concert will include special guests Chicago Brass Band, with a preview of their program for the upcoming U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, which includes “Strom” by Thibault Bruniaux, and music from “The Incredibles” and “The Year of the Dragon” by Philip Sparke. Also included in the program are Curnow’s “Fanfare and Flourishes,” Morlacchi’s “The Swiss Shepherd” featuring flautist Edison Wells, Filmore’s classic march “Americans We” and Alfred Reed’s “Armenian Dances.” The concert will close with a joint performance of Malcolm Arnold’s “Prelude,” “Siciliano” and “Rondo.”

Tickets are $7. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit atthemac.org.

Rehearsals for the DuPage Community Concert Band are 7 to 9:30 p.m., Monday nights in Room 138 at the McAninch Arts Center. Membership is open to high school graduates with woodwind, brass or percussion experience or to anyone who is otherwise qualified musically to register. Auditions are needed for chair placement, but no one refused membership. Call (630) 942-2048 for registration information.