Millburn High School To Present Free Winter Band Concert

Millburn, NJ - The Music Department of Millburn High School will present its annual Winter Band Concert on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

The concert is free and open to the public.

Ensembles are under the direction of Mindy Scheierman, Director of Bands and Matthew Spatz, Associate Director of Bands.

The Concert Band, an ensemble of ninth grade musicians, will perform works by composers including Brian Balmages and Nathan Daughtrey. The Wind Ensemble, an advanced ensemble of accelerated level band students in grades 9-12, will perform Gustav Holst’s “Second Suite in F.” There will be two Symphonic Bands comprised of student musicians in grades 10, 11, and 12. Symphonic Band Blue will open the concert with works by Charles Carter and Karl L. King. Symphonic Band White will perform music by Richard Saucedo and Robert Sheldon, and close the concert with the exciting commemorative work “In Flight” by Samuel R. Hazo.

In addition, the concert will be professionally recorded and CDs can be ordered in the lobby at the concert. The MHS Music Boosters will be selling refreshments, accepting donations, and continuing their membership drive throughout the evening.

For additional information call John Leahey, Director of Music, at 973-376-3600, ext. 375.

For a complete calendar of district music department performances, go to www.millburn.org.

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