Merion Concert Band To Present Fall Concert

FREE CONCERT

Sunday, November 9, 2014 3:00 PM

Church of the Redeemer

230 Pennswood Road

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

The Merion Concert Band presents its Fall Concert on Sunday, November 9 at 3:00 PM at Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr. The concert features world-renowned tuba soloist and River City Brass conductor James Gourlay as he dances through Martin Ellerby’s Tuba Concerto and then takes you to Hungary for the traditional folk dance Czardas. The band will be playing Mr. Gourlay’s own arrangement of this piece. Other selections on the program are Richard Strauss’ Konigsmarch, Sevens by Samuel Hazo, the Sinfonians by Clifton Williams, El Camino Real by Alfred Reed, the always popular Hampden Fireman Marchby G. Robert Rehrer, Long Gray Line by James Barnes and One Life Beautiful by Julie Giroux. The concert is free and open to the public. There is ample parking and the facility is wheelchair accessible.

For more information, call (215) 429-4142 or visit the band’s website at http://merionconcertband.org. You can also follow the band on Facebook and visit their You Tube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/MerionConcertBand