City of Fairfax Band to Perform 'Music at the Box Office'

FAIRFAX CITY, VA -- Hollywood is coming to Fairfax City this weekend, when the City of Fairfax Band, conducted by Robert Pouliot, performs some of the Silver Screen's classic compositions.

The program, set for Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Fairfax High School, features music of famous 20th-century Hollywood composers, including Erich Korngold, Jerry Goldsmith, and Aaron Copland.

Clarinetist Dennis Strawley, concertmaster of one of the nation's premier military bands, will perform John Williams' Viktor's Tale, from the Spielberg film The Terminal.

The program includes the following selections:

• Selections from The Great Race, Henry Mancini, arr. Bulla.
• The Wind and the Lion, Jerry Goldsmith
• Viktor's Tale from "The Terminal," John Williams, trans. Lavendar
  Dennis Strawley, Clarinet soloist
• Symphonic Suite from Star Trek, Michael Giacchino, Alexander Courage, Gene Roddenberry, ed. Bocook
• James Horner: Hollywood Blockbusters, arr. John Moss
  Apollo 13
  Somewhere Out There
  Bannockburn
  My Heart Will Go On
  Southampton
• Harry's Wondrous World from "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," by John Williams, trans. Lavender
• Star Wars, John Williams, trans. Bulla
• Sea Hawk, Erich Korngold, arr. Brubaker
• The Red Pony, Aaron Copeland

Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for senior tickets. The concert takes place Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Fairfax High School, 3501 Rebel Run, Fairfax. Find ticket information here.

Art courtesy of City of Fairfax Band