Dust off those winter doldrums with the Salmon Arm Community Band as members celebrate 18 years of making music together.
The inter-generational group of musicians is putting the finishing touches to a delightful lineup of mixed repertoire for the annual Spring Band concert to be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10 at the First United Church.
This concert lineup features refreshing contemporary selections ranging from a medley of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Phantom of the Opera, to the breathtaking Parade of the Tall Ships donated by trumpet player, Rosalyn MacGregor.
Heartfelt romantic period works such as Edward Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite and Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld to timeless hits as Big Band Boogie and Indiana Jones will round out the program.
Sharing the podium is Cees Kooyman, who has conducted since the band’s inception in 1996 and brings a wealth of conducting experience prior to immigrating to Canada from Holland, and Jim Johnston, who is well-known in the Shuswap for his stellar ‘jazz hat’ and previous involvement in music education since 1980 throughout the Shuswap School District.
Admission is by donation and the doors open at 7 p.m.
Stay afterwards and enjoy the refreshments and a chance to meet and mingle with the musicians.