SFCB presents an evening of music performed by three local high school bands and the Santa Fe Concert Band. Tickets are free, but you need a ticket to attend the event. Reserve your tickets here:
https://lensic.org/events/a-festival-of-concert-bands
Join us for the evening to hear bands from these three local schools:
Santa Fe High School
Capital High School
Saint Michael’s High School
April 11, 2024 – 7:00pm
The Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe
Event Details:
Santa Fe High School will open the program. Under the baton of Cameron Wilson, the Demon Pride Concert Band will perform “Flourish for Wind Band” by Ralph Vaughan Williams and “At Morning’s First Light” by David Gillingham and other selections.
Ricardo A. Hernandez will lead the Capital HS Concert Band in a performance of “My Bonny Boy” from Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “English Folk Song Suite”and “Autobahn” by Ryan George. For many listeners, however, the highlight of his band’s presentation will be “Earthdawn,” an exciting new work by Randall D. Standridge that evokes a world music feel with its syncopated rhythms, expressive moments, and clapping and stomping from the wind players.
Under the direction of band leader Dorothy Kincaid, St Michael’s High School Band will close out the first portion of the evening with a variety of selections soon to be announced.
Greg W. Heltman, director of the Santa Fe Concert Band, will lead his players in a rousing performance that includes works by Holst, Grainger and Coates. The 60-member ensemble will then be joined for a grand finale that includes all three high school bands, seated side-by-side with their adult colleagues.
