Student musical groups play in CCA
The University of Maine Symphonic and Concert bands performed a show on Tuesday night at the Collins Center for the Arts.
Conducting the Symphonic Band was Christopher White along with assistant conductor Craig Ouellette. Dana Ross conducted the Concert Band.
The Concert Band opened their set with “Flight of the Pegasus,” a piece based on mythical Greek characters, written by David Shaffer. The next song was “Persistence,” an energetic piece written by Richard Saucedo, featuring inventive rhythmic patterns of percussion.
The next piece was a play on “Yankee Doodle,” written by Mark Williams. The song presented a new variation of the classic melody.
The band switched moods by performing “Sure on this Shining Night,” a dark, melancholic composition by Samuel Barber, and “Colonel Bogey March” by Kenneth Alford, a military march from the early 20th century.
The final piece of the first half of the performance was “Haven Dance,” written by David Holsinger for his 8-year-old daughter, Haven, who dreamt of becoming a ballerina.