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Merion Concert Band Winter Concert

Presented by Merion Concert Band at Harriton High School

February 12, 2012

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The Merion Concert Band continues its 32nd season with a free Lifetime of Music concert. The concert features clarinet soloist Anthony Wastler playing von Weber’s Concertino for Clarinet. Also on the program are the first two movements of Gounod’s Petite Symphonie, a chamber piece featuring 10 musicians; the Shostakovich Prelude Op. 34 No. 14 and Folk Dances; and Divertimento for Band by Persichetti. This first annual Lifetime of Music concert will conclude with select local high school students joining the band for the last two pieces, Jacob’s William Byrd Suite and Fillmore’s His Honor March.

The Lifetime of Music concert was developed to recognize the achievements of local high school musicians and to help bridge the gap between the school band and the community band. Many students are unaware that there are performance opportunities for the non-professional musician beyond high school and college, and this event will help inform and educate high school band students about musical life beyond the school years.