A fixture on the Coast for many years, the Suncoast Concert Band, under its new conductor Tak Maeda, celebrates Mother’s Day at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14 at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall.
Maeda’s vision for the band is for players and audience alike to have fun with the music and the 30-member group of local amateurs has responded through his first season with highly praised concerts.
On the program is music that energizes people – full of the excitement of spring. Two high-energy fiddle tunes set for band, Carl Strommen’s Cross Creek and Percy Grainger’s Spoon River, are guaranteed to get the feet tapping. Classic film music from The Magnificent Seven is a surefire hit with all audiences, and the traditional English tune The Oak and the Ash is also a familiar favourite. Richard Saucedo’s imaginative Awakening Hills paints a picture of nature emerging from winter. In a somewhat different mood, Debussy’s Golliwog’s Cakewalk depicts a strut across the stage.
To hear all these and more, get your tickets at Laedeli in Gibsons and Strait Music in Sechelt – $20 adults, $5 for children 12 and under.
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