A United Nations Day Concert by the Tri-County Symphonic Band

Join us as we kick off our 49th Concert Season with a celebration of the 65th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Offering music from many different lands, we represent France with Darius Milhaud's "Suite Francaise". This is a five movement piece where the movements are named after French Provinces, the very ones in which the American and Allied armies fought together with the French underground of the liberation of France: Normandy, Brittany, Ile-de-France (of which Paris is the center), Alsace-Lorraine, and Provence (Milhaud's birthplace). "Valdres" (a Norwegian march), "March of the Belgian Paratroopers" and "Leonore" (a Portuguese march) provide a showcase for the variety of marches around the world. Maurice Gardner's "Great Wall of China" and William McCauley's "Canadian Folk Song Fantasy" represent the Asian and North American corners of the globe. Our special guest trumpet soloist is MUC Robert Couto. MUC Couto is a native of New Bedford, MA, a former Tri-County Music Association Scholarship recipient and a current member of the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C. He will be performing Alexander Arutiunian's "Concerto for Trumpet".

Location: Tabor Academy
Fireman Performing Arts Center
Marion, MA 02738