BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Union High School Music Department will present a fall concert on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., in the school auditorium. Admission is free and all are invited.
The 85-voice chorus opens the concert with Antonio Vivaldi's Baroque masterwork, “Gloria,” accompanied by pianist Susan Dedell. The piece features several student soloists.
BUHS Jazz Workshop takes the stage next, under the direction of Jamie MacDonald. Students will perform three selections arranged in a jazz combo style featuring each band member as an improvising soloist.
The Jazz Band will then present three selections: Frank Foster's “Shiny Stockings,” Horace Silver's “Sister Sadie,” and Don Menza's “Beulah Witch.” Soloists will include Jacob Gartenstein on drums, Ben Janis on alto saxophone, Gwendolyn Harris on piano, Kyra Johnston and Jonathon Burdo on trumpet, and Ian Epstein on trombone.
The band concludes the concert with a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy with the performance of Ronald Lo Presti's “Elegy for a Young American.” BUHS social studies teacher Bill Holiday, a leading scholar on the Kennedy assassination, will contribute slides and insights to the presentation.
The band's program also includes Frank Erickson's “Toccata for Band” and Joseph Compello's “Gypsy Dance.”
The chorus is directed by Patty Meyer. The band and jazz band are led by Steve Rice.