For immediate release October 23, 2006

Contact: Jacquie Lucy 443-840-4668

Baltimore Symphonic Band concert celebrates the artists
4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Perry Hall

Baltimore County, Md. – The Baltimore Symphonic Band will Celebrate the Artists during its fall 2006 concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 8420 Belair Road in Perry Hall.

The Baltimore Symphonic Band, in residence at the Community College of Baltimore County, Essex, combines the skills and talents of an all-age, all-volunteer ensemble presenting band music ranging from marches to symphonic works. Christopher Wolfe, professor of Music at CCBC and the founder and musical director of the Baltimore Symphonic Band, is the assistant principal clarinetist for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

“This fall concert includes tributes marking Mozart’s 250th anniversary and Shostakovich’s 100th anniversary,” notes Wolfe. “We also will perform music saluting the visual arts and artists such as Norman Rockwell.”

Dmitri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, Norman Dello Joio’s Emmy-winning (1964) Scenes from the Louvre, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Modeste Moussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Hayato Hirose’s Norman Rockwell Suite will be performed.

Composer Hirose’s Norman Rockwell Suite focuses on three of the artist’s most famous works – “The Marriage License,” which pictures a young couple signing their marriage license at city hall which the receptionist sits there, totally uninterested; “Shuffleton’s Barbershop” illustrates elderly amateur musicians gathered in the back of a local barbershop to enjoy playing their instruments, and “Christmas Homecoming,” a poignant look at Rockwell’s first son, Jarvis, returning for his first homecoming and being welcomed by the entire family.

This concert is free and open to the public. Donations are appreciated. For more information, call 443-840-1536.