Northwinds Band Performs Here April 1
Featuring the repertoire that it will perform on a tour of Germany and Austria this summer, the Northwinds Concert Band will present a benefit concert on Friday, April 1, at 7:30 pm in the St. Charles High School auditorium.
The 60-piece band, directed by Larry Marsh, will be making its third appearance in St. Charles in the past two years, one of those being at the 2004 Burgermeister Ball.
The concert benefits the women’s college scholarship fund sponsored by the St. Charles branch of the American Association of University Women. Tickets are $8 at the door or may be obtained in advance by calling (636) 947-0687 or (636) 946-5916.
The Northwind’s program will include traditional and contemporary marches and polkas, a medley of folk songs from Appalachia, a musical homage to the Chautauqua movement, a tribute to big band director Artie Shaw, a rhapsody for percussion featuring a young soloist, a symphonic band arrangement of music from Carl Orf’s “Carmina Burana” and music celebrating the 800th anniversary of Dresden, Germany.
