ROCHESTER HILLS, MI., February 18 — The Rochester Community Concert Band will present ‘Resound!’ on Tuesday, March 15th, at 7:30 p.m. in St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 620 Romeo Road, Rochester, 48307. This concert is rescheduled from March 1st. The concert is open to the public and admission is free. Donations are gratefully accepted.  

Featured at the concert will be Bass Trombone Soloist, Avery Wolf, performing the first movement of the Eric Ewazen “Concerto for Bass Trombone and Band”, the World Premiere of “Resound” by Dr. Nicole Piunno, commissioned to celebrate the band’s Fifth Anniversary, and Guest Conductor Robert Ambrose, Retired Director of Bands, Bloomfield Hills High School, who will conduct the band in the moving arrangement of “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from the Opera Lohengrin by Richard Wagner.

Other selections to be performed include: American Overture” by Joseph Jenkins, “Music of Disneyland” arranged by Jerry Brubaker, “Carnaval in Sao Paulo” by James Barnes, “Radetzky March” by Johann Strauss and the beautiful “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar, arranged by Alfred Reed. 

To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the RCCB requests that attendees follow the current guidance and recommendations from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

For more information, visit our website RochesterCommunityConcertBand.org, email the RCCB at RochesterCommunityConcertBand@gmail.com or phone 248.462.9043

About Rochester Community Concert Band

The 70-member all volunteer Rochester Community Concert Band is conducted by Paul F. DeRubeis and includes adult community members and advanced high school students from greater Rochester and Rochester Hills. The band also welcomes new members in the clarinet, bassoon, french horn, euphonium and tubas sections. The RCCB is a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt organization; donations are accepted and greatly appreciated. 

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Media Contact:

Paul F. DeRubeis

Conductor and Artistic Director

rochestercommunityconcertband@gmail.com

248-462-9043