Tuesday, April 4, 2017

"Shades of Blue" Concert Videos

One of the Band's long-term projects is to create a comprehensive video archive of concert band literature. The archive documents our performances, helps us to improve musically, and provides a valuable online resource for band programming. You can explore performance videos hosted on our YouTube channel, ConcordBandMA.

The Performance Video Database concept has been created and led by percussionist and executive producer Dan Diamond, and video director Barry Mirrer, with generous technical assistance and resources provided by Concord-Carlisle TV. See feature articles: Performance Video DatabaseVideo Production.

The complete Concord Band Performance Video Database is accessible through a tab at the top of each blog page. With this post, we're also inaugurating a regular update for videos produced from Concord Band performances. You can play a video or view program notes by selecting links in the excerpt shown here.

Shades of Blue
Saturday, March 4, 2017
The Concord Band
James O’Dell Conducting

TitleComposer/ArrangerSolist
An Ellington Portraitarr. Floyd E. Werle
Hymn to a Blue HourJohn Mackey
PersuasionSammy NesticoDavid Southard,
alto saxophone
Blue ShadesFrank Ticheli
RockerGerry Mulliganjazz nonet
Bright-Colored DancesLewis J. Buckley
Blue SterlingWilliam G. McManusDavid Southard,
alto saxophone
Variations on
"The Carnival of Venice"
Jean Baptiste Arban;
arr. Hunsberger
Richard Given,
cornet