The Concord Band was honored to present
a concert in celebration of the 60th
anniversary of the Minute Man National
Historical Park on Saturday, September
21, 2019, in Concord. Hearkening back to
the 1970s when the Concord Band played
weekly during the summer at the North
Bridge Visitors Center,
Music Director
James O'Dell led the Band in music appropriate
for a celebratory occasion and to
the location above the North Bridge in
Concord. National Park
Superintendent
B. J. Dunn invited dignitaries and the
public to listen to the Concord Band
while viewing the North Bridge.
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View of audience from Band at
Minute Man National Historical Park's
60th Anniversary Concert. |
The Band's musical selections included,
among others, Claire Grundman's
Spirit of 76, Steven Reineke's
Main
Street Celebration, two Sousa marches,
and the appropriate
North Bridge Portrait,
written for the Concord Band in
1999 by Stephen Bulla. The piece beautifully
evokes the special nature of the
North Bridge area and the events that occurred
there on April 19, 1775, including
the Shot Heard Round the World. The
Band thanks Superintendent Dunn and
his staff for their support. The concert
was a great way for the Band to transition
from its own 60th anniversary to the new
2019–20 season of music in Concord.
