Winter Concert: Portraits

The Concord Band’s 56th Season Continues on Saturday, March 7th

Abraham Lincoln, 1869

by George Peter Alexander Healy

Join the Concord Band as we celebrate our 56th year of music making, continuing a season-long exploration of some of the great works for symphonic concert band. Our Winter Concert, Portraits, will be presented at the Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden Street in Concord, on Saturday, March 7, 2015, at 8:00 PM.

The concert features music written between 1943 and 1997 by eminent American composers, each presenting a unique and specific programmatic “portrait”. The concert presents a wide variety of musical styles and genres, and includes some of the very few pieces written for concert band and narrator.

Dichotomy...Impressions of Kerouac by UMass/Lowell Director of University Bands Daniel P. Lutz was inspired by the writings and life of the poet and Lowell native, Jack Kerouac. Commissioned by the Concord Band in 1997 with support from the Lowell Cultural Council, Lutz composed the work to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the writing of Kerouac’s novel On The Road, as well as the 75th anniversary of Kerouac's birth. Eclectic and, at times, other- worldly, the composition is based on the familiar round “Frère Jacques” and is masterfully crafted in four contrasting sections. Lutz includes a nod to the “Beat Generation” with the inclusion of an off-stage jazz tenor saxophone solo accompanied by bongos.

Guest Artist Spotlight: Jordan Rich

Radio personality Jordan Rich, will join the Concard Band as guest artist for the Winter 2015 concert, ”Portraits.” Rich will narrate Aaron Copland’s A Lincoln Portrait and W. Francis McBeth’s Of Sailors and Whales.

Guest Artist Jordan Rich
Narrator

Jordan Rich was born and raised in Boston and has been a fixture on radio and TV for more than thirty-five years.  A communications major at Curry College in Milton, MA, Jordan began his career WRKO in Boston at age 18, working as weather reporter and morning show sidekick.  He was eventually promoted to morning co-host, and worked with radio greats Charlie Van Dyke and Norm Nathan.  Jordan also hosted an innovative Broadway/Hollywood music show titled “Music Sunday” for two years.

Jordan worked as a talk show host at WLLH-AM in Lowell, Massachusetts, and also handled weekend music shift at WSSH-FM. He became the WSSH-FM morning host and won numerous community awards.

In 1996, Jordan joined WBZ News Radio 1030 as a fill-in talk host,  eventually succeeded his longtime friend and mentor, the late Norm Nathan. Since then, he has interviewed thousands of authors, actors, athletes, historians, artists and scientists and has a loyal audience throughout 38 states and Canada. He often welcomes local and independent authors on his show and enjoys reading a stack of books each week in preparation.

Winter Concert Poster

Winter 2015 Concert Poster, "Portraits"