Friday, February 24, 2012 7:30 PM
Cary Arts Center - Theater, Downtown
Cary, NC

Did you know that North Carolina has a state song? It does – and it’s a featured work in this concert by the band. Join us as we musically honor our state – its song, its composers, its locales, the activities of its residents, and many more aspects of life in The Old North State. Hear songs written specifically about her like Carolina Moon. Think of our young women at cotillions with Leroy Anderson’s Belle of the Ball. Do you eat watermelon? There’s music for that, too. Come enjoy all the interesting ways we’ve discovered to musically celebrate our state. If you like being in North Carolina, you shouldn’t miss this one. Huzzah!

Music and numbers go hand-in-hand. In this early Spring concert by the band, every selection is integrally associated with or actually known by a specific number. For the number 1, among others there’s Hayes’ Solo Pomposo, a solo (1 featured player) with Rick Guptill (playing 1 of his many tubas). Number 2, Holst’s Second Suite. Prokofiev’s March Opus 99 – that’s its only name. Do you like the number 84? Perhaps there will be a number featuring your favorite number. Come join us as we count up almost a dozen (that’s 12) pieces of great Music known by the Numbers.

Recall “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”, the 1987 dramedy (check that one on Wikipedia) starring Steve Martin and John Candy? For this concert the band features music about all those modes of transportation – and a few more they left out. There’ll be airplane music and being stuck in The Terminal. We’ll be Ridin’ on the Rails and riding with an automobile march. But, did they ride on a river barge? On a horse or a horse-drawn Surrey or Sleigh or Chariot? With a Procession of Nobles? There’s music for all those and more. Come along for the journey as we celebrate transportation on Planes, Trains, …, and Other.