WESTFIELD –TheWestfield Community Band, under the direction of Dr. Thomas Connors, will conclude its 112th Summer Concert Series with its Concert on Thursday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Mindowaskin Park.
The band’s music program will feature musicfromthelong-runningBroadway hits, Les Miserables and South Pacific. The band will also perform “Pineapple Poll” from the 1952 ballet featuring the music of Gilbert and Sullivan, “The Typewriter” by Leroy Anderson, “Sea Songs” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, “No. 1 Colonial Song”, by Percy Grainger, and “Mancini!”, which celebrates of the music of composer, Henry Mancini. The band’s program will also include music from “Barber of Seville”, the well-known opera by Gioacchino Rossini.
The band rehearses eachWednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Community Room in the Westfield Municipal Building, 425 East Broad Street. The band’s membership includes musicians from ages 18 to 80, including many active and retired music educators. Under the music direction of Dr. Thomas Connors, Director of Music Conservatory and a professor of music education at Kean University, the band performs a wide variety of concert band literature, including many classic and contemporary compositions. Experienced area musicians who are interested in a position with the band should contact band manager Barry Rosenberg at (908) 337-9073 or info@westfieldcommunityband.com.
The band’s Summer Concert Series is sponsored by the Westfield Recreation Department, Megan Schaffer, Director. The band’s concerts are made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Chairs and blankets are recommended. In the event of rain, the concert will take place in the Westfield Community Room, located in the Westfield Municipal Building.
