SEASON CONCLUDES JULY 22 FOR UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI BAND

Utah State University’s Alumni Band concludes its season Sunday, July 22, with an outdoor concert. The band performs at 7 p.m. at the Amphitheater located at the brow of Old Main Hill on the Logan campus. The concert is free. In case of inclement weather the concert will be moved to the Kent Concert Hall in the Chase Fine Arts Center.

“We’ve had a successful summer season once again,” said director and conductor Nicholas Morrison. “We are especially appreciative for the arts grant the band received from the City of Logan. We’d like to thank that committee and Mayor Doug Thompson.”

This season saw the band add several performances and venues to its resume. The band performed in Salt Lake City at an outdoor site in conjunction with the Temple Square concert series, as well as in Romney Stadium as part of Logan City’s Fourth of July celebration.

The band’s final concert of summer 2001 is in recognition of the approaching July 24 celebration, an event that remembers Utah’s pioneer heritage. In that vein, the band will present several selections with western themes.

The concert begins with “Strike Up the Band” by Gershwin. Next, in recognition of the Sunday performance, is “The Lord’s Prayer” with Byron Montgomery as featured trumpet soloist.

The next selection is “Light Cavalry Overture” by Suppe, followed by the western- flavored “Whip and Spur.” Up next is “Blue Tango.”

The concert’s intermission feature is presented by the Bridgerland Brass.

The band returns with a selection by Dennis Griffin, a member of Utah State’s music department and an award-winning composer. The band will perform Griffin’s “Fantasy on Come, Come Ye Saints,” a work originally commissioned by the Alumni Band that led to a grant from the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies. The work pays tribute to Utah’s Mormon settlement and the popular Mormon hymn tune. This work is especially appropriate for this pre- holiday concert and the band is pleased to present it, Morrison said.

Next is “Suite of Old American Dances,” including “Cakewalk,” “Wallflower Waltz” and “Western One-Step.”

The Bridgerland Brass returns to be featured in “The Elks’ Parade” by Sherwood/Briggs. “The National Emblem” march is next, followed by “Eternal Father, Strong to Save” by Claude T. Smith.

Spurred by the earlier selection, the band will present Sousa’s “Sabre and Spurs” march before concluding with “I’ll See You Again” by Noel Coward.