Lafayette Band Winter Concert

“It’s stressful to know that people are counting on you to do your absolute best, but the payoff of hard work is worth it.” (Nick Fitch, a freshman at Lafayette)

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Jennifer Longworth

The Lafayette Concert Band on stage

James Barnett, News Editor

The Lafayette Band has been working very hard on on their performance and performed Thursday, February 21, 2019. The Lafayette Band performed in Beeler Auditorium with the doors opening at 6:35 p.m and the band started 7:00 p.m.

All three bands, Concert, Symphonic, and Wind Symphony, have been working very hard on all their pieces for the last few months.

“It’s stressful to know that people are counting on you to do your absolute best, but the payoff of hard work is worth it.” (Nick Fitch, a freshman at Lafayette)

The following is a list of all the pieces each band played:

Concert Band- Aaron Jones and Griffin Lober, Conductors

  • Tribute and Triumph……………………….David Shaffer
  • Majestia………………………………………….James Swearingen

Symphonic Band- Robert Dee Bishop, Conductor

  • Incidental Suite (I.   Tarantella)……………………….Claude T. Smith
  • Cincinnatus March…………………………………………H.A Vandercook/arr. Mark Grauer

Wind Symphony- Charles M. Smith, Conductor

  • Festive Overture Op. 96……………………………….Dmitri Shostakovich/trans. Donald Hunsberger
  • The Gallant Seventh…………………………………….John Philip Sousa/ed. Fennell

Congrats to the Lafayette Band for putting on a great show.