82 Seneca Street, Geneva.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Led by newly appointed Director Peter J. Tassey, the Band will perform the music of Richard Jager, Kenneth Alford, Gustav Holst, William Jenkins, Richard Wagner, and others. An adaptation of the sonata form, its musical material borders on the folk tune idiom, although there are no direct quotes from any folk tunes. The work calls for skilled playing by several sections, especially the French horns. Written in 1909, the piece was revolutionary as it was one of the first written exclusively for wind band. At that time, concert band repertoire consisted of reductions of pieces originally scored for orchestras.