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Winter Concert
American Classics and Audience Favorites
Sunday,
February 19, 2012, 3:00 PM 
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall in Evanston
Mallory Thompson conductor
Lifetime of Music Students
We will take advance reservations for this concert through 5:00
P.M. on Thursday, February 16. After that, all ticket purchases must be made
at the box office on Sunday, February 19. The box office will open at 1:45
P.M. on Sunday, February 19. Thank you.
This concert features Frank Ticheli's Nitro, which is a fanfare that was commissioned for the NCB's 50th anniversary in 2006; two folk-inspired works by Percy Grainger; American composer Johnny Vinson's Echoes of the Hollow Square, and Georges Bizet's Carmen Suite, featuring the most popular melodies from the opera of 1875. 50 talented high school students from throughout the Chicago area will perform with the band for two numbers as part of the Lifetime of Music initiative. Join us for the sixth annual silent auction before the concert and at intermission.
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here to find out more about the silent auction and raffle.
Program to include:
Frank Ticheli - Nitro
Travis J. Cross - Let the Amen Sound (World Premiere)
David Maslanka - "Finale" from Symphony No. 2
Georges Bizet - Carmen Suite
Percy Grainger - Percy Grainger Collection*
Karl King - Invictus*
* To be performed with Lifetime of Music students
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