SEQUIM — An afternoon of symphonic and melodious music is on tap courtesy of the Sequim City Band and its guest, the Navy Band Northwest, together at the Sequim High School Performing Arts Center, 601 N. Sequim Ave., today.
Admission is free to the 3 p.m. concert, which will feature Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” overture, John Mackey’s “The Sheltering Sky” and Gustav Holst’s Second Suite in F, all from the Sequim City Band.
Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict, a retired Navy commander, will serve as the announcer.
The 35-piece Navy Band Northwest, led by Lt. Bruce J. Mansfield, will offer “America the Beautiful” arranged by Carmen Dragon, “Stars and Stripes Forever” from John Philip Sousa and other American classics. These musicians, whose territory covers Alaska, Northern California, Colorado, Idaho, western Kansas and Nebraska, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, give more than 400 free concerts each year.
After a summer of outdoor shows, the Sequim City Band is moving inside for performances with a different feel, said spokeswoman Vicky Blakesley.
“Our indoor concerts feature pieces that are classified as symphonic concert band [music],” she said.
Today’s event “also gives us the opportunity to perform pieces from contemporary artists, such as ‘Sheltering Sky,’ which was composed in 2012.
“We always include a couple of marches for our longtime supporters,” Blakesley added, noting that this concert will have Richard Wagner’s “Grand March from Tannhauser,” a piece that evokes finely attired guests entering a grand ballroom, plus Sousa’s “King Cotton” rounding out the program.
To learn more about the 23-year-old nonprofit Sequim City Band, see the organization’s Facebook page or visit www.sequimcityband.org.
