The Lone Star Symphonic Band will present their fourth concert of this 2021-22 Concert Season on May 1st, 2022. The concert, titled “Let’s Dance!”, will be performed at Holy Covenant United Methodist Church, 22111 Morton Ranch Dr., Katy, Texas. The concert will begin at 4:00 pm, with tickets available for purchase on the band’s website (www.lssb.org) for $7.00 each. Tickets will be available at the door on the day of the concert for $11 each.
Selections to be performed at this concert include Albanian Dances composed by Shelley Hanson and the premier of a new composition, Astral Dances mvt. 1, composed by Tai Livingston, a member of the Lone Star Symphonic Band. Renown concert pianist, Dr. Yoojin Lee-Williams will join the band for their performance of Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez. The audience will also be treated to the Italian Polka by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer Leroy Anderson’s Clarinet Candy, and The White Rose by John Philip Sousa. The finale of the concert is sure to set toes tapping as the band performs Big Band Spectacular arranged by Jack Bullock featuring numerous songs from the Big Band Era such as Little Brown Jug, It Don’t Mean a Thing, Moonlight Serenade, Two O’Clock Jump, I’m Getting Sentimental Over You, Sing, Sing, Sing and more!
The Lone Star Symphonic Band is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to bringing performances of artistic merit to the Houston metropolitan area. Founded in 1993 as the West Houston Concert Band, the band is comprised of musicians from all walks of life and instills the value that music is a life-long event, continuing well beyond high school and college. In the summer of 2011, the Band began rehearsing and performing concerts at CrossPoint Community Church, in Katy, Texas. In December 2012, the Lone Star Symphonic Band was awarded the Sudler Silver Scroll. The Sudler Silver Scroll is North America’s most prestigious award for Community Concert Bands. The award is administered by the John Philip Sousa Foundation (www.sousafoundation.net). The purpose of the award is to identify, recognize and honor those community bands that have demonstrated particularly high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years, and which have played a significant and leading role in the cultural and musical environment in their respective communities. The Band is under the direction of Mr. Bob Bryant.