HIMS 2014 Winter All Bands Concert concludes after Dan Rowe conducted “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson
One of the outstanding music programs in Seattle did it again—four Hamilton International Middle School bands gave a great “Winter All Bands Concert” at Lincoln High School Auditorium on 11 December 2014.
Each band performed four pieces. Among those by the 48-member Beginning Band, conducted by Angela Babbitt, was “March Miniature” by Dan Rowe. The other three bands were conducted by Mr. Rowe himself. The 72-member Cadet Band was next, and two of its pieces were by Mark Williams, “Drive” and “Bryce Canyon Overture.”
Beginning with the 66-member Concert Band, some soloists and an ensemble started to emerge from the two remaining bands. The ensemble was featured in “Drums A-Plenty,” arranged by Lew Pollack. And finally, when the 70-member Symphonic Band took the stage, the spotlight fell on an accomplished xylophone soloist, playing “Galop” by Dimitri Kabalevsky.
A gallery of photos of the four bands follows (below). Please click on any photo to enlarge it.
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- HIMS Beginning Band, Angela Babbitt, Director
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- HIMS Cadet Band, Dan Rowe, Director
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- Friends of Music at Hamilton International (FOMAHI)
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- HIMS Concert Band, Dan Rowe, Director
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- “Drums A-Plenty”
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- HIMS Symphonic Band, Dan Rowe, Director
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- Xylophone soloist performs “Galop” by Dimitri Kabalevsky
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- Trumpeters love to “neigh” in “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson
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