McMurry Presents 'Around the World in 80 Minutes'
By: Press Release
Updated: March 4, 2013
The concert is free and open to the public.
The band will then travel to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area for several concerts March 7-8. The tour begins with a concert at Carrollton Christian Academy in Carrollton, Texas, at 9 a.m. Thursday, followed by a 1:30 p.m. performance at Kennedale High School in Kennedale, TX.
The band will wrap up its Thursday schedule with a free public performance at 6:30 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church in Arlington TX.
On Friday, March 8, the band will perform at 8 a.m. at Eastland High School, Eastland, TX, and again at 1 p.m. at Jacksboro Middle School, Jacksboro, TX.
Performance pieces include Prelude to a Shining Day by Yo Goto, Variations on a Korean Folk Song by John Barnes Chance, Carnival of Venice by Herbert L. Clarke (Dr. Mark Wilcox, guest trumpet soloist), Courtly Airs and Dances by Ron Nelson, Australian Up-Country Tune by Percy Grainger, and Great Gate of Kiev by Modest Mussorgsky.
For more information, please contact David Robinson, Director of Bands at McMurry, at 325-793-4867 .
