"Scenes and Pictures"

The Birmingham Concert Band will perform a special concert, “Scenes and Pictures,” on Sunday, May 1 at Seaholm High School in Birmingham. The program begins at 3:30 PM.

The May 1 concert will feature the band in performance of Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” and other music inspired by the visual arts. Unique to the event will be an art exhibition provided by the Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies, a scholarship award and live painting demonstrations from Canton’s Three Cities Art Club.

Of special significance to its local audience, the Birmingham Concert Band will also be presenting a musical tribute to an esteemed music educator and conductor, William “Jack” Foster. Foster was long-time band director for the Clawson Public Schools and developed one of Michigan’s most respected band programs. The band will honor Foster with the performance of “Flourishes” by W. Francis McBeth. The work was commissioned by and dedicated to Foster and the Clawson High School Band and premiered in 1982.

The Birmingham Concert Band is well known throughout southeast Michigan, performing hundreds of concerts to appreciative audiences for over 30 years. Music director for The Birmingham Concert Band is Mr. Grant Hoemke.

Support for this concert is provided by the Independent Bank. Admission is free. Donations to the Birmingham Concert Band’s scholarship fund are encouraged.  Seaholm High School is located at 2436 West Lincoln in Birmingham.

More information about this and other concerts of the Birmingham Concert Band’s 2010-2011 season can be found at www.birminghamconcertband.com or by telephone at 248.474.4997.