Soloists Featured at the Montgomery County Concert Band Performance

The Montgomery County Concert Band invites you to their annual
spring concert on Sunday, May 4 at 3 p.m. at Souderton Area High School.  Directed by Charles H. Neidhardt, former
Music Department Chairperson for the Methacton School District, the band will
feature a variety of audience- pleasing music, spanning more than two
centuries.  Of special note will be the
performance of Blue Elegy, composed
by Travis J. Weller, in memory of Stephen E. Frederick, former director and one
of the founders of the band.  Band
members, Ed Neiderheiser and Mike Seifried, are the featured soloists,
performing on trumpet and tenor saxophone, respectively.  Legends
of Jazz, arranged by Stephen Bulla, complements the jazz portion of the
program.

Additional band members are featured as soloists during the
concert.  The rousing Charleston Capers will offer the audience a chance to hear xylophonists
Joyce Haraway and Cindy Reese, perform.  Frohliche Tenoristen, a German polka,
features a euphonium duet with Jan Jochems and Bill Leslie.  When
Jesus Wept is one of this country’s oldest hymns.  Written by America’s first choral composer of
note, William Billings, this chorale and round features Jan Jochems on
euphonium and David O’Neill on trumpet. 
The piece will be directed by Michael Langston, a Professional Woodwind
Specialist originally from Paducah, Kentucky, and now a flute and piccolo
player in the band.  Also on the docket
is a Ralph Vaughn Williams favorite, English
Folk Song Suite, as well as The Earle
of Oxford Marche, Overture for Winds,
and the ever popular Footlifter march
by Henry Fillmore.

This past March, the Band was honored to have been selected
to play at the Association of Concerts Bands Convention in Allentown and the
Pennsylvania Music Educators Conference in Hershey.  Since its founding in 1995, the Band has
performed over 200 concerts for community parks and retirement communities as
well as a formal spring and fall concert each year.  The Band is composed of 70 area musicians who
volunteer their time and talent to bring high quality music performance to the
community.

Further information about the band and their summer schedule,
as well as directions to Souderton Area High School located at 625 Lower Road,
can be found at their website:  www.montcoband.org.  The concert is free and open to
the public and the facility is handicap accessible.  Free will donations will be accepted.