Valparaiso University Luce Concert Band
October 4 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
- Jeffrey Scott Doebler, conductor
The combined Valparaiso University Luce Concert Band and Valparaiso Community/University Concert Band will honor the late George Klein, who played in the group for 13 years. Since George was a fan of the music of Elton John, the band will play a medley of Elton John’s early hit music. A highlight of the evening concert will be the premiere of Virgil’s Ascension by Joshua Evanovich. Mr. Evanovich is a composer from South Carolina. Virgil’s Ascension is a setting that uses two famous hymn tunes, one by Edvard Grieg and the other by C. Austin Miles, to create a beautiful scenario.
Other compositions on the 7:30 concert include U.S. Field Artillery March by John Philip Sousa, Cinderella Overture by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, The Woodwind Polka, and Wabash Cannonball.
The Valparaiso University Luce Concert Band is one of three components in VU’s comprehensive concert band program, and includes musicians from many different majors, and all the professional colleges. Luce Concert Band annually serves the Chapel of the Resurrection by performing for the Reformation Sunday service. In February of each year, Luce Concert Band hosts the Valparaiso University Small High School Band Festival and Sensory-Friendly Concert.
The Valparaiso Community/University Concert Band was founded in 1993 and is open to all interested musicians, regardless of age, without audition. The band appears each summer for Memorial Day at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso, Salute the Recruits dinner at the Porter County Expo Center, 49er Drive-In Theater in Valparaiso, Hawthorne Park in Porter, and the Porter County Fair. During the academic year, the CUCB performs for the Autumn Band Concert at VU, Julefest, VU Community Band Festival, Sousa Concert, and the Veterans’ Day dinner at the Porter County Expo Center in Valparaiso.
Admission is free for everyone