Mundelein High School’s band will present concerts on two consecutive evenings, Wednesday, May 10 and Thursday, May 11. Both free concerts start at 7 p.m. in the MHS Auditorium.
The May 10 performance is the Spring Pops Concert featuring the Concert and Symphonic bands and the Honors Symphonic Winds. Titles to be performed include Moorside Suite by Gustav Holst, Pirates of the Caribbean Soundtrack Highlights by Klaus Badelt and Selections from Disney/Pixar’s “Up” by Michael Giacchino.
The Honors Symphonic Winds’ performance will feature 2017 MHS Concerto Competition Runner-Up, senior tuba player Isaac Walker, performing Øystein Baadsvik’s Fnugg Blue.
The Finale’ Awards Concert on May 11 will feature the Honors Wind Ensemble. They will perform Armenian Dances [Part 1} by Alfred Reed, Selections from The Phantom of the Opera arranged by Warren Barker, and Old Scottish Melody set by Charles A. Wiley.
The Honors Wind Ensemble’s performance will feature 2017 MHS Concerto Competition Winner, senior percussionist Anna Desfor, performing the third movement of Ney Rosauro’s Concerto for Marimba.
The concert will be followed immediately by presentations of 2016-2017 band awards and recognition of 2017 graduating MHS band seniors.
Jerald Shelato and Andrew Sturgeon direct the instrumental music program at MHS.