Symphonic Band program to salute Goldman Band

calendar icon12 Oct 2023    

Lincoln, Neb.--The Glenn Korff School of Music’s Symphonic Band will perform on Thursday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Westbrook Music Building Rm. 130 with a simulcast in Rm. 119. The concert is free and open to the public. It will also be available for remote webcast. Visit https://music.unl.edu/webcasts the day of the concert for the link.

Their concert program will pay tribute to the Goldman Band, a professional concert band in New York City. Formed in 1918, the Goldman Band was widely thought of as a successor to the Sousa Band and performed for 87 years before ceasing operations in 2005. One of their primary performance venues was the Naumburg Bandshell “On the Mall” in Central Park, founded 100 years ago in 1923.

The Symphonic Band will pay tribute to this milestone in American band history with a program of works premiered by or associated with the Goldman Band. The program includes works by Aaron Copland, Arnold Schoenberg, Percy Aldridge Grainger, Darius Milhaud, Johann Sebastian Bach, Otterino Respighi, William Grant Still and the band’s founder, Edwin Franko Goldman.

The Symphonic Band, which is under the direction of Senior Lecturer and Associate Director of Bands Tony Falcone, has the distinction of being the band program’s top symphonic ensemble.