Justice for All: Generations Connected
Advance: $25 ($18 senior/student, $10 youth) |
At the door: $30 ($23 senior/student, $15 youth)
Leonard Bernstein — Slava!
Samuel Barber — Commando March
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 ("IV. Finale")
Ethel Smyth — Overture to The Wreckers
John Kander — Chicago (selections)
Omar Thomas / Traditional — Shenandoah
Libby Larsen — Hambone
Randall D. Standridge — Vanishing Point
Kevin Day — Song of Rebirth (world premiere; commissioned for RCCB)
Rainbow City Performing Arts is excited to be celebrating its twenty-fifth year of creating a diverse and inclusive environment for musical expression that promotes the equity and visibility of people in the LGBTQIA+ community! As we celebrate this quarter-century milestone, we will look through the lens of music into our past and present to ensure that we are creating the best possible future for our queer community. We are proud to have Seattle's Lambert House as our community partner for Rainbow City Concert Band's performance, "Generations Connected." Lambert House is a nonprofit which empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth through the development of leadership, social, and life skills. In this concert, RCCB will be celebrating LGBTQIA+ composers throughout history by lifting up the music of these historically marginalized composers and examining how we can make generational connections in our lives and through our actions.
Our concert will begin by showcasing music from LGBTQIA+ composers of the past. You will hear well-known classics such as Saint Saens' Carnival of the Animals, Berstein's Slava!, Barber's Commando March, and the Finale from Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5. Also featured on the program is a lesser-performed, yet monumentally important composer, Ethel Smyth. We will perform the overture from her opera, The Wreckers.
For the second half of our concert, you will hear the music of present day's LGBTQIA+ composers. We will be playing some very recognizable selections such as music from John Kander's Broadway-classic Chicago, and a beautiful arrangement of the traditional folk song Shenandoah, by Omar Thomas. We will also perform some music which you may not be familiar with! Libby Larsen's piece, Hambone, pays homage to the percussive techniques and rhythms used by enslaved Africans in North America. Randall Standridge's piece, Vanishing Point, invites you to transport your mind to a beach as you gaze into the distance until everything escapes your vision over the horizon. And finally, we are excited to be premiering Kevin Day's Song of Rebirth. This piece was commissioned for the Rainbow City Concert Band in 2021. Due to the pandemic, the piece was performed and premiered virtually with each performer recorded in isolation. We are thrilled to be able to bring our ensemble together, with you, to perform and experience the live, in-person, world premiere of Song of Rebirth!
About Rainbow City Performing Arts
Rainbow City Performing Arts (RCPA) is a nonprofit organization that celebrates LGBTQIA+ diversity and inclusion through musical expression. RCPA consists of seven performance ensembles that play various genres of music, such as jazz, orchestra, sports band, and drumline. RCPA's mission is to create a safe and supportive environment for musicians of all identities, skills, and backgrounds, and to promote the equity and visibility of LGBTQIA+ people in the community. RCPA also supports young and marginalized artists by commissioning new works and providing instruments and scholarships.
http://rainbowcityband.comAbout Rainbow City Concert Band
Rainbow City Concert Band is our inclusive performing ensemble to give our members opportunity to perform a broad an exciting array of concert music for wind ensemble. We welcome members of all abilities, backgrounds, and identities. In a given instrument section you might find a college student, a music teacher, a recent retiree, or a professional musician. Though varied in skill, what we have in common is our shared mission and a love of making music in a fun, welcoming environment.
http://www.rainbowcityband.com/ensembles/concert-band/