Culture Crawl 1077 “Bill, Barbie, and Benny”

 

For the first week of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band season, director Steve Shanley is working his Coe College colleague Bill Carson pretty hard. Bill’s clarinet playing is featured in a Benny Goodman medley, then Bill picks up the baton to conduct Percy Grainger’s “Spoon River,” a piece that Bill resurrected when the master copy of the score was found in the Coe archives.

June 5 at The History Center and June 8 at McGrath Amphitheater. All concerts start at 7:30, but come at 6:30 Sunday to hear the Metro Youth Wind Ensemble. More info at www.crmuniband.org or facebook.com/crmuniband.

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