From staff reports
The Lowcountry Community Concert Band’s (LCCB) first concert of the year opens at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the Center for the Arts Building (CFA) at USCB’s Beaufort Campus, located at 805 Carteret Street. This event is free and open to the public, as well as wheelchair-accessible.
The program will contain a variety of great music from American and British traditions, played by more than 60 volunteer musicians. Selections include: Cajun Folk Songs, by Frank Ticheli; American Riversongs, a Folksong Setting for Band, by Pierre LaPlante; English Folksong Suite, by Ralph Vaughan Williams; Colonel Bogey March, by Kenneth J. Alford, arranged by Andrew Glover; Second Suite for Military Band in F Major, by Gustav Holst; and Irish Tune From County Derry, by Percy Grainger.
The LCCB performs under the baton of Conductor/Artistic Director David Carbone, who has more than 30 years of experience in music education and the marching arts as a performer, conductor, educator, arranger and adjudicator.
Associate Conductor Deborah Hamner teaches Band, Music Appreciation, and Piano at May River High School. Her background includes years of prior experience with the U.S. Marine Corps as a clarinetist and later conductor of Marine Bands at Parris Island, as well as various overseas locations.
The LCCB is sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of South Carolina Beaufort. The LCCB provides an opportunity for musicians of all ages and abilities to play instrumental music together for enjoyment as well as to perform for the community. Any OLLI member is welcome to join.
Students and adults of any age can also join the band. The LCCB is 100% self-sustained and receives no state or local funding. Donations are welcome, and are used for buying new music and equipment, repairing instruments, and rental of venue space for performances where required.
For further information, visit our LCCB website, at www.ollilccb.com, and click on the “Donate” tab.
