Admission to the performance is free and open to the public
VANCOUVER – The Clark College Concert Band under the direction of Dr. Doug Harris, presents their Fall Concert on Sunday Dec. 8) at 3 pm, at Skyview High School, located at 1300 NW 139th St, Vancouver. Admission to the performance is free and open to the public. Donations to the Clark College Music Department are welcome at the door.
The Concert Band’s season opens Sunday, December 8th at Skyview, and the downbeat is 3:30 p.m. The concert opens with Christopher Green’s 2018 composition, Atlantic Fanfare. Following that is Frank Ticheli’s Cajun Folk Songs 2, a delightful work in two movements, then Alfred Reed’s gorgeous setting of the traditional tune Greensleeves. The first part of the program ends with Julie Giroux’s exciting 2020 composition Burning the Wickerman.
As is the custom, the December concert features several small ensembles. This year, they are presenting Maestro Don Appert’s newest work, Invictus II, written for the brass section in this, his 35th and final year with Clark College. The performance follows that with works for both the woodwind choir and the percussion ensemble.
The full band returns with American composer Samuel Barber’s classic Commando March, the beautiful work The Old Boatman by Florence Price and they conclude the concert with another American masterpiece, Chorale and Alleluia, by Howard Hanson. As always, the concerts are free and open to the public.
For complete information about all the Clark College Music Department concerts including the orchestra, concert band, jazz band, and choirs, see the full calendar.
About Doug Harris
Dr. Doug Harris is the Director of Bands at Clark College after serving as Assistant Director of Bands at Western Kentucky University, and Director of Bands at both Santa Clara University and Southern Utah University. He also enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a high school band director in Florida.
Dr. Harris received his Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Florida, his Master of Arts and Doctor of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado. His conducting teachers include Richard W. Bowles, Dr. Raymond Chobaz, Dr. German Gutierez, Dr. Richard Mayne and Dr. Kenneth Singleton, and has studied with Douglas Akey, Stanley Derusha, John Paynter and Frank Batiste. At his most recent high school, Palm Bay High School in Melbourne, FL., his concert and jazz bands were recognized as being among the elite in the state, regularly receiving highest marks at district and state festivals. The Wind Ensemble was invited to perform at the University of Florida Invitational Concert Band Festival as well as the prestigious Bands of America National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis. The top jazz band performed at, and won, jazz festivals in Florida, Georgia and Virginia, and has earned praise while performing with jazz notables such as Ira Sullivan, Bill Prince, Marc Dickman, Christian Tamburr, Maynard Ferguson, David Steinmeyer, Bobby Shew and Portland’s own Charlie Porter.
Information provided by Clark College Communications.
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