Local brass musician David Maas will feature as a guest artist in this Saturday's Wanganui Lyric Singers' concert. Acclaimed cornet player David will perform in the final item of the concert, Sons of Gallipoli, which is a tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives at Gallipoli. He will also
play Fantasie by Herman Bellstedt, accompanied by Joanna Love.
David has recently had the opportunity to follow his passion for conducting and is now musical director of the Palmerston North Brass Band. Within a hectic schedule he still finds time to perform the cornet, recently travelling to Sydney to perform with a Melbourne band in the Australian National Band Championships. David is currently principal cornet of Brass Wanganui and is preparing for the Solo Championship cornet and Invitation Slow Melody sections of the National Brass Band competition in Rotorua in July.
Titled A Salute to Time the concert canvases the concept of time, from daily diurnal rhythms of the rising and setting of the sun, to the endurance of relationships through time, as well as the memories of looking back in time to times past.
The concert will open with a light hearted bracket of well-known songs, including Hey Look Me Over and Unchained Melody. The 12 choir items in the programme feature music from the late 19th Century, with the part-song The Long Day Closes, through the swinging 1930s with Moonglow, to contemporary compositions such as I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, by American composer, Nicholas McKaig. The beautiful Gwyn Arch choral arrangement of Moonglow will feature soloists Marie Brooks and Sharon Ross. Other guest artists in the concert will be the Wanganui Ukelele Orchestra, as well as "Six Hands on Piano" featuring three players - Liam and Lisa Boessenkool and Joanna Love - on one piano.
An influx of new members has seen choir membership rise to 47 choristers. Musical director is Joanna Love with deputy musical director, Joan Sullivan, who are both ably assisted by accompanist Lisa Boessenkool.
This concert has wide popular appeal, so be early to secure a seat.
Trinity Methodist Church, Wicksteed St. Saturday, June 6, 2pm. Adults $15. Children Free.
