Boardman Bands prep for winter concert

Staff report

Boardman

The Winter Concert of the Boardman Bands will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Boardman Performing Arts Center.

The concert will feature the freshman, concert and symphonic bands and the wind and percussion ensembles.

Musical selections will include: “Ashokan Farewell,” “Troy,” “Jubilance,” “Carry On Wayward Son,” “Tangents Angular,” “Percy Grainger Suite,” “Second Suite of Old American Dances,” and “Variations on a Korean Folk Song.”

The percussion ensemble will open the concert with “Jazz Variants,” a piece written for eight players that was recently performed at the Ohio Music Education Association Solo & Ensemble Contest for which the group earned a superior rating.

The wind ensemble portion of the concert will feature senior soloist Jimmy Tancabel playing the piccolo on Telemann’s “Suite in A Minor.”

Jimmy is the son of James and Kathy Tancabel. He has been playing the flute for eight years and piccolo for five years. During this time, he has studied privately with Shery Larson. Jimmy has been a member of the Boardman Spartan Marching Band for four years and was the flute/piccolo section leader this year.

Both the symphonic band and the wind ensemble will also participate in the OMEA District 5 Large Group Adjudicated Event. Boardman is hosting this event for the fourth- consecutive year.

On March 16 and 17, 16 high school concert bands from Northeast Ohio will perform three selections for judges, then play a piece they have never seen before for a separate judge.

The judges issue ratings based on five levels of performance criteria.

Boardman bands consistently earn superior and excellent ratings each year. The wind ensemble is the only group in District 5 performing in Class AA which requires the most difficult music. Symphonic Band performs in Class C.

Donations of $3 for adults and $2 for students will be accepted at the door for the Thursday concert. Senior citizens will be admitted free of charge.

The Boardman Bands are under the direction of Thomas M. Ruggieri, Timothy P. Tuite, Steven C. Chambers and Michael J. Shevock.