The June 9th program started the 2019 Summer Concert Series
The June 9th program started the 2019 Summer Concert Series
June 9, 2019 This June concert began the 8 week Summer outdoor season.
Beginning this concert was Canton Aero Club, one
of the first marches Karl King had published
in 1909 when he was just 18 years old.
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Next on the program was Karl King’s 1919 march Ohio Division.
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Poet and Peasant, the overture by Franz von Suppe, was arranged for band by another Ohio native and friend of King.
Another tune from 1919 on this tribute concert was Karl King's beautiful aerial waltz Enchanted Night.
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A special feature on this concert was the performance by a clarinet duet with the band accompanying of The Two Little Bulfinches, arranged by Conductor Jimmerson. This selection highlighted the talents of Christina Tait from Carroll and Nikole Nuttall from Newell. Christina Tait is presently the 6th-8th grade chorus teacher and 6th-7th grade technology instructor at Kuemper Catholic Middle School in Carroll. After graduation from Ottumwa IA High School, she earned her Bachelor of Music Education degree at Iowa State University and her Master Degree in Clarinet Performance from Western Illinois University. She has performed with several different symphony orchestras in both Iowa and Illinois, including those in Fort Dodge and Des Moines. She has taught band, chorus, and general music at several different grade levels in Iowa schools and colleges in both Iowa and Illinois. Nikole Nuttall is a native of Omaha NE, and a graduate of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and Music Performance with an emphasis on clarinet. She is currently in her 8th year as the middle school band director at the Alta-Aurelia Schools, and also maintains a private clarinet studio. She has performed with several area municipal bands and symphony orchestras, including the Fort Dodge Area Symphony.
The next two numbers on this program were conducted byAssistant Conductor Dr. David Klee, starting with Karl King's 1919 march Fame and Fortune which was dedicated to King’s friend and benefactor, C.L. Barnhouse of Oskaloosa IA.
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Next on the program was the ragtime
selection Broadway One-Step.
This latter featured the popular
area Brass Quintet Jive For Five with the band accompanying.
Also included from 1919 on this concert was Karl King's two-step Kentucky Sunrise.
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Paul Yoder, King’s close friend, composed Rush Street
Tarantella,
which King would often perform with his band here
in Fort Dodge.
The Karl L. King Municipal Band performed that tune.
The band followed with the Karl King exciting 1919 circus galop Majestic.
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The
last number on this concert was March of Time by J.J. Richards,
which includes Karl King’s masterpiece and most famous composition, Barnum
and Bailey’s Favorite March. This selection is a composite
of six World Famous Marches from the C.L. Barnhouse catalog, commemorating
our Fiftieth Anniversary, 1886-1936.
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Listen to March of Time. |
This concert closed in the usual way with the playing of our National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.
June 16th Flag Day Concert
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