Fellowship concert strikes musical chord
Night of music leaves Lakeland in high spirits
Jessica Larson
Issue date: 3/9/06 Section: Features
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On Sunday, March 5 at 3 p.m. in the Bradley auditorium, the Fellowship members of the band and choir put on an hour long performance. There was a mix of instrumental and vocal pieces done by the Lakeland singers, brass ensemble and saxophone quartet.
Even though there was large turn out of people in the audience, they were certainly in for a treat.
The program started out with the band's very own brass ensemble. The members included Tomomi Endo on trumpet, Yuka Yoshino on trumpet, Joshua Michels on trumpet, Scott Rundhaugen on trombone, Christopher Tourtellott on euphonium and Dexter Amweg on tuba.
The ensemble played a total of nine different pieces. My favorite was a piece called "Night Watch" by Anthony Holborne. It was the second piece of the performance.
Dr. Walter Rich was the director, and I have to say he can be proud of the effort each member put in. The played almost flawlessly, having to start over only once.
Other pieces the brass ensemble played were "Honie - Suckle" by Anthony Holborne, "Ave Maria" by Friedrich Burgmuller, "Allegro" by Johann Wilhelm Hassler, Battle Suite part II "Courant Dolorosa" and part I "Galliard Battaglia" by Samuel Scheidt, and "Intrade," Sarabande" and "Bal" by Johann Pezel respectively.
Next, the saxophone quartet wowed the audience with four pieces played without a conductor. The members included Andrew Cornelius on alto saxophone, Natsumi Kobayashi on alto saxophone, Nickolas Steudel on tenor saxophone and Sandy Sternitzky on baritone saxophone.
They played "Allerseelen" by Richard Strauss, "The Old Castle" by Modest Mussorgsky and "Sailor's Hornpipe" by Henry Cowell without a hitch. For their last piece they took the audience down memory lane by playing the classic "When I'm Sixty-Four" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The last piece was most definitely the audience's favorite as well as mine.
Finally, the Lakeland singers dominated the stage with seven songs of their own. There was a variety of talent shown in the many solos with this group. Lisa Hiller, a soprano, played the organ with the choir's second piece "Ave Verum Corpus" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The organ was the necessary element to add a feeling of somber melancholy to the piece.
Even though there was large turn out of people in the audience, they were certainly in for a treat.
The program started out with the band's very own brass ensemble. The members included Tomomi Endo on trumpet, Yuka Yoshino on trumpet, Joshua Michels on trumpet, Scott Rundhaugen on trombone, Christopher Tourtellott on euphonium and Dexter Amweg on tuba.
The ensemble played a total of nine different pieces. My favorite was a piece called "Night Watch" by Anthony Holborne. It was the second piece of the performance.
Dr. Walter Rich was the director, and I have to say he can be proud of the effort each member put in. The played almost flawlessly, having to start over only once.
Other pieces the brass ensemble played were "Honie - Suckle" by Anthony Holborne, "Ave Maria" by Friedrich Burgmuller, "Allegro" by Johann Wilhelm Hassler, Battle Suite part II "Courant Dolorosa" and part I "Galliard Battaglia" by Samuel Scheidt, and "Intrade," Sarabande" and "Bal" by Johann Pezel respectively.
Next, the saxophone quartet wowed the audience with four pieces played without a conductor. The members included Andrew Cornelius on alto saxophone, Natsumi Kobayashi on alto saxophone, Nickolas Steudel on tenor saxophone and Sandy Sternitzky on baritone saxophone.
They played "Allerseelen" by Richard Strauss, "The Old Castle" by Modest Mussorgsky and "Sailor's Hornpipe" by Henry Cowell without a hitch. For their last piece they took the audience down memory lane by playing the classic "When I'm Sixty-Four" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The last piece was most definitely the audience's favorite as well as mine.
Finally, the Lakeland singers dominated the stage with seven songs of their own. There was a variety of talent shown in the many solos with this group. Lisa Hiller, a soprano, played the organ with the choir's second piece "Ave Verum Corpus" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The organ was the necessary element to add a feeling of somber melancholy to the piece.