Out of the Ashes,\u201d music that represents overcoming obstacles or rising up out of the flames of adversity, will be featured at\u00a0 University\/Community Concert Band\u2019s twenty-sixth annual Spring Band Concert Sunday, May 12, at East Stroudsburg University.<\/p>\n
Pre-Concert music by the Warrior Bands Percussion Ensemble will begin at 6:45 p.m.\u00a0 Curtain time for the concert, sponsored by the Department of Music, is 7 p.m. at the Cecilia S. Cohen Recital Hall in the university\u2019s Fine and Performing Arts Center, Normal and Marguerite streets, East Stroudsburg.<\/p>\n
\u201cOut of the Ashes,\u201d the finale of Igor Stravinsky\u2019s Firebird Suite as featured in Walt Disney\u2019s animated movie Fantasia, will be a highlight of the program.\u00a0 Other selections include Battle Hymn of the Republic and \u201cLord Melbourne\u201d from Percy Graingers\u2019s Lincolnshire Posy.<\/p>\n
At the concert, the University\/Community Concert Band will recognize its graduating seniors.\u00a0 The Kathryn Mullins Memorial Band Scholarship also will be presented at the performance.<\/p>\n
The performance is open to the public at no cost.\u00a0 Donations for University Bands will be accepted by the ESU Foundation.<\/p>\n
The University Bands Program is supported by the Student Activity Association, the ESU Parent\u2019s Association, the ESU Foundation and the ESU Alumni Association.<\/p>\n