May 26 2018
Finale Concert: LGBA 2018

Finale Concert: LGBA 2018

at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Saturday May 26, 2018 at 7:30pm
Helzberg Hall | Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Kansas City’s Mid America Freedom Band serves as the host organization for the 2018 Lesbian and Gay Band Association Annual Conference. Up to 400 LGBTQ and allied band musicians from the 30+ member bands will perform in two massed concert bands. Taking its title from the immortal line from The Wizard of Oz, “There’s No Place Like Home” will feature composers such as Zhou Long, Chen Yi, Randall Standridge, Derek M. Jenkins, Ingrid Stölzel, Carlos Surinach, Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn, Daniel Morel, Claude T. Smith, Harold Arlen, and more.

Emerald Concert Band
Performance with Musica Vocale

Repertoire (in no specific order)
Aaron Copland: "The Promise of Living" from The Tender Land
Carmen Dragon (arr): America the Beautiful
Jennifer Higdon: "Rail Lights" from Road Stories
Randall Standridge: The Nine
Carlos Surinach: Celebraciones medievales
Zhou Long: Future of Fire

Conductors
Lee Hartman, Mid America Freedom Band
M. David Wallace, Charlotte Freedom Band
Arnold Epley, Musica Vocale
Kathleen Nicole Fallin, Atlanta Freedom Band

Yellow Concert Band
Guest Soloist: Ali Wright, Saxophone

Repertoire (in no specific order)
Harold Arlen/Arr. James Barnes: Wizard of Oz
Chen Yi: Spring Festival
Derek M. Jenkins: We Seven
Daniel Morel: Dusk Dances
Claude T. Smith: Fantasia for Alto Saxophone and Concert Band
Randall Standbridge: Old Hound Dog Rag
Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn: Antiphonal Fanfare
Ingrid Stölzel: Into the Blue (Wind Band World Premiere)

Conductors
Lee Hartman, Mid America Freedom Band
Dean McDowell, Desert Winds Freedom Band
Haley Varhol, Philadelphia Freedom Band
Erin Howard, Rainbow City Band
Justin Raines, Gay Freedom Band of Los Angeles
David Triplett-Rosa, Tampa Bay Pride Band

Admission Info

Tickets are $25 GA, and available on the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts website.

Email: conference@freedomband.com

Dates & Times

2018/05/26 - 2018/05/26

Location Info

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

1601 Broadway Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Parking Info

An experience at the Kauffman Center begins the moment you arrive, with a convenient, well-lit parking garage, owned and operated by the City of Kansas City, Missouri. The garage is directly attached to the Kauffman Center just south of the building with multiple access points to surrounding streets.

Garage parking passes and valet parking passes are available in advance for most events. Please note that if the garage is full patrons without a pre-paid pass will not be able to park in the Arts District Garage. Additional information about parking is available at kauffmancenter.org/the-center/directions-parking.