Orchestra & Chorus
The Tar River Symphonic Band is comprised of about 50 musicians. There are about 17 local musicians who play and the other musicians
are hired from central and eastern North Carolina. The band is currently directed by Dr. David McChesney, principal trumpet
in the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra, director of bands at Ravenscroft School, and trumpet professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Dr.
Michael Votta, Director of Bands at the University of Maryland, formerly of UNC-Chapel Hill.
Highlights of concerts in 2008-2009
- Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 7:30 P.M. at the Dunn Center
for the Performing Arts at NC Wesleyan College Campus, Rocky Mount, NC
- "Long ago and far away"
- Dr. Michael Votta, Conductor
- John Williams' Star Wars
- Percy Grainger's Children's March
- Music written in Shakespeare's time
- Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 7:30
P.M. at the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts at NC Wesleyan College Campus, Rocky Mount, NC
- Dr. David McChesney, Conductor
- Frank
Ticheli's Sundance
- Dance tunes: polka, march, big band medley, and more
Listen to the Symphonic Band play "Festive Overture" by Dmitri Shostakovich; arranged by Donald Hunsberger
A Global Portrait of Music:
2008-2009 Season