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“America 250”: Ann Arbor Concert Band & Ann Arbor Civic Chorus

Artistic directors David Leach and Karen TenBrink lead Ann Arbor’s community band and chorus in a program celebrating the complex beauty of the American journey. Selections include John Williams’ “Liberty Fanfare” and “The Cowboys Overture,” Morton Gould’s “American Salute,” Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” and “The Promise of Living,” Omar Thomas’s “A Mother of the Revolution,” John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” and more. Guest conductors include U-M director of bands Jason Fettig and Bowling Green State University director of bands Matthew Dockendorf. With narration by Carl Grapentine and Todd Nichols. 2 p.m. Hill Auditorium. Tickets $15 (seniors & students, $10; kids under age 14, free) in advance at mutotix.umich.edu & (if available) at the door. (734) 764–2538, aaband.org.

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