A Coquitlam-based wind band will go out with a bang as it wraps up this year with a march-themed show this weekend.
The Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble, which calls the Evergreen Cultural Centre home, will host its year-end concert on Saturday under the direction of David Branter.
In March Kings, the 45-member band will perform two pieces from the march master himself — John Philip Sousa — titled King Cotton March and Balance All and Swing Partners.
As well, there will be two compositions by Gustav Holst (March from 1st Suite in E Flat for Military Band and Hammersmith, Prelude and Scherzo) while pieces from Kenneth Alford, William Walton, Sergei Prokofiev, Pierre Leemans and Karl L. King will also be showcased.
King penned nearly 300 works including 188 famous marches, said PSWE spokesperson Matthew Baird, noting "one of King’s most famous tunes was composed in 1913 for The Greatest Show on Earth, the Barnum and Bailey Circus."
And, to toast the holiday season, PSWE will play Leroy Anderson's A Christmas Festival, a work written in 1950 when Anderson was an arranger with the Boston Pops Orchestra.
• For tickets at $20/$15/$10, call the Evergreen box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
