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Leroy Anderson Centennial Concerts Listed by Date USA ALABAMA Alabama Symphony Pops "A Music Salute to Leroy Anderson" January 11, 2008 All-Anderson program Piano Concerto Christopher Confessore, Conductor Jeffrey Biegel, Pianist State premier of Waltz Around the Scale Birmingham, Alabama ARIZONA Cottonwood Community Band September 29, 2007 Dead Horse State Park Cottonwood, Arizona Symphony of the Southwest Mother's Day with Leroy Anderson May 10, 2008 Mesa Arts Center (Ikeda Theater) 1 East Main Street Mesa, Arizona CALIFORNIA Brentwood Symphony Tribute to Leroy Anderson March 16, 2008 Piano Concerto Richard Kaufman, Conductor Nelson Kole, Pianist Paul Revere Middle School Brentwood, California Long Beach Symphony Orchestra October 20, 2007 Rudi Schlegel, Conductor Long Beach, California Pacific Symphony Orchestra June 12-14, 2008 Piano Concerto Richard Kaufman, Conductor Nelson Kole, Pianist Segerstrom Concert Hall Costa Mesa, California The Peninsula Symphonic Winds of Los Angeles Harbor College November 18, 2007 Conductor Richard Babcock Harlyne J. Norris Pavilion Palos Verdes Peninsula, California MT San Jacinto College Concert Band October 30, 2007 A Tribute to Leroy Anderson San Jacinto Campus Theatre San Jacinto, California Santa Barbara Symphony New Year's Eve Celebration Concert December 31, 2007 Piano Concerto Richard Kaufman, Conductor Nelson Kole, Pianist Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara, California The Healdsburg Community Band February 24, 2008 Healdsburg Community Church Healdsburg, California Pleasanton Community Concert Band April, 6 2008 A Salute to Spring and to Leroy Anderson Conductor Bob Williams Amador Theatre Pleasanton , California CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY WIND ENSEMBLE April, 11 2008 A Tribute to Leroy Anderson Conductor Dan Geeting Samuelson Chapel,California Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, California COLORADO Colorado Symphony January 19, 2008 All-Anderson program Carl Topilow, Conductor Simon Tedeski, Soloist Denver, Colorado Denver Pops March 15, 2008 American Greats from Leroy Anderson to Rhapsody in Blue St. Pius X Catholic Church Aurora, Colorado Colorado Springs Symphony Orchestra April 18 and 19, 2009 Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor Jeffrey Biegel, pianist Pikes Peak Centre Colorado Springs, Colorado The Highlands Ranch Concert Band June 21, 2008 Conductor Rob Yost Civic Green Park Highlands Ranch, Colorado CONNECTICUT Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Leroy Anderson Centennial Celebration Pops May 10, 2008 All-Anderson program featuring the Piano Concerto Leif Bjaland, Conductor Simon Tedeschi, Soloist Palace Theater Waterbury, Connecticut West Hartford Symphony Orchestra The Pops Concert celebrates the Leroy Anderson Centennial Saturday, May 17, 2008 Richard Chiarappa,Conductor West Hartford Meeting and Conference Center West Hartford, Connecticut Jelani Eddington Tribute to Leroy Anderson May 18, 2008 Connecticut Valley Theatre Organ Society Thomaston Opera House Thomaston, Connecticut Manchester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale "A Tribute to Leroy Anderson" Saturday, June 7, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Lewis J. Buckley, Orchestra Director Kevin L. Mack, Chorale Director Manchester Community College Manchester, Connecticut Plainville Wind Ensemble "A Tribute to Leroy Anderson" June 10, 2008 Norton Park Plainville, Connecticut U.S Military Academy Band Anderson Tribute program June 29, 2008 Nonnewaug High School Woodbury, Connecticut DELAWARE Wilmington Music School Leroy Anderson Day - 100th Birthday Celebration February 23, 2008 The Wilmington Music School Wilmington, Delaware FLORIDA Brevard Symphony Orchestra A Music Salute to Leroy Anderson February 1 & February 2, 2008 All-Anderson program Piano Concerto (pianist TBA) State premier: Waltz Around the Scale Christopher Confessore, Conductor Melbourne, Florida Gulf Coast Symphony February 2, 2008 Tribute to Leroy Anderson Fort Meyers, Florida Melbourne Community Orchestra HARMONIES: A Leroy Anderson Celebration February 20th & 21th, 2008 Melbourne Civic Auditorium Melbourne Florida The Florida Orchestra Salute to Leroy Anderson May 23- 25, 2008 Richard Kaufman, Conductor May 23, 2008 Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa, FL May 24, 2008 Mahaffey Theater, St. Petersburg, FL May 25, 2008 Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra Centennial Celebration January 10 & 11, 2008 Michael J. Garasi Conductor Guy Saint-Clair, Pianist January 10, 2008 St. Patrick Catholic Church of Mount Dora Mount Dora, FL January 11, 2008 Montverde Academy, Montverde, FL Space Coast Pops March 15, 2008 Richard Hayman, Conductor Jeffrey Biegel, Pianist Cocoa Beach, Florida Symphony of the Americas January 29, 2008 All-Anderson program Piano Concerto Thomas Tirino, Pianist Fort Lauderdale, Florida The Venice Symphony April 25 & 26, 2008 Wesley John Schumacher, Conductor Church of the Nazarene 1535 East Venice Avenue Venice, Florida HAWAII UH Hilo Orchestra Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 7:30 pm Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 2:00 pm Quack Moore,pianist Features the Works of Leroy Anderson University of Hawaii at Hilo Hilo, Hawaii ILLINOIS Fox Valley Philharmonic Leroy Anderson Tribute Concert Jason R. Palmer, Conductor Aurora, Illinois Illinois Symphony February 15 & 16, 2008 All-Anderson program February 15, 2007 Bloomington Bloomington Center for Performing Arts February 16, Springfield Sangamon Auditorium Karen Lynne Deal, Conductor Simon Tedeschi, Soloist State premier of Waltz Around the Scale Springfield, Illinois Pontiac Township High School Bands Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 7:30 PM Tribute to the Music of Leroy Anderson Keith Schmink, Conductor Pontiac Township High School Auditorium Pontiac, Illinois Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra April 13, 2008 Piano Concerto Steven Larsen, Conductor Jeffrey Biegel, Pianist Champaign, Illinois Rockford Symphony Orchestra April 26, 2008 Piano Concerto Steven Larsen, Conductor Jeffrey Biegel, Pianist Rockford, Illinois Southwest Community Concert Band Centennial celebration of the American composer Leroy Anderson June 1, 2008 First Church of the Nazarene Lemont, Illinois INDIANA Richmond Symphony March 8, 2008, 7:30 p.m. Light & Timeless - the RSO Goes Pops! Civic Hall Performing Arts Center Conductor Guy Victor Bordo Richmond, Indiana Penn High School Orchestras Nov. 20, 2007 7:30pm Autumn Concert Center for the Performing Arts Mishawaka, Indiana Brandy Wine Winds Kurt Anderson guest conductor May 30, 2008 H. J. Ricks Centre Greenfield, Indiana Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis "Celebrating Leroy Anderson" June 5, 2008 Jackson Wiley, Conductor MacAllister Center for the Performing Arts Garfield Park Indianapolis, Indiana Athenaeum Pops Orchestra Leroy Anderson tribute June 7, 2008 Lee Jones conductor Artsgarden Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana Wind Symphony A year-long celebration! December 15th, Zionsville PAC February 17th, Zionsville PAC March 15th, Zionsville PAC April 20th, John Knox Presbyterian Church June 1st, Ben Davis High School Indianapolis, Indiana Iowa Des Moines Community Orchestra November 2008 All-Anderson program State premier: Waltz Around the Scale Carl Johnson, Conductor Des Moines, Iowa LOUISIANA ULM Orchestra concert April 24, 2008 A Leroy Anderson Tribute ULM Biedenharn Recital Hall Monroe, Louisiana MASSACHUSETTS In Anticipation of the 2008 Centennial The Harvard Summer Pops Band August 5, 2007, 3 PM Conductor: Thomas G. Everett Celebrates the Music of Leroy Anderson Hatch Memorial Shell, Charles River Esplanade Boston, Massachusetts Under the baton of Harvard Band Director Thomas G. Everett, the Harvard Summer Pops Band will present an all-Anderson concert on the shores of the Charles River. As part of the Centennial kick-off, this very special afternoon highlights one of Anderson's earliest and most important endeavors, as he played in The Harvard Band when he attended the university and returned in the early 1930's as its director. He composed and arranged numerous works especially for the band, and is forever linked to one of Harvard's oldest student-run institutions. For more information, visit Harvard Summer Pops Band. Methuen Memorial Music Hall "Music of Leroy Anderson" September 16, 2007 Chandler Noyes, organist Methuen Memorial Music Hall 192 Broadway (Route 28) Methuen, Massachusetts 01844 HARVARD UNIVERSITY HONORS LEROY ANDERSON '29 ANNUAL MONTAGE CONCERT A Tribute to Composer Leroy Anderson October 26th, 2007, 8 PM Conductor: Thomas G. Everett Selections by Leroy Anderson. Narration of An ANDERSON MEDLEY by Anders Vercelli, grandson of Leroy Anderson Featuring a performance of The Typewriter. A Prelude To the Centennial of his Birth. The Harvard University Band, Wind Ensemble and Jazz Bands Sanders' Theater Boston, Massachusetts Saturday October 27, 2007 Harvard-Dartmouth Football Game 12:30 During their half-time show,The Harvard Band will honor Leroy Anderson. Soldiers Field Boston, Massachusetts Cape Ann Symphony Youth Concerts January 25, 2008 Family Concert January 26, 2008 Peter, Leroy, and The Symphony Yoichi Udagawa conductor Fuller School Auditorium Gloucester Massachuesetts. Braintree High School Band and Orchestra May 15, 2008 Conductor - Charles A. Shaffer Braintree High School Braintree, Massachusetts Boston Pops Leroy Anderson Tribute June 3, 2008 Michael Chertock, Pianist Boston, Massachusetts |
MICHIGAN Ypsilanti Community Band July 26, 2008 Jerry Robbins, Conductor Ford Lake Park Ypsilanti, Michigan MINNESOTA Minnesota Orchestra July 18, 2008 Andrew Litton, conductor Jeffrey Biegel, pianist Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota The American Swedish Institute October 8, 2008 through January 18, 2009 Exhibit on the life and music of Leroy Anderson Minneapolis, Minnesota MISSOURI Marshall Philharmonic Orchestra April 20, 2008 "The Music of Leroy Anderson" Kevin Lines-conductor Dr. John Perkins-trumpet Bueker Middle School Harold L. Lickey Auditorium Marshall, Missouri NEBRASKA Lincoln Civic Orchestra April 20, 2008 Bad, Bad, Leroy Anderson Sam Zitek, Conductor Rogers Center for Fine Arts Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, Nebraska NEVADA Music in the Mountains Spring Fest April 4, 2008 celebrates the hundredth birthday of Leroy Anderson Nevada City, California NEW HAMPSHIRE The Lakes Region Symphony Orchestra Saturday March 15, 2008, 7:30 pm Leroy Anderson Tribute Benjamin Greene, Conductor Inter-Lakes Auditorium Meredith, New Hampshire The Temple Band Celebrating the music of Leroy Anderson throughout the summer 2008 concert season Gordon Estabrook, Director Temple, New Hampshire NEW JERSEY Bloomfield Civic Band A Leroy Anderson Christmas December 2, 2007 Dominick Ferrara, Conductor Bloomfield Middle School Auditorium Bloomfield, New Jersey Salem American Legion Band Spring Concert featuring works of Leroy Anderson April 8, 2008 Director Pat Bullock Salem, New Jersey Bloomfield Civic Band Leroy Anderson Centennial Concert May 3, 2008 Dominick Ferrara, Conductor Bloomfield Middle School Auditorium Bloomfield, New Jersey Raritan Valley Symphonic Band Tribute to Leroy Anderson June 1, 2008 Larry Markiewicz, conductor Kurt Anderson, guest conductor Lars Vercelli, baritone Raritan High School Bridgewater, New Jersey THE GARDEN STATE CONCERT BAND Leroy Anderson Centennial Concert August 22, 2008 Dominick Ferrara, Conductor Eagle Rock Reservation West Orange, New Jersey Festival of the Atlantic Orchestra of St. Peter by the Sea Summer 2008 Alphonse Stephenson, conductor Jeffrey Biegel, pianist Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey NEW YORK Carnegie Hall / Zankel Hall Standard Time with Michael Feinstein November 14, 2007 Celebrating the Songs of Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Parish New York, New York Rochester Philharmonic May 11, 2008 All-Anderson program Jeffrey Tyzik, Conductor State premier of Waltz Around the Scale Eastman Theater Rochester, New York Usdan Festival Orchestra Usdan Center July 25, 2007 3rd movement, Piano Concerto Larry Isaacson, Conductor Jeffrey Biegel, Pianist Huntington, Long Island, New York South Shore Symphony April 6, 2008 Scott Jackson Wiley, Conductor Jeffrey Biegel, Pianist Rockville Centre, New York Opening Doors Theatre Company presents a concert reading of GOLDILOCKS September 12, 13 and 14, 2008 The Duplex 61 Christopher Street (@ 7th Ave) New York, New York OHIO Air Force Band of Flight April 12, 2008 Lt Col Alan Sierichs, commander/conductor National Museum of the Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio Cincinnati Community Orchestra October 20, 2007 Tribute to Leroy Piano Concerto Conductor Gerry Doan Church of the Saviour United Methodist Cincinnati, Ohio OKLAHOMA Tulsa s Signature Symphony February 15 & 16, 2008 All-Anderson program Piano Concerto Jelani Eddington, soloist Tulsa Community College s Van Trease Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma Bartlesville Symphony November 15, 2008 Lauren Greene, Conductor Piano Concerto Jeffrey Biegel, Pianist Bartlesville, Oklahoma PENNSYLVANIA Erie Philharmonic Retro Pops Concert with the music of Leroy Anderson February 16, 2008 Conductor: TBA Kurt Anderson, MC Mansfield University Symphony Orchestra with Concert Wind Ensemble February 17, 2008 Kenneth Sarch Conductor Adam Brennan conductor Mansfield, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Youth Chamber Orchestra Featuring a Tribute to Leroy Anderson February 24, 2008 Warren Davidson, Guest Conductor Pablo Ardiles, Music Director Ingomar United Methodist Church Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Manheim Township High School Orchestra & Ephrata Area High School Orchestra March 16, 2008 Conductor: Francis Caravella Conductor: Richard Ney Barshinger Center for Performing Arts on the campus of Franklin & Marshall College State premier: Waltz Around the Scale Lancaster, Pennsylvania The Allentown Band April 6, 2008 Ronald Demkee, Conductor EMPIE THEATER - MUHLENBERG COLLEGE Allentown, Pennsylvania Johnstown Symphony Orchestra Centennial Celebration May 3 2008, 7:30 pm Piano Concerto Istvan Jaray, Conductor William Wolfram, Pianist Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, (on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown) Johnstown, Pennsylvania The Warminster Symphony Society "Retro Pops" January 26, 2008 Joe Lovecchio, Conductor Spring Mill Manor Warminster, Pennsylvania York Symphony Orchestra A 100th Birthday Tribute to Leroy Anderson SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008 Robert Hart Baker, Music Director & Conductor GUESTS ARTISTS: Avis and Ronald Romm Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center York, Pennsylvania South Carolina Greenville Concert Band March 2, 2008 Darryl Jachens, Director Greenville Technical College Greenville, South Carolina TEXAS ACC Wind Ensemble and Alvin Community Band Leroy Anderson Centennial Concert October 18, 2007 David Griffith Director of Bands Alvin Community College Theatre Alvin, Texas CCBC Pops Orchestra February 29, 2008 Christ Chapel Bible Church Fort Worth, Texas Dallas Symphony Orchestra May 9-11, 2008 Featuring Leroy Anderson Richard Kaufman, Conductor Meyerson Symphony Center Dallas, Texas Richardson Symphony Orchestra Anshel Brusilow Conductor Jeffrey Biegel, pianist November 8, 2008 Richardson, Texas UTAH The Orchestra of Southern Utah September 18,2008 Cedar City, Utah VERMONT Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival Spring Concert Leroy Anderson Centennial Sunday, March 30, 2008 @ 3 PM Central Vermont CMF String Quartet T: (802) 728-5575 Three Stallion Inn Randolph, Vermont International & NCUHS Bands Spring Concert Leroy Anderson Centennial Monday,May 19, 2008 @ 7 PM James Chapman,Music Director T: (802) 334-7921 North Country Union High School Veteran's Avenue Newport, Vermont Central Vermont Chamber Music Festival Special Children's Concert Leroy Anderson Centennial Friday, August 22, 2008 @ 11 AM T: (802) 728-5575 Chandler Music Hall Randolph, Vermont VIRGINIA Chesapeake Bay Wind Ensemble May 18, 2008 Kimball Theater Williamsburg, Virginia WASHINGTON Spanaway Jr. High Dec. 13th 2007 at 7:00 Tribute to Leroy Anderson Lynn Graciano conductor Spanaway Jr. High. Spanaway, Washington Orcas Island Washington Community Band June 7, 2008 and December 20, 2008 "A Tribute to American Composer Leroy Anderson" Orcas Theater and Community Center Eastsound, Orcas Island, Washington Wisconsin Neenah Community Band June 17, 2008 A Leroy Anderson Tribute Kevin Peters, Conductor Riverside Park Neenah, Wisconsin International Goteborg Wind Orchestra February 15 and 16, 2008 Jerker Johansson, Director Kronhuset, Goteborg Goteborg, Sweden Aylesbury Community Concert Band March 9 2008 Forgotten Dreams St Mary's Church Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire England National Ballet March 18-April 6, 2008 The Sandpaper Ballet Amsterdam Orchestra of the Royal Institute of Technology April 20, 2008 A Tribute to Leroy Anderson Conductor: Gunnar Julin Soloists: Stefan Lindgren, piano and Sara Lindroth, vocalist Piano Concerto RIKSKONSERTER Royal Concerts Nybrokajen 11 Stockholm, Sweden Marinens Hemvarnskar April 24, 2008 A Leroy Anderson Tribute Amiralitetskyrkan Karlskrona, Sweden Leroy Anderson Centennial Festival Arnhem June 28-29, 2008 Ensembles will play and dance with music from Leroy Anderson Gala-concert at Musis Sacrum 29 June Conductors: Roel Vogel & John Holvast Pianist:Dick v.d.Stoep Arnhem, The Netherlands National Concert Orchestra of Great Britain Concerts in several major UK cities during 2008, dates to be determined Greg Francis conductor further details contact: info@USOproductions.co.uk Brisbane Australia May 2008 Piano Concerto Richard Austin Edmonton Symphony Orchestra October 26 & 27, 2007 Rudi Schlegel, Conductor Edmonton, Canada Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra FORGOTTEN DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF LEROY ANDERSON OCTOBER 27, 2007 HARRY CURRIE, host & co-conductor BRIAN JACKSON, guest conductor & piano Thunder Bay Community Auditorium Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada The West Deutsche Rundfunk Orchestra Cologne Anderson Tribute Concerts November 2 & 4, 2007 Charles Prince, Conductor November 2, 2007 Meschede, Germany November 4, 2007 Cologne Germany Pro Musica Stuttgart StD Jurgen Klenk Piano Concerto Stuttgart, Germany The Scottish Festival Orchestra John Davidson Glasgow, Scotland The Orquesta Sinfonica de Guayaquil Anderson Tribute Concert July 4, 2008 Juan Carlos Escudero, Pianist Teatro Centro de Arte Guayaquil, Ecuador The Hong Kong Symphonic Winds April, 5 2008 A Tribute to Leroy Anderson Music Director & Conductor: Mr. Alfonso WONG Conductor: Mr. LEE Shu-sing Resident Conductor: Mr. FUNG Ka-hing Auditorium, Sha Tin Town Hall Hong Kong Taunton Concert Band March 29, 2008 Martin Wills Musical Director Tacchi-Morris Centre Taunton, Somerset. UK Kristianstad, Sweden Leroy Anderson Celebration April 26, 2008 and Special Centennial Celebrations Throughout 2008 The Swedish ancestral home of the Anderson family will celebrate one of its most famous sons throughout the 2008 centennial year. Although Leroy was born in the U.S., his father, Bror Anton Anderson, emigrated with his family from Ovarp near Kristianstad in Skane. Musicians and music lovers from the city were overwhelmed when they learned the Anderson family hailed from their region, and are working to create a variety of events dedicated to Leroy, including:
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