Brazil Band performance to feature Hubers on Sunday

Saturday, July 27, 2013
The musical Huber family includes (from left) Matthew S. Huber, director Brazil Concert Band; Melanie Huber, chemistry teacher and science department chairman at Terre Haute South Vigo High School; John Philip Huber, euphonium soloist and 2010 BS in Music Indiana State University, 2013 MA in Music Performance Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama; and Janelle Huber, 2012 BME Indiana State University and new band director at Red River High School, Grand Forks, N.D.

BRAZIL -- The Brazil Concert Band, under the direction of Matthew S. Huber, will present "Keep Calm And March On" at 8 p.m. Sunday, July 28 at Forest Park in Brazil, rain or shine.

The BCB welcomes John Philip Huber, who earned his M.A. in music performance with merit honors recently from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, Wales.

Also appearing will be his friend, Sarah Colbert, BMus, a graduate of Birmingham (England) Conservatoire, performing on bassoon.

John will continue his musical education with a post-graduate degree at Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.

He will perform "La Belle Americaine" by Hartmann on the euphonium and will conduct two British marches, "Wellington March" by Zehle and "Punchinello" by Rimmer.

Janelle R. Huber, in her last appearance with the BCB this year, will conduct "First Suite In E Flat" by Gustav Holst.

Janelle has accepted the position of band director at Red River High School in Grand Forks, N.D.

The free concert will include "Brighton Beach" by Latham, "Colonel Bogey" by Alford, "Imperial Echoes" by Safroni, "The Royal Welch Fusiliers" by Sousa, "British Eighth" by Elliott and "Folk Song Suite" by Vaughan Williams.

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