Connor auditioned for the University of Texas at Austin High School Summer band camp Honor Band. He submitted a recording of the audition music in May. He was accepted. Yay! We are so proud of him. After a week of camp, the Honor band performed a concert on June 26, 2010.
The Honors Band
Connor is on the far right on the back row.
He was so far away, it was hard to get a clear picture of him.
First we heard chamber concert peformances by many smaller groups of honors students. Connor was in the Tuba and Euphonium Quartet. Here is a recording of their performance of Dances by John Stevens.
The Honors Band played two pieces. The first piece in the Honors Concert was Overture to Candide.
Overture to Candide
The Honors Wind Ensemble was conducted by Professor Jerry Junkin, Director of Bands and Conductor of the Dallas Wind Symphony. He gave a very interesting introduction to the second piece in the performance.
Introduction to the 2nd piece by the conductor
And the second piece the Honors Band played was Symphony No. 4 composed by David Maslanka. This is almost half an hour long, so I had to upload it in three parts.
Symphony No. 4
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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