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NORWAY -- The Norway City Band will perform its final concert of its 145th season on Tuesday, featuring guest trumpeter, Dr. Lexie Signor.
The concert will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Norway band shell on Main Street next to the City Hall.
Signor is one of the most in-demand, versatile, and technically dazzling trumpet players in the Midwest.
"Between her work as a classical soloist, a brilliantly dynamic lead player, or spinning nostalgic melodies from days gone by, she is undeniably one of the most formidable players performing for audiences across the country today," Norway City Band Director Ed McBroom said.
She has toured with acts such as Adele, Keith Urban, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, or Wayne Newton. She has done tracks for up and coming artists such as the Grammy-nominated New York Chillharmonic, Latin-jazz Grammy-nominated La Orquestra Sinfonietta, gospel singer Joy Westbrook, Nashville guitarist Sadie Johnson and Grammy nominee Pepe Rivero.
The Norway City Band will feature Signor's trumpet prowess in "Bugler's Holiday" and "Trumpeter's Lullabye" by LeRoy Anderson and "Ode to Trumpet" by Alfred Reed. Additionally, the band will play themes from "Jupiter," by Gustav Holst; "The Black Horse Troop" by John Philip Sousa; "Irish Tune from County Derry," by Percy Grainger; "America, the Beautiful," arranged by Carmen Dragon; "The Great American Frontier," by Morales, and "Light Cavalry Overature," by Franz von Suppe.
Julia Bradley, Kingsford graduate and music major at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, will be the guest conductor of "Westward, Ho!," a medley of themes from popular western movies.
The Norway City Band is Michigan's longest continuously meeting band, now completing its 145th consecutive season.
The band is made up of members from across the area, including adults, along with college and high school students. The band is under the direction of McBroom, his 13th year in the position.
Attendees are reminded to bring their own lawn chair or utilize one of the memorial benches on the lawn.
In a case of inclement weather, the concert will move to the Norway Evangelical Church, next to the Jake Menghini Museum.
All are welcome.