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Central College to Host Intercollegiate Honor Band Festival

Featured: Central College to Host Intercollegiate Honor Band Festival

January 30, 2025

Central College welcomes the public to the Intercollegiate Honor Band concert at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, in Douwstra Auditorium on Central’s campus.

A public concert will conclude the two-day Intercollegiate Honor Band Festival, which takes place Friday, Jan. 31, and Saturday, Feb. 1. College students from 10 Iowa institutions will rehearse throughout the day on Friday and the morning of Saturday, Feb. 1. Participating schools include Buena Vista University, Central College, Clarke University, Coe College, Iowa Central Community College, Northwestern College, St. Ambrose University, Simpson College, the University of Dubuque and William Penn University.

Stan Dahl, senior lecturer of music and director of the Flying Pans Steel Band, and Brad Lampe, lecturer of music and director of bands, organized the event. They invited Captain David Regner of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, based at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, and the USAF Heartland of America Band, based at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska, to conduct the concert.

The free concert will feature works by Andrew Boysen, Gustav Holst, Michael Markowski, Modest Mussorgsky, Florence Price and Alfred Reed.

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