AACC Concert Band Performs Magical Music of the Theater

The members of Anne Arundel Community College's Concert Band will provide a musical journey through some of the most intense and loved cinematic experiences of all time as they perform in concert this Sunday, December 5, at 3 p.m., in the college's Pascal Center for Performing Arts.

The 60-member ensemble of community and college student musicians will play a rousing concert of the top tunes from film, television and the stage, including such favorites as  "Lord of the Rings," "Phantom of the Opera," "Victory at Sea," "Star Trek," "Les Miserables," "Chronicles of Narnia," "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Wicked."

"I tried to pick pieces that are good examples of music from movies and musicals that can stand on their own as good pieces of music even without the movie or stage in front of the audience," said Marc F. Boensel, AACC part-time music instructor, music director and conductor of the band.

Boensel has been directing the band at AACC since 2008. He has also been the director of the band at American University in Washington, D.C., since 2009, and is the founder and director of the Annapolis Wind Symphony, a professional symphonic band since 1999.  In addition, he has been the Director of Music for First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis since 1996.

Nathan Kelly, an AACC music student who assists Boensel with the AACC Concert Band, said membership of the band is a true mix of musicians.

"The group has really evolved from students like me to seniors to working people who just want to pick up their horn and play."

Admission is $10 for the general public; $7 for students, AACC faculty and staff, senior citizens and groups and $5 for students with valid AACC student IDs. Contact the box office at 410-777-2457 or boxoffice@aacc.edu for tickets or stop by an hour before the show.