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SANTA MONICA HIGH SCHOOL
June 5
SAMOHI BANDS POPS CONCERT
West Coast Premiere of Julie Giroux's 'Poseidon'
Concert Band, Symphonic Winds, Wind Ensemble
Tuesday, June 5 at 7 pm - Barnum Hall
Suggested Donation: Adults $10 Youth/Senior $5
The Samohi Concert Band and Symphonic Winds will perform popular tunes associated with the theme Water, and the audience is sure to recognize some of their favorite television and movie theme songs. Then...
The Samohi Wind Ensemble will perform the West Coast premiere of Julie Giroux's Poseidon. Giroux is a prolific and award-winning composer of orchestral and concert band music. In her own words:
Poseidon is a programmatic portrait of the Greek god Poseidon and is musically divided into the following sections;
• The Ocean - Its beauty, grace and often hidden powers of destruction.
• Giant Sea horses from the Depths - the journey of the giant sea horses from the bottom of the deepest ocean to the surface.
• Poseidon’s Seahorse Chariot - The great waves of Poseidon and his Chariots.
• Medusa & Pegasus - Poseidon’s love for both Medusa (who was not always a hideous monster) and Pegasus, who flew out of the neck of Medusa when she was slain.
• The Maelstrom - the strength and wrath of Poseidon.
The piano, harp and sometimes the vibraphone most often represent the rippling of water as sunshine dances through it. The lower brass often represents Poseidon himself.
This is an extremely challenging piece that had its world premiere by the Osaka Municipal Symphonic Band under famed conductor Kazuhiko Komatsu. Most high schools would not even attempt to perform it, but the Samohi Wind Ensemble was recently described by a local band judge as one of the best high school wind ensembles in the nation. This concert is a must-see event for wind music lovers!
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