Saxton’s Cornet Band will debut their new album, Lincoln and Liberty, Too! in Frankfort, Kentucky on Sunday, February 15 at 6:00 PM. The event will be held at the Frankfort United Methodist Church. The new album features songs heard by Lincoln and readings from his speeches and documents, narrated by Nicky Hughes.
Saxtons’s Cornet Band visits the “Land Of Lincoln” and performs a joint concert with the Millikin University Symphonic Band under the direction of Professor Gary Shaw on Sunday, October 5 at 2:00 p.m. CST at the Kirkland Fine Arts Center in Decatur, Illinois.
The concert will feature SCB tubist Kelly Diamond performing Andrea Catozzi’s Beelzebub with the Millikin Symphonic Band as well as Professor Nicky Hughes as narrator on Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. SCB will also perform a couple of combined numbers with the Millikin Band to finish the concert. In order to accomodate the combined numbers, Saxton’s Cornet Band ala 1864 will leave the stage only to return as the same organization 40 years later playing more modern instruments. The need for this arises out of the Civil War era instruments not being able to play in tune with the modern instrumetns of the Millikin University Band.
For more information of for ticketing, visit http://www.millikin.edu/kirkland/
SCB’s next performance will be in Lexington, Kentucky as the featured concert artist at the Lexington Public Library’s Lincoln Celebration entitled “Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emanicipation”. The concert will take place at the main library located at 140 East Main Street on Saturday, August 30 at 5:30 p.m. and will feature the band in their recently debuted Lincoln show, “Lincoln and Liberty, Too!”.
For tickets or information, visit the library website at www.lexpublib.org.
We’ve added a new show description! Here is an excerpt…
President Abraham Lincoln enjoyed music. During his time in the White House, there were many special performances by brass bands in the city of Washington. President Lincoln’s Music is a concert by Saxton’s Cornet Band that re-creates the band music heard by President Lincoln between 1861 and 1865. (read more)
The official NABBA publication, The Brass Band Bridge, has reviewed our latest recording - 1861-1865: Music of the Civil War. You can download a PDF copy of the latest issue, which includes the review (starting on page 32 and continuing on page 33):
