Friday award-winning band concert to feature Les Miserables' Ivan Rutherford

The Fifth Annual Concert of The Titan Band will be held on Friday May 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Cosby Theater. This show will be a Hollywood-styled production that promises to be a memorable evening for the entire Cosby community. A celebrity guest master of ceremonies, a professional soloist from Broadway, and the bands patriotic finale will make this a truly special evening. Tickets are available at the school and sell for $5 a seat. Due to previous sell-outs, it is highly suggested to get them early.

The featured soloist for the evening is Ivan Rutherford, star of the Broadway smash hit “Les Miserables”. He will perform his signature “Bring Him Home” from that show, as well as “Sway” and “Feelin Good” as recorded by Michael Buble. In addition, a wide variety of other musical styles will be covered by the band.

Additional highlights for the evening include “Inchon” by Robert W. Smith—a spectacular tribute to Korean war veterans, “The Crosley March” by Henry Fillmore—from the bands unanimous “Superior” rated State Concert Festival performance, “Selections for the Wizard of Oz”, “Song for Lyndsey” by Andrew Boysen, “Sedona” by Steven Reineke, “Pachinko” by Paul Yoder, “America the Beautiful”, and the bands’ traditional and well known patriotic finale featuring the Service Songs of the Armed Forces of the United States and our National March, The Stars and Stripes Forever. Mike Goldberg, Richmond’s “musical meteorologist” will again serve as Master of Ceremonies for the evening.

Rutherford will have his own CDs for sale and will be available to sign them after the show. For more information on Rutherford, visit www.Ivanrutherford.com.

The band will also be presented with their plaques for SUPERIOR ratings at the State Marching Festival (two years in a row), State Concert Festival (five years in a row), and their second Commonwealth of Virginia Honor Band plaque.

Andrew Brock, Director of Bands at Tomahawk Creek Middle, and Christopher Fens, Director of Bands at Bailey Bridge Middle will serve as guest conductors for the evening.

- Earl Shaffer, Jr., Cosby Band Director