Nashoba Symphonic Band continues 10th anniversary season

BOLTON — The Nashoba Symphonic Band under the direction of David Bailey is continuing its 10th anniversary season with an upcoming concert.

The show at Nashoba Regional High School on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 2 p.m. is titled “On Your Toes” and will feature selections related to forms of dance.

It opens with the ragtime dance, “Ragged Rozey” by veteran band composer Karl L. King and continues with Warren Benson’s haunting “Solitary Dancer” and then the captivating “Italian Polka” by Sergei Rachmaninov, which was scored by Erik Leidzen for the world-famous Goldman Band.

The featured work on the program is “Rhapsody for Trumpet and Winds” by Armenian composer Alexander Arutiunian, performed by Nashoba Symphonic Band first chair trumpet player Joseph Cosgrove.

The second half of the program opens with “Choreograph” by Robert Sheldon, whose “Wolves of Nashoba” was commissioned by the Nashoba Symphonic Band premiered in May 2025, and the program concludes with a rousing set of symphonic dances from Jerry Bock’s timeless classic “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Nashoba Symphonic Band is a program of Nashoba Regional High School and is supported in part by grants from the cultural councils of Ashby, Berlin, Bolton, Lancaster and Stow, local agencies supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

The 10th anniversary Nashoba Symphonic Band concert on May 3 will feature Randy Earles and Frederick Fennell’s transcription of Igor Stravinsky’s “The Firebird Suite for Symphonic Band.”

In addition, the musical group is presenting a series of chamber concerts this year, with the performances on April 4 and May 2 featuring its chamber players and clarinet, brass, trombone and saxophone ensembles.

All Nashoba Symphonic Band events are free and open to the public and held in the Nashoba Regional High School auditorium, 12 Green Road, Bolton. For more information, contact David Bailey at [email protected] and follow Nashoba Symphonic Band on Facebook.