Under the direction of Timothy Mahr, the St. Olaf Band will be performing at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in San Francisco on February 2nd as part of their 2009 Winter Tour.
Founded in 1874 by Norwegian Lutheran immigrants, St. Olaf is a nationally ranked liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The St. Olaf Band has maintained its focus on the study and preparation of a wide range of symphonic band works for public performance. The band has earned the reputation of being a master of contemporary music and has received international accolades for their CD recordings. Since 1994 Timothy Mahr has led the St. Olaf Band in acclaimed performances throughout the United States, as well as on tours to Norway, England, Ireland and Mexico. The German music journal Clarino compared the St. Olaf Band’s recording of Yasuhide Ito’s Gloriosa to the recording by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, widely considered the top professional wind ensemble in the world. “The American band produces a sensational outburst of sound,” the journal declared. “Underneath all of the iridescent tone, the young people, under their inventive and highly musical director, Timothy Mahr, discover the essential elements of the score and allow their joy of playing to roam freely.”
The Winter 2009 tour includes a beautiful variety of works by Wolfgang A. Mozart, Aaron Copland, Sergei Prokofiev, George Hamilton Green and Timothy Mahr.
When: Monday, February 2 at 7:30PM
Where: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1111 Ofarrell St, San Francisco
Info: $18 Adults, $10 Students. Ticket information at www.stolaftickets.com.