{"id":3749,"date":"2015-05-29T13:46:32","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T13:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/music-by-the-lake\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:47:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:47:34","slug":"music-by-the-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/music-by-the-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out the Lakeside Summer Concert Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"lakesidehires\"<\/a>Furman University\u2019s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, opened Thursday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the university\u2019s amphitheater with a performance by the Lakeside Concert Band.<\/p>\n

Celebrating the \u201cSounds of Summer,\u201d the Lakeside Concert Band, under the direction of Furman\u2019s Leslie W. Hicken, and other ensembles and guests will present a concert every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the amphitheater (except where noted) through Aug. 6. The performances are free and open to the public and showcase a cross-section of Big Band, Jazz, International, Contemporary, Marches and Orchestral favorites.<\/p>\n

Each Thursday during the series, a concert picnic basket filled with goodies will be given away to a lucky concert goer.<\/p>\n

The concerts are made possible by Furman University and are sponsored by the Bank of Travelers Rest, George Coleman Ford (Travelers Rest), Greenville Health System North Greenville Hospital, The Greenville News<\/em> and greenvilleonline.com, Pecknel Music, Publix Supermarket, and The Woodlands at Furman.<\/p>\n

Go to www.furman.edu\/music<\/a>\u00a0for more information, or contact the Furman music office at (864) 294-2086. For parking information call (864) 294-2111. Bus parking is available. A link to the complete schedule may be found here<\/a><\/em>. \u00a0A schedule also follows:<\/p>\n

Music by the Lake \u2013 Furman Summer Concert Series 2015
\n<\/strong>Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.
\n<\/strong>Cost: Free!<\/em>
\n<\/strong>Lakeside Amphitheater
\n<\/strong>Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

May 28: \u00a0<\/strong>An Evening with Henry Mancini
\n<\/em>Lakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n

June 4: \u00a0<\/strong>Pirates by the Lakeside
\n<\/em>Carolina Youth Symphony:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n

June 11: \u00a0<\/strong>The Music of John Williams
\n<\/em>Poinsett Wind Symphony:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken and Jay Bocook, directors<\/p>\n

June 18: \u00a0<\/strong>Jazz Night
\n<\/em>Greenville Jazz Collective Big Band: Shannon Hoover and Brad Jepson, directors<\/p>\n

June 25:\u00a0<\/strong>Rhapsody in Blue<\/em>: Derek Parsons, piano soloist
\nLakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director\u00a0 [McAlister Auditorium]<\/p>\n

July 2: \u00a0<\/strong>From Sea to Shining Sea: Patriotic Celebration
\n<\/em>The Greenville Chorale:\u00a0 Bing Vick, director
\nLakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n

July 9: \u00a0<\/strong>Swing It
\n<\/em>Swing Shift Combo:\u00a0 John Hoppe, director<\/p>\n

July 16: \u00a0<\/strong>Bluegrass Night<\/em>: The Andy Carlson Band<\/p>\n

July 23: \u00a0<\/strong>All You Need is Love – The Music of The Beatles
\n<\/em>Lakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n

July 30: \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>B<\/em>roadway Tonight
\n<\/em>Lisa Barksdale, Bruce Schoonmaker, Grant Knox, vocal soloists
\nLakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n

August 6: \u00a0<\/strong>Come Dance With Me
\n<\/em>Asheville Jazz Orchestra:\u00a0 David Wilken, director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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