Furman University\u2019s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, will begin Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the university\u2019s amphitheater. The series opens 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. 4. 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), The Greenville News<\/em>, Publix Supermarkets Charities, The Woodlands at Furman and Pecknel Music Company.<\/p>\n Go to www.furman.edu\/music<\/a> for 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 2016<\/strong> May 26:\u00a0<\/strong>How the West Was Won June 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Kings, Queens, and Royal Things June 9: <\/strong>M<\/em>usic from Far and Away June 16:\u00a0<\/strong>Contemporary Jazz:<\/em>\u00a0 The Steve Watson Band<\/p>\n June 23:\u00a0<\/strong>Rhapsody in Blue June 30:\u00a0<\/strong>Patriotic Celebration: For Amber Waves of Grain July 7:<\/strong>\u00a0The West End Brass Quintet July 14:\u00a0<\/strong>Bluegrass Night:<\/em>\u00a0 The Andy Carlson Band<\/p>\n July 21:\u00a0<\/strong>The Magic Kingdom July 28:\u00a0<\/strong>An Evening with Henry Mancini August 4:\u00a0<\/strong>Greenville Jazz Collective Furman University\u2019s Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, a Greenville tradition since 1968, will begin Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the university\u2019s amphitheater. The series opens with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":7425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-music","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThursdays, 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>
\nCost: Free!<\/strong>
\nLakeside Amphitheater<\/strong>
\nLeslie W. Hicken, director<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Lakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Carolina Youth Symphony:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Poinsett Wind Symphony:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken and Jay Bocook, directors<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>McAlister Auditorium
\nDerek Parsons, piano soloist
\nLakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>The Greenville Chorale:\u00a0 Bingham Vick, director
\nLakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Featuring members of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Lakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Lakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Big Band
\n<\/span>Shannon Hoover and Brad Jepson, directors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"