As Director of Bands Leslie W. Hicken enters retirement at Furman University, he will continue to lead the Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, which begins Thursday, May 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the amphitheater on campus.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarches from Around the World\u201d featuring the Lakeside Concert Band, opens the 10-concert series, a Greenville tradition since 1968.<\/p>\n
The Lakeside Concert Band and other ensembles and artists celebrate the Sounds of Summer Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. through Aug. 1. Relax on the grounds of the spacious amphitheater by the Furman lake and enjoy a cross-section of Big Band, jazz, bluegrass, contemporary, marches and orchestral favorites. Thanks to generous local sponsors, all concerts are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
Each Thursday during the series, a concert picnic basket filled with treats will be given away to a lucky concertgoer.<\/p>\n
The concerts are made possible by Furman University and are sponsored by the Bank of Travelers Rest, George Coleman Ford, The Greenville News, Publix Supermarkets, Villas at The Woodlands at Furman, Prisma Health and Pecknel Music.<\/p>\n
Learn more about the Summer Concert Series here<\/a>, or contact the Furman music office at 864-294-2086, and FurmanMusic@furman.edu<\/a>. For parking information, call 864-294-2111. Bus parking is available. A complete schedule follows:<\/p>\n Music by the Lake \u2013 Furman Summer Concert Series 2019<\/strong> May 23<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMarches from Around the World” May 30<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Spartanburg Jazz Ensemble:\u00a0 Tom Wright, director<\/p>\n June 6<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGo West, Young Man!\u201d June 13<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “The Greatest Generation” June 20<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cRhapsody in Blue\u201d June 27<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cO Beautiful, for Spacious Skies: A Patriotic Celebration\u201d July 11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 The Matt Olson Quintet:\u00a0 Matt Olson, director<\/p>\n July 18<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAn Evening at the Pops\u201d July 25<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d Aug. 1\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Latin Jazz:\u00a0 The Patrick Lopez Experience<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As Director of Bands Leslie W. Hicken enters retirement at Furman University, he will continue to lead the Music by the Lake Summer Concert Series, which begins Thursday, May 23, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":6745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-music","category-top-four-news-4th-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8204","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=8204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThursdays, 7:30 p.m.
\n<\/strong>May 23-Aug. 1
\n<\/strong>Free admission
\n<\/strong>Furman University Lakeside Amphitheater<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nLakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\nCarolina Youth Symphony:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\nPoinsett Wind Symphony*:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken and Jay Bocook, directors
\n*Concert will be held in McAlister Auditorium<\/p>\n
\nDerek Parsons, piano soloist
\nLakeside Concert Band: \u00a0Leslie W. Hicken, director
\n*Concert will be held in McAlister Auditorium<\/p>\n
\nThe Greenville Chorale:\u00a0 Bing Vick, director
\nLakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\nLakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n
\nLisa Barksdale, Bruce Schoonmaker, Grant Knox, vocal soloists
\nLakeside Concert Band:\u00a0 Leslie W. Hicken, director<\/p>\n