Winston Churchill coined the unique connection between the US and the UK as “The Special Relationship”. This was his recognition that a young, upstart group of colonies, which had once been a British property, was now a respected super power that enjoyed a close alliance with its former ruling nation. On the English side of the musical ledger, we will feature one of Gustav Holst’s classic staples of the wind band repertoire, First Suite in E flat for Military Band. We will close the concert with Eric Coates’ Knightsbridge March, a piece that gained great popularity across the UK as the theme song to the BBC show “In Town Tonight”. We will celebrate this side of the Atlantic with the music of Rochester’s own Howard Hanson with his well-known Chorale and Alleluia, as well as a recently discovered, evocative work by Florence Price, Adoration. Ms. Price was the first Black American woman to have a piece performed by a major American orchestra. Our featured guest for the evening will be tuba soloist Justin Benavidez from the faculty of the Eastman School of Music. Justin will perform Three Pieces for Tuba and Band by the American composer, Anthony Plog. This spirited, jaunty work will contrast nicely with Justin’s second selection, Donald Hunsberger’s haunting arrangement of the British folk tune The Last Rose of Summer. We hope to see you there!