The Ohio Northern University Marching Band will celebrate the 2018 season during its annual “Band-O-Rama” concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28 in the Freed Center.
The band will perform selections from its program, “9-0,” which features music associated with the 1990s. Concertgoers will hear Anton Dvorak’s “New World Symphony,” a European classical hit influenced by American music. The group will also perform Nirvana’s megahit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and “I Want it That Way” by the Backstreet Boys.
Field Commander Adam Grim leads the band in a special performance of his arrangement of the hit “Creep” by Radiohead.
This year’s show also salutes the music of the late Aretha Franklin, and “The Star of Northwest Ohio” will be joined by ONU Vice President of Student Affairs Adriane Thompson Bradshaw for selections such as “Freeway of Love,” “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and “Respect.”
The ONU marching band is led by field conductor Grim. Christina Stalla and Hailee Woods are the guard captains, and Brittney Masters is the twirler captain. The drumline captain is Michael Sapienza. The “Voice of the Star” is Amanda Raines, and the band is under the direction of Prof. Charles Bates.
