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A musically appreciative Labor Day

August 30, 2023 3:00 pm • Last Updated: August 24, 2023 11:33 am

By Rick Koster
Day Arts/Features writer

r.koster@theday.com

The eternally reliable United States Coast Guard Band concludes its summer concert series with a 5 p.m. Sunday performance commemorating Labor Day. It takes place on the Groton campus of the University of Connecticut Avery Point.

It’s a busy program with works by Frank Ticheli, Malcolm Arnold , Percy Grainger, William Grant Still, Tchaikovsky and more — and the band’s Chief Musician Charlie Suriyakham will be featured on Ante Grgin’s “Concerto for Clarinet.”

Labor Day Concert, United States Coast Guard Band, 5 p.m. Sunday, UConn Avery Point campus; free; rain date is 5 p.m. Mon.; uscg.mil/community/band, (860) 701-6826.

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