North Coast Symphonic Band leads
holiday concert at the Liberty Theater
North Coast Chorale, Cannon Beach Chorus, guests to perform
ASTORIA— Building on its
successful holiday concert in
2014, North Coast Symphon-
ic Band is again partnering
with Liberty Presents for a
homegrown celebration of
the season at 4 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 19 at the Liberty The-
ater. Conductor Dave Becker
serves as musical director and
has amassed regional choirs
and soloists with Astoria ties
for a fast-paced afternoon of
seasonal music in the Liberty
Theater.
The North Coast Chorale,
directed by Denise Reed, and
the Cannon Beach Chorus,
directed by John Buehler,
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Concert violinist Denise Dillenbeck is a fea-
tured soloist at the concert.
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North Coast Symphonic Band conductor Dave Becker, right, poses for a photo with Santa,
who will appear at the band’s concert.
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Baroque specialist and percussionist Mark Goodenberger will be a featured soloist.
will each present short sets of
holiday music before coming
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together with the North Coast
Symphonic Band for carols
and songs.
Featured soloists for the
afternoon are Mark Gooden-
berger and his wife, Denise
Dillenbeck.
Goodenberger is director
of percussion studies at Cen-
tral Washington University in
Ellensburg, Washington. He is
active as a baroque specialist
and performs on kettledrums
with the Portland Baroque
Orchestra. As a concert recit-
alist, he performs many of his
own compositions, joining el-
ements of theater, dance and
vaudeville into the diverse
world of percussion. Gooden-
berger graduated from Astoria
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en joy the
High School and was a student
of Lee Stromquist, NCSB as-
sociate conductor and former
AHS band director. The Good-
enberger name is well known
in the region. Parents John and
Peggy Goodenberger lived in
Astoria for many years and
siblings John and Jennifer are
active community residents.
Dillenbeck is a concert
violinist who has performed
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with the Philadelphia Orches-
tra, Seattle Symphony, Balti-
more Symphony and Oregon
Symphony. She currently is a
member of Central Washing-
ton University’s Kairos String
Quartet and performs chamber
music for violin and percus-
sion with her husband.
Goodenberger and Dillen-
beck will perform together
as soloists accompanied by
the North Coast Symphonic
Band. Goodenberger will solo
on xylophone with “Xylopho-
nia,” a classic piece from the
1920s by Joseph Green of the
Sousa Band. Dillenbeck will
perform Cécile Chaminade’s
“Concertino,” a late romantic
French composition with lyric
melodies.
The remaining selections
for the afternoon will focus
on the holiday season. Beck-
er will conduct joint numbers
with the choirs and band, and
Bob Walters will be present in
his red suit and Santa beard to
lead sing-a-longs. By popular
request, the ¿nale will be Han-
del’s “Hallelujah Chorus” from
“The Messiah” with both choirs
and Goodenberger on baroque
kettledrum. This program is
suited to audience members of
all ages and is a way to expe-
rience the joy and ambiance of
the season with a community
musical celebration.
The Liberty Theater is lo-
cated at 1203 Commercial
St. Tickets for the concert are
available at the box of¿ce,
or by calling 503-325-5922.
Regular admission is $20.
Student tickets for ages 12 to
21 are $10 and children under
12 years old are $5. For more
information, visit www.liber-
ty-theater.org. For information
on the North Coast Symphonic
Band, visit www.northcoast-
symphonicband.org or call
503-325-2431.