November 11, 2018 - 7:30 PM
Ovens Auditorium
The UNC Charlotte Wind Ensemble is joined by the University Chorale and the Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band for a Veterans Day salute. Performed on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, the multi-media concert features patriotic music and video from the marching band's summer performances at World War II sites in Normandy, France.
Special guest Judge William A. Webb, a United States Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam, will provide reflections throughout the program. A retired magistrate judge from the Eastern District of North Carolina, Judge Webb is a member of the the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina System, where he serves as chair of the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.
This concert is FREE and takes place at Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E Independence Blvd., Charlotte, 28205. No tickets are necessary. There will be a fee for parking.
Oh, beautiful, for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved,
And mercy more than life!
("America the Beautiful")