London Concert Band presents:

ENTENTE CORDIALE

with the Sir Frederick Banting Senior Jazz Band

Conductors: Eric Heidenheim, Don Clark, Nigel Evans

March 8, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School

PROGRAM ORDER

First Set: London Concert Band

O Canada - Calixa Lavallée, Arr. Vincent Roy

Le Carillon from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 - Georges Bizet, Arr. Fred M. Hubbell

As Torrents In Summer - Edward Elgar, Arr. Albert O. Davis

The Earl of Oxford’s March - William Byrd, Arr. Philip Sparke

Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte - Maurice Ravel, Arr. Jerry Brubaker

First Suite In E Flat - Gustav Holst

• Chaconne

• Intermezzo

• March

Intermission

Second Set: London Concert Band

On The Quarter Deck - Kenneth J. Alford, Edited by R. Mark Rogers

The Kings’ Musicians - Jean-Baptitse Lully, Arr. Robert M. Barr

• Overture

• Fanfare

Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) - Joseph Kosmas, Arr. Alfred Reed, Edited by R. Mark Rogers

Suite Francaise - Darius Milhaud

• Normandie

• Alsace-Lorraine

• Provence

Third Set: Sir Frederick Banting Senior Jazz Band

Fourth Set: London Concert Band and Sir Frederick Banting Senior Jazz Band

Farandole from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2 - Georges Bizet, Arr. Robert Longhouse

The Beatles – Echoes Of An Era - Arr. John Higgins

London Concert Band Members 2025/2026

*Section Leader

CONDUCTORS

Eric Heidenheim

Eric Heidenheim retired from the Thames Valley District School Board in 2018, after 30 years of teaching instrumental music. He started the band program at J.P. Robarts Elementary School and at the secondary level, Eric was a member of the Montcalm, Clarke Road and Westminster Music Departments. The last 13 years of his career were spent conducting the wonderful bands at H.B. Beal Secondary. Eric was as an active musician during his teaching career and he has played in many community ensembles over the years. He also conducts Once A Quartet and The Saturday Morning Brass, 2 ensembles that are affiliated with the New Horizons program at Western University. Eric has also enjoyed serving as clinician and guest conductor at several elementary school band clinics in recent years.

Don Clark

Don Clark taught instrumental music and bands for 32 years with the Thames Valley District School Board and its predecessor the London Board of Education. For twenty years he was the department head of music at A. B. Lucas Secondary School. The bands under his direction received numerous awards and trophies from the Kiwanis Music Festival and Musicfest regional and national festivals. Several times the bands received recognition for their participation in the Ontario provincial music festivals as well. He is Adjudicator Chair and an active member of the board for the London Kiwanis Music Festival. Don continues to enjoy playing trumpet and part time conducting with the London Concert Band. He is thrilled to sing in the Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church choir directed by his wife Lorraine.

Nigel Evans

An experienced educator, conductor, and performer, Nigel Evans is graduate of Western University and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. In addition, he holds diplomas from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Schools of Music. He is currently head of performing arts at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School in London. During a twenty-six-year career in music education, he has taught instrumental and vocal music to students at the elementary, secondary, and university levels.

WITH THANKS

Thank you to Matthews Hall for generously providing space for our music library.

We acknowledge that the London Concert Band is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lunaapeewak, and Attawandaron peoples, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum. This land continues to be the home to diverse Indigenous peoples (First Nation, Metis and Inuit) whom we recognize as contemporary stewards of the land and vital contributors of our society.

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