Submitted Photo This year's three conductors of the Minot City Band, Ben Eder, Pat Schwan and Wayne Schempp, from left to right, are shown in front of the band. The band will present two identical concerts in the afternoon and evening on Sunday, July 12, at Oak Park.

The Minot City Band will present two identical concerts at 4 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 12, at Oak Park.

The concerts will be conducted by Pat Schwan, one of the band’s three conductors this season. Schwan is a retired music educator who has played trumpet in the Minot City Band since 1983. He plays in numerous area bands and other ensembles including the Brass Band of Minot, Minot Symphony Orchestra, Swing Band of Minot and Minot Community Band.

The concerts will begin with “Into the Clouds” by Richard Saucedo, a fanfare with features for each section of the band, followed by David Holsinger’s “Abram’s Pursuit,” a musical depiction of the Biblical story in which Abram pursued his nephew’s kidnappers.

Tyler Schwan will play a jazzy trombone solo with band accompaniment, titled “Lazy River” by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin. He is a Minot City Band alumnus who played with the band as a student. He attended Northern State University, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he studied music education and was a professional musician and music manager for the Carnival Cruise Line for six years before becoming the band director at Jim Hill Middle School.

The band will play a lyric and melancholy setting of an old Scottish folk song called the “Rowan Tree,” arranged by Randall Standridge. Selections from the “Phantom of the Opera,” arranged by Warren Barker, follows, showcasing the popular songs from Broadway’s longest-running musical, including “Phantom of the Opera,” “Point of No Return,” “All I Ask of You,” “Angel of Music,” “Think of Me” and “Music of the Night.” Frank Erickson’s arrangement of “El Relicario,” a lively paso doble, or two-step, Spanish dance, will be followed by Robert Sheldon’s “Flight of the Piasa,” a musical depiction of an enormous winged American cryptid. The band will play “Bandology” by Eric Osterling, a concert march, before concluding with “Russian Sailor’s Dance,” arranged by Robert Longfield, an excerpt from the ballet “The Red Poppy.”

While the Minot City Band’s principal role is to entertain and represent the city, the band’s fast-paced summer schedule and mixture of musicians from a variety of backgrounds means it also serves as an incubator of musical talent for young musicians. Over the band’s 106 (and counting) seasons, numerous musicians, such as Tyler Schwan, have benefited from playing in the band.

Minot City Band concerts are free and open to the public. The band’s famed Sousa Concert will be held Thursday, July 16, at 7 p.m.at Oak Park.