FEEL THE MUSIC: The Middlesex Concert Band presents its ninth annual children's concert in Wakefield on Oct. 5.
"The Power of Music" explores how music makes people feel.
The band performs a medley from the movie "Frozen," introduces children to Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf," and presents other pieces such as "The Children's March," "Sandpaper Ballet," and "Russian Sailor's Dance."
One child wins a chance to conduct the band performing "The Stars and Stripes Forever." Each child who attends receives a free coloring book, and after the performance, children have the opportunity to try out the band's instruments.
The Middlesex Concert Band plays traditional and contemporary wind ensemble music, marches, big band songs, folk tunes, and music from Broadway and Hollywood.
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From September to May, it presents a series of pops and holiday concerts with the Wakefield Choral Society. During the summer, the band plays traditional outdoor concerts in town parks and commons throughout the region.
Composed of more than 60 volunteer musicians, the band is led by conductor Mark E. Olson.
Olson is assistant director of bands at Harvard University, where he conducts the Harvard Wind Ensemble and the Sunday Jazz Band and serves as adviser to the Harvard University Band. He also plays the trumpet.
The children's concert is at 2 p.m. in Americal Civic Center. Admission is free. Visit mcbconcertband.org.
PIPE DREAM: "Opus 139: To Hear the Music," a documentary celebrating the first 50 years of organ builder and restorer C.B. Fisk Inc., is being screened Tuesday at Endicott College in Beverly.
The film was made by Dennis Lanson, a retired Endicott College communications professor. It tells the interwoven stories of founder Charles Brenton Fisk, his workshop, and the collaborative enterprise of creating, installing, and voicing a new pipe organ for Memorial Church at Harvard University.
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It reveals the intricate design process, attention to detail, and craftsmanship involved in the construction of this largest of musical instruments. In the last act, the new instrument at Harvard is heard at its inaugural concert.
C.B. Fisk is located in Gloucester and designs and builds mechanical pipe organs.
A prescreening reception is at 5:30 p.m. in the Manninen Center for the Arts at Endicott. The film begins at 6 p.m. The event is open to the public and free.
Call 978-998-7700 or visit endicott.edu/centerforthearts.
AUTHOR'S CORNER: Dana Owen reads from his book "Shotgunned" at 2 p.m. next Sunday at Book Ends in Winchester.
After serving as a police officer for 27 years, Owen retired as a Massachusetts State Police sergeant in 1997. The book tells the true story of Owen's pursuit of a hijacked US postal truck, with a hostage inside, in Winchester. He was shot in the head twice but lived to tell the story of the chase, the shooting, the investigation, and his recovery.
IN LOCAL GALLERIES: The ninth annual Window Arts Malden brings community, art, and businesses together in Malden Square next Sunday through Oct. 14. Businesses on Pleasant, Main, Centre, and Ferry streets have given over their windows to 23 local artists, turning the square into a public outdoor gallery. An art stroll takes place 4:30 to 7 p.m. Sept. 25, starting at City Hall. There will be outdoor live music and artists will be available near their displays to meet the public and talk about their installations.. . . "Singularity: The Unique Print," an exhibit of monotypes and monoprints by Justin Campaniello, Catherine Kernan, Joel Janowitz, and Jan Cadman Powell, is in the University Gallery at UMass Lowell through Sept. 30. Janowitz presents a talk on the monotype process at 3 p.m. Thursday in the O'Leary Library, followed by a reception at 4 p.m. in the University Gallery.
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Wendy Killeen can be reached at wdkilleen@gmail.com.