The Uintah Basin Orchestra and Chorus are performing tomorrow in concert, ‘The Melody Lingers On’ featuring the music of Mozart to Berlin. The concert is certain to be an emotional one for many of the performers past and present as it will be the last concert that Dr. James Bankhead and his wife Lyn will participate in while serving as the organization’s Artistic Director and Master Conductor for the choir. The Bankheads were instrumental to the creation of the Uintah Basin Orchestra and Chorus in 2013 and have been an integral part of the choir’s success and growth over the last 6 seasons. The couple has traveled countless hours from their home in Logan over those years to lead rehearsals and oversee and direct concerts. In 2017, the Uintah County Commission presented the Bankheads with a plaque to recognize them for their contribution to local arts, having put Vernal on the map as the home of one of the few orchestras in Utah with an in-house choir. There are still tickets for Saturday’s concert which will also feature the Logan Canyon Winds and Karri Davis. Tickets are available at
www.uboc.org
and the Vernal Davis Food and Drug.
