Photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Branagan Audience members gather in Brucker Hall’s lobby to talk with artists and view their paintings at the March 4 concert.

The selections included ‘‘America the Beautiful,” Paul Maurice’s ‘‘Tableau de Provence,” Erik Ewazen’s ‘‘Of a Fortress Over a River Valley,” and Norman Dello Joio’s ‘‘Scenes From the Louve.” Before each piece in the concert, a short film was shown that interviewed the artist and captured them creating the work inspired by the music. Master Sgt. Les Owen, a saxophonist with the Ceremonial Band, produced the films, capturing each artist in the studio.

During intermission the concertgoers could visit Brucker Hall’s lobby and view the four paintings inspired by the music and mingle with the artists.

‘‘My work was exposed to a new audience,” said Touchstone artist Ann Barbieri.

Barbieri said it was exciting to have someone film while she was painting. She said Owen captured her in time-lapse, compressing the creative process so that the audience watches as the first lines of her drawing morph into the application of paint and then the completed work.

‘‘My compositions explode out from the center,” said Barbieri, who does both abstract and figurative work. ‘‘It always turns out to be a garden or flowers after awhile.”

‘‘It was a new experience for them but they opened up to it,” said Owen. He said he wanted the artists ‘‘to explain to the audience what their processes were.”

According to Staff Sgt. Tom Dell’Omo, a percussionist with the Ceremonial Band, the idea for blending art and music began last August when the concert committee was looking at ideas to present a program of music inspired by art. Dell’Omo sent out solicitations to various arts organizations, eventually connecting with the Torpedo Factory, which was trying to initiate its own community outreach.

In January the artists were given a list of musical numbers to choose from. Once they settled on a composition, they were given an Army Band recording of the work to serve as an inspirational touchstone for the painting they would go on to create.

‘‘I chose the ‘Tableau’ because I liked its energy,” said Touchstone artist Gloria Logan. ‘‘It had some sprightly, energetic movement and a saxophone solo that was abstract. I used it as a suggestion; a taking off point. I paint in terms of color and energy.”

Dell’Omo said the concert attracted a younger demographic than Brucker Hall’s Thursday night events typically bring, with the artists’ friends and family tagging along for the evening.

The partnership between the Army Band and the Torpedo Factory is likely to continue. Musicians from the band are scheduled to perform at the waterfront art space April 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. as part of the gallery’s Live Music Thursday series.

Dell’Omo said the art space series usually features pop music, so an appearance by elements of the Ceremonial Band will create a new aesthetic.

‘‘We’ll probably feature a trombone group and highlight solo musicians. Unfortunately they don’t have a piano,” said Dell’Omo, explaining that the program is still being worked out.

Videos of the Army Band and the artists made for the March 4 concert can be viewed on YouTube by typing in the artists’ names or LDOVIDEO in the search engine on the site.