RROBERTOBERT O. BO. BRIGGSRIGGS SSCHOLARSHIPCHOLARSHIP Established by Robert O. Briggs and administered by the Solano Community Foundation, the Robert O. Briggs Scholarship Endowment provides scholarships to local students pursuing music degrees at four year universities.

To make a tax-deductible contribution to this fund, send checks to: Robert O. Briggs Scholarship Endowment

c/o Solano Community Foundation 1261 Travis Blvd., Suite 320

Fairfield, CA 94533

For more information, contact the Foundation at (707) 399-3846, or visit http://www.solanowinds.org/FoundationPage.php

Solano Winds Community Concert Band

Friday, May 20, 2011 8:00 PM Fairfield Center for Creative Arts 1035 West Texas Street, Fairfield

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We rehearse Tuesdays from 7:00 to 9:30 in the Solano Community College Band Room (room 1245), 4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, from late August through early June. If you play a band instrument, you are welcome to join us. Band musicians of all abilities are welcome!

For more information, send an email to bandinfo@solanowinds.org, or visit our website at www.solanowinds.org.

Join us for our Seventeenth Season:

DUOS!

10/14/2011 : Heaven & Earth

12/16/2011 : Home & The Holidays

3/16/2012 : Gershwin & Grainger

5/18/2012 : Stage & Screen

Fairfield Center for Creative Arts 1035 West Texas Street

Fairfield

Tickets: $12 Adults/$8 Students & Seniors

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Solano Winds Community Concert Band www.solanowinds.org

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In the Fall of 1994, as Bob Briggs was leading the California Marching Band through his last season before his retirement, Bill Doherty suggested to him that he could fill his time in retirement by starting up a community band to conduct in Fairfield. Before becoming the Director of Bands at the University of California, Bob was the Director of the Armijo SuperBand, building a standard of excellence with that high school program. Strong high school bands in Fairfield have been around since that time, including many successful years for the Fairfield Scarlet Brigade. What was missing was a place for adult musicians to continue to play their instruments. Bob took on the challenge, and attended Community Band workshops at the MidWest Band Clinic in Chicago that year. In the summer of 1995, a group of musicians gathered to discuss the possibility of putting together such a group, and two months later, 40 band musicians gathered at Fairfield High School for the first rehearsal of the Solano Winds. One week after that first rehearsal of October 5, 1995, over 50 musicians from seven counties were with the band to prepare for our first performance at Will C. Wood High School in December. Since that enthusiastic beginning, the band has regularly fielded a band of 45-70 members to perform a number of concerts throughout the year. Each year, the band has prepared four formal programs, and has also performed at events such as the Fourth of July Fireworks Show in Suisun, regular concerts at Paradise Valley Estates, and an annual appearance in the Carmichael Park Community Band Festival each June. The band has grown organizationally from our beginnings as well - starting with $500 grants from Gordon's Music and Sound and the Fairfield Scarlet Brigade Boosters in 1995, we now enjoy funding from a growing number of donors. Bill Doherty took the baton as Music Director for the band after Bob Briggs passed away in September 2008. The purpose of the band remains as how it started - to perform high quality band literature well, and to have fun doing it!

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T onight, Solano Winds wraps up its year-long celebration of our “Sweet Sixteen” season with “Anniversaries” . Each musical selection on this evening’s program is celebrating a significant anniversary, commemorating events from as long ago as 1541 and

as recently as 1999.

While we celebrate the passage of time with Anniversaries, we also appreciate the timelessness of the music around us. From a 100-year-old Sousa march to a classic Rossini overture, the music is as vibrant today as it was when fresh on the composer’s manuscript. And the words of Abraham Lincoln from the 1860’s are remarkably relevant to today’s world affairs. We’re delighted that you are here to share our Anniversaries celebration with us!

Bill Doherty Music Director Solano Winds Community Concert Band

TTHANKHANK YYOUOU!! The Solano Winds would like to thank tonight’s sponsor - The Jelly Belly Company - our donors, Solano Community College, Gordon’s Music and Sound, and the City of Fairfield for their generous support. BBILLILL DDOHERTYOHERTY -- MMUSICUSIC DDIRECTORIRECTOR

In 1994, as Bob Briggs was beginning his last year before retirement as Director of the University of California Band, Bill Doherty suggested to him that they start a community band in Fairfield. A year later, that vision became a reality as Bob founded Solano Winds. Bill served as the first President of the group and helped to formalize the behind-the-scenes workings of the band while playing principal trumpet. Upon the passing of Robert O. Briggs in September 2008, Bill was named Music Director of Solano Winds. Bill played in the Cal Band under Bob’s leadership while earning his Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of California at Berkeley. He taught band for eleven years, including a three-year stay at Vanden High School, before adding mathematics to his teaching credential. In addition to his high school bands, Bill conducted the Berkeley Symphonic Band from 1985 to 1989. Currently, he teaches mathematics and assists teachers in their use of instructional technology at Campolindo High School in Moraga. He lives in Fairfield with his wife, Jennifer, who teaches music in Fairfield and plays percussion in Solano Winds, and enjoys spending time with his three children.

RRICHARDICHARD GGROKENBERGERROKENBERGER -- NNARRATORARRATOR Richard (Dick) Grokenberger has called Fairfield home since 1965 when he and his family moved here. He was hired that same year as the first music teacher at Fairfield High School. Though now fully retired, he has had two careers: Thirty six years as a Music and English teacher, primarily in the Travis Unified School District, and over twenty five years as an officer in the US Army Reserve, which included over four years active duty and service in Vietnam. The musical side of his life has not been limited to teaching activities, but has spilled into the area of local community theater, with roles in fifteen musical/stage productions. He is a founding member of Solano Winds and has performed with this organization as a brass player and, on occasion, as a vocalist or narrator.

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The Federal ……………………………………….....John Philip Sousa Arranged by Timothy Rhea

Composed in 1910

The Barber of Seville Overture …........…………….Gioachino Rossini Transcribed by Kenneth Singleton

Premiered in 1816

In Memoriam ………………………………………...Johan Halvorsen Arranged by John R. Bourgeois

Bjornstjerne Bjornson’s Funeral in 1910

Buglers Holiday…………………………….…..…...…Leroy Anderson Transcribed by Michael Edwards

Boston Pops founded in 1885

Lincoln Portrait …….…...…………...…………………Aaron Copland Transcribed by Walter Beeler

Richard Grokenberger, Narrator Abraham Lincoln’s First Inauguration in 1861

INTERMISSION

Suite of Old American Dances…….……...…..Robert Russell Bennett 3. Western One-Step

1. Cake Walk Composed in 1949

Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon………………..…Percy Grainger Scored for Wind Band in 1949

Les Misérables (Selections) ….…………....Claude-Michel Schönberg Arranged by Warren Barker

Musical opens in Paris in 1980

An American Elegy ………..………...…………...…..…...Frank TIcheli Columbine Massacre in 1999

This Land of El Dorado ……...……………………...…Francis McBeth Pursuit of the Legend in 1541

Liz and Marty Wildberger Ruth A. Wolfe R.W. and D.L. Young Catherine Zimmerman Admirer ($25 - $99) Janice and Al Abrams John and Jean Adamo Murray and Zella Bass Patricia Benacquista Paul Bidinger Lucy Bonnett Pat Brausch Dick and Bette Brown Gaylon and Vickie Caldwell Patricia Cartwright Jane Cypra Ted Demosthenes Bill and Ann Farber Drake Manuel and Inia Escana Lloyd and Florence Espen Eleanor Ford Joel and Barbara Gillespie Marion Graff Patricia L. Hale John and Loretta Hanley Babette Henkle Gigi Horton, State Farm Insurance Farley and Pegi Howell Marjorie M. Hyslop Hal and Madeline Jacobs John and Jeanne Kersten Phil and Gloria Knebel “H.M” and Al Kocher Julia Kordes Delfina Kruge Lynn Lippstreu

Isabella Z. Lively Mary E. Longland Jean and Riva Mayers Jay E. McGee Mike and Jeanne Michael Helen Morin Susan Myers Carole O’Hara Mr. and Mrs. Chester Petersen Mark and Erin Proudfoot Bill and Jeanne Reavis Richard and Barbara Rimmer Wilma Romary Esther Rowland Emily Rued Betty B. Schaefer Paul and Elaine Schmidt Robert S. Schumack Bonnie and Ron Slusarz Jim Sokoloski Carol Solomon Michael Somers Jack and Carla Sorrelle Betty St. George Rudy Stubbs Geri Surber Frank and Betty Thomas Juliette Thomas Scott and Geri Vasak Nelda Wagner Sharon Walton, Walton’s Music Studio George and Nelda Wagner Pat and Tom Winburn Lorraine J. Wolfe Donald and Marie Wong Ralph and Daisy Young

Phil and Dinny Fisher John and Charlotte Gearhart The Gibson Family, in memory of Gordon Gibson Patricia Glover Mary K. Grindle William and Constance M. Gum Sara and Ernest Haas Sue and Earl Handa Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hartnett Bob and Terry Keck Jack and Dorothy Lindeman Ed and Garnet Lopez Clyde V. Martin, M.D. Thomas A. Martin, Jr. Walt and Esther McDaniel Barbara G. McKee Betty McMurry Don and Jean Meehan Wally and Pat Mitchell Doris and Frank W. Mize Kathleen Nye Barbara Palmer Bob and Barbara Pelascini Stephen and Cathy Pierce Myrlee Potosnak Betty and Bill Rawlinson Joe and Connie Regner Everett and Jean Riehl Fred and Lee Schaffer Robert and Marsha Sergeant Diane Snow Jack and Carla Sorrelle Lacey and Rob Thayer Virginia Tracy Otto and Elly Vasak Marianne and M.L. “Swede” Walleen Mary Westergaard Edwin, Rosalee and Joanna Wheeler

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Concert Sponsors ($1,500 - Up) DeLong-Sweet Family Foundation Residents Council, Paradise Valley Estates Jelly Belly Candy Company Enthusiast ($250 – $1,499) Linn and Mona Benson Edna Biederman, in memory of Capt. USN, Jack Biederman Gay Bowen, in memory of BGen, USMCR Russ Bowen Ernest “Bud” Card Pat and Dan Child Bruce Conhain Spike and Betty Flertzheim The Horton Family William and Doneyn Johnson Mary Kelley Dr. and Mrs. Raymon Lawton Duncan Miller Gloria Nemson Bob and Barbara Pelascini Adrian and Nancy Pastori Bill and Elaine Smith Barbara and Jim Tutt George Yeoman Devotee ($100 - $249) David and Barbara Allard Carol and Paul Bergerot Dorothee Brown Sondra Pike Browning John and Jetta Burnett Bill and Gerry Coghill Patricia D. and John A. Cole John and Susan Coleman Peg Cutshall Cecelia Doherty Glenn and Marybeth Dow Dick and Jan Feaster

PPROGRAMROGRAM NNOTESOTES The Federal The Sousa Band was preparing to embark upon a world tour in 1910. Before leaving for the tour, Sousa composed a new march for which he did not immediately provide a title. The new march was so well received in Australia, that originally Sousa titled his march “Land of the Golden Fleece”. The high commissioner of Australia, George Reid, requested that the title be changed to “The Federal”. When the march was published, Sousa honored both Australia and New Zealand by providing the dedication “To the Australasians”.

The Barber of Seville - Overture Gioacchino Antonio Rossini was a prodigy who completed his first opera at the age of 14 and was later recognized by his contemporaries as the greatest Italian composer of his time. After his first opera was completed in 1806, his rise to fame was swift.. Five of his operas were staged for the first time in 1812; four more were produced in 1813, of which the most important was the perennial favorite L’Italiana in Algeri - The Italian Girl in Algiers. Between 1812 and 1829 he composed and produced 39 operas, including his comic masterpiece Il Barbiere di Siviglia - The Barber of Seville at the age of 23. The overture was originally written not for The Barber of Seville, but for the earlier opera of Rossini’s, Aurelian in Palmyra (1813), and did not make its way to the position it now occupies until three years later. None of its themes may be found in the opera, yet its light and bubbling gaiety, and the music’s general resemblance to the ideal of Figaro are wholly expressive of what transpires in The Barber of Seville, both musically and dramatically. It is the most enduring, most popular, and perhaps, the master work of Gioacchino Rossini. In Memoriam Johan Halvorsen’s In Memoriam, Opus 30 was written for the great Norwegian poet Bjornstjerne Bjornson. Bjornson won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1903, and was well versed in larger works such as plays in addition to poetry. The two men became very close friends and Halvorsen composed a funeral march in Bjornson’s honor upon his death in 1910. The music’s link with Bjornson is underscored by the fact that it opens with a paraphrase of the Norwegian national anthem which is played in C minor. At the peak it suddenly falls away, and transcending a roll of the timpani, the anthem is played in its entirety. It starts gently, “like the rustle in the reeds,” wrote Peter Linderman in his review of the composition, “swelling to a hymn of praise sung by the whole population. Linked with it are two concluding bars which bring us as dreams to earth, in this case dreams of a great and much-loved writer and dramatist whom we have lost but will never forget.” Buglers Holiday Leroy Anderson was a magna cum laude music graduate from Harvard University, a scholar with fluency in nine languages, and a musician whose talent and discipline assured success in his chosen profession. He chose to compose, arrange, and conduct “music for the people.” After conducting the Harvard University Band from 1931 to 1935, he became arranger for the Boston Pops and Arthur Fiedler in 1935. Of the 38 Anderson scores eventually set for band, he arranged all but ten, doing so with such care and skill that they sound like band originals.

“Bugler’s Holiday” may have motivated more trumpet players to learn or improve their double-tonguing technique in the last five decades than any other piece of music! Although the “Holiday” is relatively uncomplicated, performers are motivated to show their ability with articulations, bell tones, and proper balance. Above all, it’s fun to play and hear! Lincoln Portrait Soon after the United States entered into World War II, conductor André Kostelanetz approached three American composers with the suggestion that each compose a musical portrait of an eminent American who expresses the “magnificent spirit of our country.” The proposal resulted in Virgil Thomson’s The Mayor LaGuardia Waltzes, Jerome Kern’s Portrait for Orchestra of Mark Twain, and Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait (for narrator and orchestra). The latter score was dedicated to André Kostelanetz, who conducted the premiere at a pension fund concert of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on May 14, 1942. The work had numerous later performances, with the narrator part read by such notables as Adlai Stevenson and Eleanor Roosevelt. The band arrangement was made by Walter Beeler in 1951. Regarding his score Copland wrote the following:

I worked with musical materials of my own, with the exception of two songs of the period: the famous Camptown Races and a ballad known today as Springfield Mountain. In neither case is the treatment a literal one… In the opening section I wanted to suggest something of a mysterious sense of fatality that surrounds Lincoln’s personality. Also, near the end of that section, something of his gentleness and simplicity of spirit. The quick middle section briefly sketches in the background of the times he lived. This merges into the concluding section where my sole purpose was to draw a simple but impressive frame about the words of Lincoln himself.

One of the challenges of this piece is remembering that Lincoln’s words were spoken 150 years ago. They are just as relevant in today’s world. Suite of Old American Dances Many quality composers began to take an interest in the wind band after World War II, and Robert Russell Bennett was no exception. After attending a concert by the Goldman Band celebrating the 70th birthday of Goldman himself, Bennett remarked:

When Edwin Franko Goldman arrived at his 70th birthday it was celebrated by a concert sponsored by the League of Composers. For the concert (January 3, 1948) they engaged the Goldman Band of New York and asked Dr. Goldman to conduct his own band in honor of his own anniversary. Louise and I went to that concert and I suddenly thought of all the beautiful sounds the American concert band could make that it hadn’t yet made. That doesn’t mean that the unmade sounds passed n review in my mind at all, but the sounds they made were so new to me after all my ears with orchestra, dance bands and tiny “combos”, that my pen was practically jumping out of my pocket begging me to give this great big instrument some more music to play.

Baritone Saxophone Teri Lynn Caughie (911 Dispatch Supervisor) James Toor (Student) Horn in F Linn Benson (Retired Air Force Officer/Business Owner) Monica Erkeneff (Student) Glenn Nash (Retired Psychiatric Technician) Jamie Stender (Contracts Clerk) Trumpet Haley Armstrong (Deputy Conductor/Commander, USAF Band) Bob Bacchus (Music Teacher) Kenneth Flask (Operations Supervisor) Kiran Gupta (Music Teacher/Composer) Heather Handa (Science Teacher) Jack Hanes (Music Teacher) Gary Henry (Retired Attorney) Chip Miller (Manufacturing Sales Representative) Joe Regner (Retired Engineer, Student) Cristine Sharp (Freelance Musician) Dean Tomek (Retired Music Teacher) Trombone Jeff Johnstone (Software Sales) Larry Knowles (Retired Gas Engineer, Band Leader) Glen Lienhart (Musician) Kim McCrea (Child Development Specialist) Bob Wolf (Retired Musician, Sales Engineer) Euphonium Delbert Bump (Music Educator) Ray Cabral (Programmer/Analyst) Lee Horton (Police Lieutenant) Tuba William Brenton (Musician) Dick Grokenberger (Retired Army/Teacher) Tim Mack (Retired Music Educator/Administrator) Percussion Jennifer Doherty (Music Educator) Philip Doty (Retired Teacher/U.S. Mint) Neil Gould (Government Attorney) Lesleeann Reynoso (Community Services Coordinator) Timpani Wally Hunt (Band Director)

Bennett’s inspiration resulted in his Suite of Old American Dances. Despite his excitement, Bennett was only able to work intermittently on the Suite because of other assignments. The parts were written in between the scoring of Kiss Me Kate , South Pacific and other shows. He wrote out the parts one at a time from sketches or a short score. Months would often elapse between the writing of each part, as he would have to leave New York to score a show, then write a few more pars upon his return. It took a year and a half from the time the work was first sketched until it was completed. Of this practice Benett once wrote, “To satisfy all this urging, I found time to put a good-sized piece on paper. There was really no such thing as spare time for me at that time, but somehow I got a part done here and there”. Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon Percy Grainger considered the folk singers the “kings and queens of song… lords in their own domain - at once performers and creators.” He once described concert singers as slaves to tyrannical composers. It was for the wind band, a “vehicle of deeply emotional expression”, that Grainger made some of his most memorable folk song settings, several of which are now cornerstones of band repertoire. Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon is a slow, sustained Scottish folk tune. Grainger’s original setting of this was done in 1901 for “men’s chorus and whistlers,” and the present version for band was published in 1901. Les Misérables (Selections) With 6,691 performances to its credit, Les Misérables is the third longest running show in Broadway history. The production won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 1987. The musical is based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 French novel by the same name (literally “The Miserable Ones”). The story focuses on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. It examines the nature of law and grace, and is set in early 19th century Paris. An American Elegy An American Elegy is, above all, an expression of hope. It was composed in memory of those who lost their lives at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, and to honor the survivors. It is offered as a tribute to their great strength and courage in the face of a terrible tragedy. The work begins at the bottom of the ensemble’s register, and ascends gradually to a heartfelt cry of hope. The main theme that follows, stated by the horns, reveals a more lyrical, serene side of the piece. A second theme, based on a simple repeated harmonic pattern, suggests yet another, more poignant mood. These three moods - hope, serenity, and sadness - become intertwined throughout the work, defining its complex expressive character. A four-part canon builds to a climactic quotation of the Columbine Alma Mater. The music recedes, and an offstage trumpeter is heard, suggesting a celestial voice - a heavenly message. The full ensemble returns with a final, exalted statement of the main theme. This Land of El Dorado This Land of El Dorado was commissioned by the Omicron Pi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and the Beta Alpha chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon in celebration of the career of

SSOLANOOLANO WWINDSINDS PPERSONNELERSONNEL Conductor Bill Doherty (Math/Technology Teacher) Flute Melinda Elliott (Stay-at-home Mom) Hannah Lee (Student) Primrose Librado (Piccolo) (Entrepreneur/Student) John Lopez (Botany Student) Danielle Renville (Nutrition Assistant) Robert Roozendaal (Professional Animal Trainer) Christine Shoemaker (Plant Pathologist) Leslie Williams (Student) Daniel Zanipatin (Student) Oboe Bill Aron (Musician) Emily Doherty (Student) Tracy Popey (Orthopedic Surgeon) Clarinet Rosie Aron (Special Education Aide) Sean Barrett (Student) Jan Groth (Teacher) Michelle Johnson (US Air Force Registered Nurse) Don Meehan (Volunteer, Western Railway Museum) Pam Nadeau (Band Director) Eric Seiler (U.S. Army Musician) Inga Soule (Accounting, SFSU) R. Clyde Vaiani (Retired Band Director) Otto Vasak (Retired Chemical Engineer) Bass Clarinet Clifford Gordon (Sales) Russell Grindle (Teacher) Deborah Johnson (Parole Administrator) Bassoon Rafael Figueroa (Retail) Alto Saxophone Samantha Johnson (Science/Music Teacher) Marcus Mills (English/AVID Teacher) Stephen Yoo (Student) Tenor Saxophone Evie Ayers (Musicians’ Herder) Kaci Figueroa (Beer Specialist) Joe Rico (Telecommunications Staff Engineer)

SSUPPORTUPPORT OOURUR BBANDAND!! Our generous donors are the key to our successful community band. Ticket revenues make up less than 30% of our overall budget, and your help is always needed! Your tax deductible donation will help us in expanding our music library, commissioning a concert piece to be composed for our band, purchasing and renting musical instruments and equipment, and sponsoring guest artists at our performances.

Becoming an Admirer, Devotee or Enthusiast means you receive membership benefits. Help us spread the sound of fine concert band music throughout our community!

Admirers: $25-$99 Two concert vouchers

Recognition of gift in concert program

Devotees: $100-$249 Four concert vouchers

Recognition of gift in concert program

Enthusiasts: $250 and up Eight concert vouchers

Recognition of gift in concert program

Concert Sponsor: $1,500 Corporations or individuals may sponsor a concert; names will be prominently displayed in advertisements and concert programs. A commemorative plaque is included. Please contact bandinfo@solanowinds.org for more information.

Contributions may be sent to: Solano Winds PO Box 722 Fairfield, CA 94533-0072

MMEMBEREMBER PPROFILESROFILES In each program we feature profiles on two of our players, written by Otto Vasak, board member, retired chemical engineer, and long time player in Solano Winds. RAFAEL FIGUEROA Rafael Figueroa has played bassoon with the Solano Winds for the past three years. He was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in the city of Walnut, which is about 30 miles east of LA. He began playing the saxophone in 5th grade at Westhoff Elementary School. Rafael continued to play the saxophone through high school and college. While in Walnut High School he played in the concert band, the marching band, the jazz band, and the concert orchestra, where he learned to play the bassoon. He received an Associates Degree in music from Mt. San Antonio College where he had the pleasure of playing with Steve Wilkerson and the Mt. Sac Jazz Renegades. Rafael also attended Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Fullerton. He met his wife Kaci while playing with the Cal Poly Pep Band. Kaci also plays with the Solano Winds – she plays tenor sax. Rafael works at Macys in Fairfield and lives in Vacaville. In addition to playing with the Solano Winds, he plays 1st alto sax with the River Community Band in Sacramento. Kaci received a BA degree in Food Science from Cal Poly in Pomona and currently works for Anheuser Busch in the area of Environmental Health and Safety. Of course, music is their major outside activity. MICHELLE JOHNSON Michelle Johnson is a member of the Solano Winds clarinet section. She started piano lessons when she was six years old and took clarinet lessons from age ten to seventeen. Michelle was born in Akron, Ohio. She attended Mayfair Junior Academy in Uniontown, OH, Mount Vernon Academy in Mount Vernon, OH, and the University of Akron, where in 1993 she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. In 2005 Michelle received an MS degree from Wright-State University in Dayton, OH. Her degree was in Adult Health Nursing, Oncology Focus. Michelle joined the US Air Force as a Second Lieutenant in 1993. Over the years she has had many different medical and nursing positions with the Air Force. In 2005 she was promoted to the rank of Major and currently is Nurse Manager, Hematology/Oncology Clinic & Infusion Center at David Grant Medical Center, CA. During her military career she has been stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX; Hill AFB at Salt Lake

Benton Minor at California State University, Fullerton. Mr. Minor was Director of Bands for many years . It was premiered in August of 1992 at California State University, Fullerton with the composer, W. Francis McBeth, conducting. Since Mr. Minor is a native Californian (the Golden State), the title is directed to him and his state, El Dorado being the mythical city of Gold. This land of El Dorado (Eldorado) is the last line of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, ELDORADO.

City, UT; Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH; and at Falls Church, Virginia. Michelle has played with the Legacy Community Band in Xenia, OH; the Medical Musical Group Chorale and Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC; and The National Concert Band of America. She sang with the Voce Della Donna vocal chamber ensemble in the Washington, DC area. The Johnsons currently live in Dixon, CA. Michelle’s husband Wayne is Associate Organist/Choir Accompanist at Dixon United Methodist Church. He is also a Master Piano Technician. Wayne received a BA degree in Organ Performance from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, MI. The Johnsons have two children – Liessa aged 14 and Anthony 12 years old. Both children play piano. The entire family is involved in music. Some of Michelle’s other outside interests include cake decorating, candy making, scrap booking, event planning, and hiking/camping, especially in National and Provincial Parks.

SSUPPORTUPPORT OOURUR BBANDAND!! Our generous donors are the key to our successful community band. Ticket revenues make up less than 30% of our overall budget, and your help is always needed! Your tax deductible donation will help us in expanding our music library, commissioning a concert piece to be composed for our band, purchasing and renting musical instruments and equipment, and sponsoring guest artists at our performances.

Becoming an Admirer, Devotee or Enthusiast means you receive membership benefits. Help us spread the sound of fine concert band music throughout our community!

Admirers: $25-$99 Two concert vouchers

Recognition of gift in concert program

Devotees: $100-$249 Four concert vouchers

Recognition of gift in concert program

Enthusiasts: $250 and up Eight concert vouchers

Recognition of gift in concert program

Concert Sponsor: $1,500 Corporations or individuals may sponsor a concert; names will be prominently displayed in advertisements and concert programs. A commemorative plaque is included. Please contact bandinfo@solanowinds.org for more information.

Contributions may be sent to: Solano Winds PO Box 722 Fairfield, CA 94533-0072

MMEMBEREMBER PPROFILESROFILES In each program we feature profiles on two of our players, written by Otto Vasak, board member, retired chemical engineer, and long time player in Solano Winds. RAFAEL FIGUEROA Rafael Figueroa has played bassoon with the Solano Winds for the past three years. He was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in the city of Walnut, which is about 30 miles east of LA. He began playing the saxophone in 5th grade at Westhoff Elementary School. Rafael continued to play the saxophone through high school and college. While in Walnut High School he played in the concert band, the marching band, the jazz band, and the concert orchestra, where he learned to play the bassoon. He received an Associates Degree in music from Mt. San Antonio College where he had the pleasure of playing with Steve Wilkerson and the Mt. Sac Jazz Renegades. Rafael also attended Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Fullerton. He met his wife Kaci while playing with the Cal Poly Pep Band. Kaci also plays with the Solano Winds – she plays tenor sax. Rafael works at Macys in Fairfield and lives in Vacaville. In addition to playing with the Solano Winds, he plays 1st alto sax with the River Community Band in Sacramento. Kaci received a BA degree in Food Science from Cal Poly in Pomona and currently works for Anheuser Busch in the area of Environmental Health and Safety. Of course, music is their major outside activity. MICHELLE JOHNSON Michelle Johnson is a member of the Solano Winds clarinet section. She started piano lessons when she was six years old and took clarinet lessons from age ten to seventeen. Michelle was born in Akron, Ohio. She attended Mayfair Junior Academy in Uniontown, OH, Mount Vernon Academy in Mount Vernon, OH, and the University of Akron, where in 1993 she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. In 2005 Michelle received an MS degree from Wright-State University in Dayton, OH. Her degree was in Adult Health Nursing, Oncology Focus. Michelle joined the US Air Force as a Second Lieutenant in 1993. Over the years she has had many different medical and nursing positions with the Air Force. In 2005 she was promoted to the rank of Major and currently is Nurse Manager, Hematology/Oncology Clinic & Infusion Center at David Grant Medical Center, CA. During her military career she has been stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX; Hill AFB at Salt Lake

Benton Minor at California State University, Fullerton. Mr. Minor was Director of Bands for many years . It was premiered in August of 1992 at California State University, Fullerton with the composer, W. Francis McBeth, conducting. Since Mr. Minor is a native Californian (the Golden State), the title is directed to him and his state, El Dorado being the mythical city of Gold. This land of El Dorado (Eldorado) is the last line of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, ELDORADO.

City, UT; Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH; and at Falls Church, Virginia. Michelle has played with the Legacy Community Band in Xenia, OH; the Medical Musical Group Chorale and Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC; and The National Concert Band of America. She sang with the Voce Della Donna vocal chamber ensemble in the Washington, DC area. The Johnsons currently live in Dixon, CA. Michelle’s husband Wayne is Associate Organist/Choir Accompanist at Dixon United Methodist Church. He is also a Master Piano Technician. Wayne received a BA degree in Organ Performance from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, MI. The Johnsons have two children – Liessa aged 14 and Anthony 12 years old. Both children play piano. The entire family is involved in music. Some of Michelle’s other outside interests include cake decorating, candy making, scrap booking, event planning, and hiking/camping, especially in National and Provincial Parks.

Bennett’s inspiration resulted in his Suite of Old American Dances. Despite his excitement, Bennett was only able to work intermittently on the Suite because of other assignments. The parts were written in between the scoring of Kiss Me Kate , South Pacific and other shows. He wrote out the parts one at a time from sketches or a short score. Months would often elapse between the writing of each part, as he would have to leave New York to score a show, then write a few more pars upon his return. It took a year and a half from the time the work was first sketched until it was completed. Of this practice Benett once wrote, “To satisfy all this urging, I found time to put a good-sized piece on paper. There was really no such thing as spare time for me at that time, but somehow I got a part done here and there”. Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon Percy Grainger considered the folk singers the “kings and queens of song… lords in their own domain - at once performers and creators.” He once described concert singers as slaves to tyrannical composers. It was for the wind band, a “vehicle of deeply emotional expression”, that Grainger made some of his most memorable folk song settings, several of which are now cornerstones of band repertoire. Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon is a slow, sustained Scottish folk tune. Grainger’s original setting of this was done in 1901 for “men’s chorus and whistlers,” and the present version for band was published in 1901. Les Misérables (Selections) With 6,691 performances to its credit, Les Misérables is the third longest running show in Broadway history. The production won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 1987. The musical is based on Victor Hugo’s 1862 French novel by the same name (literally “The Miserable Ones”). The story focuses on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. It examines the nature of law and grace, and is set in early 19th century Paris. An American Elegy An American Elegy is, above all, an expression of hope. It was composed in memory of those who lost their lives at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, and to honor the survivors. It is offered as a tribute to their great strength and courage in the face of a terrible tragedy. The work begins at the bottom of the ensemble’s register, and ascends gradually to a heartfelt cry of hope. The main theme that follows, stated by the horns, reveals a more lyrical, serene side of the piece. A second theme, based on a simple repeated harmonic pattern, suggests yet another, more poignant mood. These three moods - hope, serenity, and sadness - become intertwined throughout the work, defining its complex expressive character. A four-part canon builds to a climactic quotation of the Columbine Alma Mater. The music recedes, and an offstage trumpeter is heard, suggesting a celestial voice - a heavenly message. The full ensemble returns with a final, exalted statement of the main theme. This Land of El Dorado This Land of El Dorado was commissioned by the Omicron Pi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and the Beta Alpha chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon in celebration of the career of

SSOLANOOLANO WWINDSINDS PPERSONNELERSONNEL Conductor Bill Doherty (Math/Technology Teacher) Flute Melinda Elliott (Stay-at-home Mom) Hannah Lee (Student) Primrose Librado (Piccolo) (Entrepreneur/Student) John Lopez (Botany Student) Danielle Renville (Nutrition Assistant) Robert Roozendaal (Professional Animal Trainer) Christine Shoemaker (Plant Pathologist) Leslie Williams (Student) Daniel Zanipatin (Student) Oboe Bill Aron (Musician) Emily Doherty (Student) Tracy Popey (Orthopedic Surgeon) Clarinet Rosie Aron (Special Education Aide) Sean Barrett (Student) Jan Groth (Teacher) Michelle Johnson (US Air Force Registered Nurse) Don Meehan (Volunteer, Western Railway Museum) Pam Nadeau (Band Director) Eric Seiler (U.S. Army Musician) Inga Soule (Accounting, SFSU) R. Clyde Vaiani (Retired Band Director) Otto Vasak (Retired Chemical Engineer) Bass Clarinet Clifford Gordon (Sales) Russell Grindle (Teacher) Deborah Johnson (Parole Administrator) Bassoon Rafael Figueroa (Retail) Alto Saxophone Samantha Johnson (Science/Music Teacher) Marcus Mills (English/AVID Teacher) Stephen Yoo (Student) Tenor Saxophone Evie Ayers (Musicians’ Herder) Kaci Figueroa (Beer Specialist) Joe Rico (Telecommunications Staff Engineer)

“Bugler’s Holiday” may have motivated more trumpet players to learn or improve their double-tonguing technique in the last five decades than any other piece of music! Although the “Holiday” is relatively uncomplicated, performers are motivated to show their ability with articulations, bell tones, and proper balance. Above all, it’s fun to play and hear! Lincoln Portrait Soon after the United States entered into World War II, conductor André Kostelanetz approached three American composers with the suggestion that each compose a musical portrait of an eminent American who expresses the “magnificent spirit of our country.” The proposal resulted in Virgil Thomson’s The Mayor LaGuardia Waltzes, Jerome Kern’s Portrait for Orchestra of Mark Twain, and Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait (for narrator and orchestra). The latter score was dedicated to André Kostelanetz, who conducted the premiere at a pension fund concert of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on May 14, 1942. The work had numerous later performances, with the narrator part read by such notables as Adlai Stevenson and Eleanor Roosevelt. The band arrangement was made by Walter Beeler in 1951. Regarding his score Copland wrote the following:

I worked with musical materials of my own, with the exception of two songs of the period: the famous Camptown Races and a ballad known today as Springfield Mountain. In neither case is the treatment a literal one… In the opening section I wanted to suggest something of a mysterious sense of fatality that surrounds Lincoln’s personality. Also, near the end of that section, something of his gentleness and simplicity of spirit. The quick middle section briefly sketches in the background of the times he lived. This merges into the concluding section where my sole purpose was to draw a simple but impressive frame about the words of Lincoln himself.

One of the challenges of this piece is remembering that Lincoln’s words were spoken 150 years ago. They are just as relevant in today’s world. Suite of Old American Dances Many quality composers began to take an interest in the wind band after World War II, and Robert Russell Bennett was no exception. After attending a concert by the Goldman Band celebrating the 70th birthday of Goldman himself, Bennett remarked:

When Edwin Franko Goldman arrived at his 70th birthday it was celebrated by a concert sponsored by the League of Composers. For the concert (January 3, 1948) they engaged the Goldman Band of New York and asked Dr. Goldman to conduct his own band in honor of his own anniversary. Louise and I went to that concert and I suddenly thought of all the beautiful sounds the American concert band could make that it hadn’t yet made. That doesn’t mean that the unmade sounds passed n review in my mind at all, but the sounds they made were so new to me after all my ears with orchestra, dance bands and tiny “combos”, that my pen was practically jumping out of my pocket begging me to give this great big instrument some more music to play.

Baritone Saxophone Teri Lynn Caughie (911 Dispatch Supervisor) James Toor (Student) Horn in F Linn Benson (Retired Air Force Officer/Business Owner) Monica Erkeneff (Student) Glenn Nash (Retired Psychiatric Technician) Jamie Stender (Contracts Clerk) Trumpet Haley Armstrong (Deputy Conductor/Commander, USAF Band) Bob Bacchus (Music Teacher) Kenneth Flask (Operations Supervisor) Kiran Gupta (Music Teacher/Composer) Heather Handa (Science Teacher) Jack Hanes (Music Teacher) Gary Henry (Retired Attorney) Chip Miller (Manufacturing Sales Representative) Joe Regner (Retired Engineer, Student) Cristine Sharp (Freelance Musician) Dean Tomek (Retired Music Teacher) Trombone Jeff Johnstone (Software Sales) Larry Knowles (Retired Gas Engineer, Band Leader) Glen Lienhart (Musician) Kim McCrea (Child Development Specialist) Bob Wolf (Retired Musician, Sales Engineer) Euphonium Delbert Bump (Music Educator) Ray Cabral (Programmer/Analyst) Lee Horton (Police Lieutenant) Tuba William Brenton (Musician) Dick Grokenberger (Retired Army/Teacher) Tim Mack (Retired Music Educator/Administrator) Percussion Jennifer Doherty (Music Educator) Philip Doty (Retired Teacher/U.S. Mint) Neil Gould (Government Attorney) Lesleeann Reynoso (Community Services Coordinator) Timpani Wally Hunt (Band Director)

Phil and Dinny Fisher John and Charlotte Gearhart The Gibson Family, in memory of Gordon Gibson Patricia Glover Mary K. Grindle William and Constance M. Gum Sara and Ernest Haas Sue and Earl Handa Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hartnett Bob and Terry Keck Jack and Dorothy Lindeman Ed and Garnet Lopez Clyde V. Martin, M.D. Thomas A. Martin, Jr. Walt and Esther McDaniel Barbara G. McKee Betty McMurry Don and Jean Meehan Wally and Pat Mitchell Doris and Frank W. Mize Kathleen Nye Barbara Palmer Bob and Barbara Pelascini Stephen and Cathy Pierce Myrlee Potosnak Betty and Bill Rawlinson Joe and Connie Regner Everett and Jean Riehl Fred and Lee Schaffer Robert and Marsha Sergeant Diane Snow Jack and Carla Sorrelle Lacey and Rob Thayer Virginia Tracy Otto and Elly Vasak Marianne and M.L. “Swede” Walleen Mary Westergaard Edwin, Rosalee and Joanna Wheeler

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Concert Sponsors ($1,500 - Up) DeLong-Sweet Family Foundation Residents Council, Paradise Valley Estates Jelly Belly Candy Company Enthusiast ($250 – $1,499) Linn and Mona Benson Edna Biederman, in memory of Capt. USN, Jack Biederman Gay Bowen, in memory of BGen, USMCR Russ Bowen Ernest “Bud” Card Pat and Dan Child Bruce Conhain Spike and Betty Flertzheim The Horton Family William and Doneyn Johnson Mary Kelley Dr. and Mrs. Raymon Lawton Duncan Miller Gloria Nemson Bob and Barbara Pelascini Adrian and Nancy Pastori Bill and Elaine Smith Barbara and Jim Tutt George Yeoman Devotee ($100 - $249) David and Barbara Allard Carol and Paul Bergerot Dorothee Brown Sondra Pike Browning John and Jetta Burnett Bill and Gerry Coghill Patricia D. and John A. Cole John and Susan Coleman Peg Cutshall Cecelia Doherty Glenn and Marybeth Dow Dick and Jan Feaster

PPROGRAMROGRAM NNOTESOTES The Federal The Sousa Band was preparing to embark upon a world tour in 1910. Before leaving for the tour, Sousa composed a new march for which he did not immediately provide a title. The new march was so well received in Australia, that originally Sousa titled his march “Land of the Golden Fleece”. The high commissioner of Australia, George Reid, requested that the title be changed to “The Federal”. When the march was published, Sousa honored both Australia and New Zealand by providing the dedication “To the Australasians”.

The Barber of Seville - Overture Gioacchino Antonio Rossini was a prodigy who completed his first opera at the age of 14 and was later recognized by his contemporaries as the greatest Italian composer of his time. After his first opera was completed in 1806, his rise to fame was swift.. Five of his operas were staged for the first time in 1812; four more were produced in 1813, of which the most important was the perennial favorite L’Italiana in Algeri - The Italian Girl in Algiers. Between 1812 and 1829 he composed and produced 39 operas, including his comic masterpiece Il Barbiere di Siviglia - The Barber of Seville at the age of 23. The overture was originally written not for The Barber of Seville, but for the earlier opera of Rossini’s, Aurelian in Palmyra (1813), and did not make its way to the position it now occupies until three years later. None of its themes may be found in the opera, yet its light and bubbling gaiety, and the music’s general resemblance to the ideal of Figaro are wholly expressive of what transpires in The Barber of Seville, both musically and dramatically. It is the most enduring, most popular, and perhaps, the master work of Gioacchino Rossini. In Memoriam Johan Halvorsen’s In Memoriam, Opus 30 was written for the great Norwegian poet Bjornstjerne Bjornson. Bjornson won the Nobel Prize in literature in 1903, and was well versed in larger works such as plays in addition to poetry. The two men became very close friends and Halvorsen composed a funeral march in Bjornson’s honor upon his death in 1910. The music’s link with Bjornson is underscored by the fact that it opens with a paraphrase of the Norwegian national anthem which is played in C minor. At the peak it suddenly falls away, and transcending a roll of the timpani, the anthem is played in its entirety. It starts gently, “like the rustle in the reeds,” wrote Peter Linderman in his review of the composition, “swelling to a hymn of praise sung by the whole population. Linked with it are two concluding bars which bring us as dreams to earth, in this case dreams of a great and much-loved writer and dramatist whom we have lost but will never forget.” Buglers Holiday Leroy Anderson was a magna cum laude music graduate from Harvard University, a scholar with fluency in nine languages, and a musician whose talent and discipline assured success in his chosen profession. He chose to compose, arrange, and conduct “music for the people.” After conducting the Harvard University Band from 1931 to 1935, he became arranger for the Boston Pops and Arthur Fiedler in 1935. Of the 38 Anderson scores eventually set for band, he arranged all but ten, doing so with such care and skill that they sound like band originals.

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The Federal ……………………………………….....John Philip Sousa Arranged by Timothy Rhea

Composed in 1910

The Barber of Seville Overture …........…………….Gioachino Rossini Transcribed by Kenneth Singleton

Premiered in 1816

In Memoriam ………………………………………...Johan Halvorsen Arranged by John R. Bourgeois

Bjornstjerne Bjornson’s Funeral in 1910

Buglers Holiday…………………………….…..…...…Leroy Anderson Transcribed by Michael Edwards

Boston Pops founded in 1885

Lincoln Portrait …….…...…………...…………………Aaron Copland Transcribed by Walter Beeler

Richard Grokenberger, Narrator Abraham Lincoln’s First Inauguration in 1861

INTERMISSION

Suite of Old American Dances…….……...…..Robert Russell Bennett 3. Western One-Step

1. Cake Walk Composed in 1949

Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon………………..…Percy Grainger Scored for Wind Band in 1949

Les Misérables (Selections) ….…………....Claude-Michel Schönberg Arranged by Warren Barker

Musical opens in Paris in 1980

An American Elegy ………..………...…………...…..…...Frank TIcheli Columbine Massacre in 1999

This Land of El Dorado ……...……………………...…Francis McBeth Pursuit of the Legend in 1541

Liz and Marty Wildberger Ruth A. Wolfe R.W. and D.L. Young Catherine Zimmerman Admirer ($25 - $99) Janice and Al Abrams John and Jean Adamo Murray and Zella Bass Patricia Benacquista Paul Bidinger Lucy Bonnett Pat Brausch Dick and Bette Brown Gaylon and Vickie Caldwell Patricia Cartwright Jane Cypra Ted Demosthenes Bill and Ann Farber Drake Manuel and Inia Escana Lloyd and Florence Espen Eleanor Ford Joel and Barbara Gillespie Marion Graff Patricia L. Hale John and Loretta Hanley Babette Henkle Gigi Horton, State Farm Insurance Farley and Pegi Howell Marjorie M. Hyslop Hal and Madeline Jacobs John and Jeanne Kersten Phil and Gloria Knebel “H.M” and Al Kocher Julia Kordes Delfina Kruge Lynn Lippstreu

Isabella Z. Lively Mary E. Longland Jean and Riva Mayers Jay E. McGee Mike and Jeanne Michael Helen Morin Susan Myers Carole O’Hara Mr. and Mrs. Chester Petersen Mark and Erin Proudfoot Bill and Jeanne Reavis Richard and Barbara Rimmer Wilma Romary Esther Rowland Emily Rued Betty B. Schaefer Paul and Elaine Schmidt Robert S. Schumack Bonnie and Ron Slusarz Jim Sokoloski Carol Solomon Michael Somers Jack and Carla Sorrelle Betty St. George Rudy Stubbs Geri Surber Frank and Betty Thomas Juliette Thomas Scott and Geri Vasak Nelda Wagner Sharon Walton, Walton’s Music Studio George and Nelda Wagner Pat and Tom Winburn Lorraine J. Wolfe Donald and Marie Wong Ralph and Daisy Young

WWELCOMEELCOME!!

T onight, Solano Winds wraps up its year-long celebration of our “Sweet Sixteen” season with “Anniversaries” . Each musical selection on this evening’s program is celebrating a significant anniversary, commemorating events from as long ago as 1541 and

as recently as 1999.

While we celebrate the passage of time with Anniversaries, we also appreciate the timelessness of the music around us. From a 100-year-old Sousa march to a classic Rossini overture, the music is as vibrant today as it was when fresh on the composer’s manuscript. And the words of Abraham Lincoln from the 1860’s are remarkably relevant to today’s world affairs. We’re delighted that you are here to share our Anniversaries celebration with us!

Bill Doherty Music Director Solano Winds Community Concert Band

TTHANKHANK YYOUOU!! The Solano Winds would like to thank tonight’s sponsor - The Jelly Belly Company - our donors, Solano Community College, Gordon’s Music and Sound, and the City of Fairfield for their generous support. BBILLILL DDOHERTYOHERTY -- MMUSICUSIC DDIRECTORIRECTOR

In 1994, as Bob Briggs was beginning his last year before retirement as Director of the University of California Band, Bill Doherty suggested to him that they start a community band in Fairfield. A year later, that vision became a reality as Bob founded Solano Winds. Bill served as the first President of the group and helped to formalize the behind-the-scenes workings of the band while playing principal trumpet. Upon the passing of Robert O. Briggs in September 2008, Bill was named Music Director of Solano Winds. Bill played in the Cal Band under Bob’s leadership while earning his Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of California at Berkeley. He taught band for eleven years, including a three-year stay at Vanden High School, before adding mathematics to his teaching credential. In addition to his high school bands, Bill conducted the Berkeley Symphonic Band from 1985 to 1989. Currently, he teaches mathematics and assists teachers in their use of instructional technology at Campolindo High School in Moraga. He lives in Fairfield with his wife, Jennifer, who teaches music in Fairfield and plays percussion in Solano Winds, and enjoys spending time with his three children.

RRICHARDICHARD GGROKENBERGERROKENBERGER -- NNARRATORARRATOR Richard (Dick) Grokenberger has called Fairfield home since 1965 when he and his family moved here. He was hired that same year as the first music teacher at Fairfield High School. Though now fully retired, he has had two careers: Thirty six years as a Music and English teacher, primarily in the Travis Unified School District, and over twenty five years as an officer in the US Army Reserve, which included over four years active duty and service in Vietnam. The musical side of his life has not been limited to teaching activities, but has spilled into the area of local community theater, with roles in fifteen musical/stage productions. He is a founding member of Solano Winds and has performed with this organization as a brass player and, on occasion, as a vocalist or narrator.

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We rehearse Tuesdays from 7:00 to 9:30 in the Solano Community College Band Room (room 1245), 4000 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, from late August through early June. If you play a band instrument, you are welcome to join us. Band musicians of all abilities are welcome!

For more information, send an email to bandinfo@solanowinds.org, or visit our website at www.solanowinds.org.

Join us for our Seventeenth Season:

DUOS!

10/14/2011 : Heaven & Earth

12/16/2011 : Home & The Holidays

3/16/2012 : Gershwin & Grainger

5/18/2012 : Stage & Screen

Fairfield Center for Creative Arts 1035 West Texas Street

Fairfield

Tickets: $12 Adults/$8 Students & Seniors

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Solano Winds Community Concert Band www.solanowinds.org

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In the Fall of 1994, as Bob Briggs was leading the California Marching Band through his last season before his retirement, Bill Doherty suggested to him that he could fill his time in retirement by starting up a community band to conduct in Fairfield. Before becoming the Director of Bands at the University of California, Bob was the Director of the Armijo SuperBand, building a standard of excellence with that high school program. Strong high school bands in Fairfield have been around since that time, including many successful years for the Fairfield Scarlet Brigade. What was missing was a place for adult musicians to continue to play their instruments. Bob took on the challenge, and attended Community Band workshops at the MidWest Band Clinic in Chicago that year. In the summer of 1995, a group of musicians gathered to discuss the possibility of putting together such a group, and two months later, 40 band musicians gathered at Fairfield High School for the first rehearsal of the Solano Winds. One week after that first rehearsal of October 5, 1995, over 50 musicians from seven counties were with the band to prepare for our first performance at Will C. Wood High School in December. Since that enthusiastic beginning, the band has regularly fielded a band of 45-70 members to perform a number of concerts throughout the year. Each year, the band has prepared four formal programs, and has also performed at events such as the Fourth of July Fireworks Show in Suisun, regular concerts at Paradise Valley Estates, and an annual appearance in the Carmichael Park Community Band Festival each June. The band has grown organizationally from our beginnings as well - starting with $500 grants from Gordon's Music and Sound and the Fairfield Scarlet Brigade Boosters in 1995, we now enjoy funding from a growing number of donors. Bill Doherty took the baton as Music Director for the band after Bob Briggs passed away in September 2008. The purpose of the band remains as how it started - to perform high quality band literature well, and to have fun doing it!

RROBERTOBERT O. BO. BRIGGSRIGGS SSCHOLARSHIPCHOLARSHIP Established by Robert O. Briggs and administered by the Solano Community Foundation, the Robert O. Briggs Scholarship Endowment provides scholarships to local students pursuing music degrees at four year universities.

To make a tax-deductible contribution to this fund, send checks to: Robert O. Briggs Scholarship Endowment

c/o Solano Community Foundation 1261 Travis Blvd., Suite 320

Fairfield, CA 94533

For more information, contact the Foundation at (707) 399-3846, or visit http://www.solanowinds.org/FoundationPage.php

Solano Winds Community Concert Band

Friday, May 20, 2011 8:00 PM Fairfield Center for Creative Arts 1035 West Texas Street, Fairfield

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