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O Solano Winds History ne August afternoon in 1995, a handful of local musicians gathered around a kitchen table and cobbled together a plan to assemble a local community band. Fairfield had a rich tradition of successful music programs in the schools, but folks who wanted to continue playing in a concert band had to find those opportunities out of town. We compiled lists of people to call, hoping to get enough musicians together to scrape together a band. Two months later, on October 5, 1995, 45 musicians showed up at Fairfield High School to make music together. By the next week, we were up to 60 all-volunteer members, and as they say, “the rest is history”! Solano Winds Community Concert Band held its premiere performance at Will C. Wood High School in December of 1995. We’ve performed four “subscription” programs and numerous community events since then. Our band has appeared every year since 1997 in the Carmichael Park Community Band Festival in the Sacramento area. In 2013, we will perform in the Association of Concert Bands’ National Convention in San Ramon, CA – one of only seven bands invited for this prestigious honor. Solano Winds has always taken on the personality of our founding Conductor, Robert O. Briggs. Bob retired in 1995 as Director of Bands at the University of California, Berkeley, and immediately dove into the project of getting Solano Winds off the ground. Before his time at Cal, Bob built the Armijo High School SuperBand, and won widespread recognition for Fairfield’s music programs across the State of California. Bill Doherty was a student of Bob’s at Cal, and played in Solano Winds until carrying on Bob’s work as Music Director since 2008. As the first President of the Band’s Board of Directors, Bill worked with Bob to instill our core mission with the ensemble: to perform the high quality band repertoire well, and to have fun doing it! There have been four key ingredients to our sustained success. Most importantly, Bob Briggs instilled in everyone a love for music and brought that joy of music to all rehearsals and performances. Second, we’ve been very fortunate to attract superb musicians from nine counties. These talented artists give of their time every week to make music together and to share that music with our audiences. Third, the generous support we’ve received from our community has allowed our art to thrive over the years. Our list of donors is too long to list here – be sure to look at it elsewhere in this program – but it all started with seed funding from the Fairfield High School Scarlet Brigade Boosters and Gordon’s Music and Sound. Finally, nothing that we do would happen if it weren’t for our audiences – thank you for being here!JOIN US for more...

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I Welcomet could probably be said that most music tells a story of some sort. Tonight’s selections use irony, humor, personification, nostalgia, tradition, and many other classic storytelling elements to convey their message. We are pleased to welcome the UC Davis University Concert Band to the Fairfield stage with us this evening, and hope that their young players will continue to have the magic of musical storytelling as a part of their lives forever. It is a pleasure to share our stories with you tonight. Once upon a time…Bill DohertyMusic DirectorSolano Winds Community Concert Band

Bill Doherty Music Director

Bill Doherty – Music Director ill Doherty earned his BA in Music from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1980, where he studied conducting under Michael Senturia and played in bands under the direction of Robert O. Briggs. He has studied trumpet with John Coppola, Philip Shoptaugh, and David Goedecke. After teaching music for 11 years, including a stint at Vanden High School, he has taught mathematics for the past 20 years. Bill was the conductor of the Berkeley Symphonic Band from 1985 to 1989, and

was a charter member of the Solano Winds as the principal trumpet and first President of our Board of Directors. He currently teaches mathematics and assists other teachers with instructional technology at Campolindo High School in Moraga, California. He resides in Fairfield with his all-artist family.

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usic director Pete Nowlen has been a member of the UC Davis faculty since 1988 and the California State University, Sacramento, faculty since 1990. He was a member of the French horn section of the Sacramento Symphony from 1987 to 1996. He is an active orchestral and chamber musician and an international solo prize winner. He performs frequently with the San Francisco Symphony, Opera, and Ballet orchestras; Symphony Silicon Valley; the Sacramento Philharmonic, Opera, and Chamber Music Society; and Music Circus and plays as principal hornist of the Music in the Mountains Festival and Arizona Musicfest. For several years, he performed regularly as principal hornist of the International Orchestra of Italy, performing and recording in Italy’s finest theaters. In 1992 he was third-prize winner of the International Competition for Solo Horn of the Castle of Duino, Italy, and in 1994 he was a semifinalist in the prestigious American Horn Competition. Solo appearances have included both American and Italian orchestras.

Opera and ballet and theater conducting credits include La Bohème, Hansel und Gretel, Billy the Kid, L’Histoire du Soldat, Facade, Little Shop of Horrors, Falsettos, and Company. Orchestral conducting credits include the Sacramento Symphony, UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, CSUS Symphony Orchestra, and the Music in the Mountains Orchestra. Nowlen has been interim band director at UC Davis since 2002 and director of the fall quarter Wind Ensemble since 1993.

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UC Davis University Concert BandPete Nowlen, Conductor

Masque of the Yellow Moon from Valley of the Sun ………………Ferde Grofe

Arranged by Kevin R. Tam

Animal Magic of the Eskimo ……………………………………………….. Henry Cowell

Vientos y Tangos ……………………………………………………………Michael Gandolfi

Monkey Business …………………………………………………………………David Lovrien

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Bill Doherty, Music Director Festive Overture …………………………………………………………Dmitri Shostakovich

Transcribed by Donald Hunsberger

Humoresque on Swanee ……………………………………………….. George Gershwin

Arranged by Keith Brion

Variations on a Korean Folk Song ………………………………. John Barnes Chance

El Relicario …………………………………………………………………………….. José PadillaTranscribed by Philip J. Lang

COMBINED ENSEMBLES Harvest Hymn …...................................................…. Percy Aldridge Grainger

Transcribed by Joseph Kreines

Shepherd’s Hey …………………………..……………………………………………Traditional

Set for Military Band by Percy Aldridge GraingerArranged for Modern Bands by H. R. Kent

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Festive OvertureThe Festive Overture was composed in 1954, in the period between Symphony No. 10 and the Violin Concerto. Its American premiere was given by Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony Orchestra on November 16, 1955. In 1956, the New York Philharmonic under Dmitri Mitropoulos presented the overture in Carnegie Hall. A Russian band version of the overture was released in 1958 and utilized the standard instrumentation of the Russian military band, i.e., a complete orchestral wind, brass and percussion section plus a full family of saxhorns, ranging from the Bb soprano down through the Bb contrabass saxhorn. This new edition has been scored for the instrumentation of the American symphonic band. The Festive Overture is an excellent curtain raiser and contains one of Shostakovich’s greatest attributes -- the ability write a long sustained melodic line combined with a pulsating rhythmic drive. In addition to the flowing melodic passages, there are also examples of staccato rhythmic sections which set off the flowing line and the variant fanfares. It is truly a “festive overture.” - Note from the score, by Donald Hunsberger

Humoresque on SwaneeThis humoresque is constructed upon George Gershwin and Irving Caeser’s great hit song from the from the Broadway show, “Sinbad”. Written at the peak of the song’s popularity, Sousa’s 1920 humoresque was liberally sprinkled with unusual sound effects. It includes numerous variations on the principal theme, as well as “Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here,” “Listen to the Mocking Bird,” “Dixie,” and “Old Folks at Home.”-Note from “John Philip Sousa, A Descriptive Catalog of His Works”, by Paul E. Bierley, Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio

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Variations on a Korean Folk Song“I became acquainted with the folk song known as Arrirang (pronounced ‘AH-dee-dong’) while serving in Seoul, Korea, as a member of the Eighth U.S. Army Band in 1958-59. The tune is not as simple as it sounds, and my fascination with it during the intervening years led to its eventual use as the theme for this set of variations.”-Note from the composer in the Journal of Band Research, Fall/1966

El RelicarioThis composition is a paso doble, a Spanish dance popular in the 1920s that translates to “two-step.” A paso doble was typically played at bullfights at the entrance of the matadors. El Relicario was written in 1918 and made popular by Rudolph Valentino. The title denotes a reliquiry or shrine. In this case, it is a locket worn by an acclaimed matador in Madrid. Inside that locket is a small piece of his cape that he placed on the ground to protect the path of a beautiful, dark-haired maiden. The lyrics relate the fateful day that she attends a bullfight where the Matador if mortally gored. As she rushes to his side, he takes the locket from his chest and repeats his devotion as his final words.-Note from windband.org

Harvest HymnPercy Grainger began work on Harvest Hymn in 1905, but did not complete it until 1932, scoring it for instrumental ensemble and subsequently arranging it for various media. The short work features a simple tune, richly harmonized with stately chords and decorated counter-melodies. The present transcription is based on the piano solo version made in 1936, with some scoreing details taken from the original setting.-Note in score by Joseph Kreines

Shepherd’s HeyShepherd’s Hey was scored for wind band in 1918. The word ‘Hey’ denotes a particular figure in Morris Dancing. Morris Dances are still danced by teams of ‘Morris Men’ decked out with bells and quaint ornaments to the music of the fiddle or ‘the pipe and tabor’ (a sort of drum and fife) in several agricultural districts in England. The tune of Shepherd’s Hey is similar to the North English air The Keel Row that is very widely found throughout England. The ‘hey’ involves the interweaving of generally two lines of dancers, which may be symbolized by the use by Grainger of two parallel lines of music at the opening of the composition, rather than a simple statement of a theme that then moves into variants.-Note from windband.org

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S olano Winds PersonnelConductorBill Doherty – Math Teacher/Technology Coordinator

PiccoloCathy Pierce – Second Grade Teacher

FluteMay Dulce – Business AnalystHannah Lee - StudentLauren Nucum – Chemical EngineerCathy Pierce – Second Grade TeacherRobert Roozendaal – Professional Animal TrainerLeslie Williams - Student

Oboe/English HornBill Aron - MusicianEmily Doherty - StudentTracy Popey – Orthopedic SurgeonBassoonRafael Figueroa – Administrative Support Supervisor

ClarinetRosie Aron – Special Education Instructional AssistantJan Groth – Educator: ArtMichelle Johnson – U.S. Air Force Registered NurseDon Meehan – Retired Mare Island – ElectronxPam Nadeau – Band DirectorGarnet Piper-Lopez – Advice NurseWendy Purvis – Mom to Four (ages 8-26)Andrew Smith – StudentInga Soule - BookkeeperOtto Vasak – Retired Chemical Engineer

Contra Alto Clarinet Samantha Johnson: Music/AVID Teacher Joe Rico: Telecommunications Staff Engineer

Bass ClarinetCliff Gordon – Music SalesRussell Grindle – Education SpecialistDeborah Johnson – Parole District Administrator

Alto SaxophoneStinn McDaniel – Education SpecialistSamantha Johnson

Tenor SaxophoneEvie Ayers – Arts AdministratorNilo Dulce – Senior Quality Assurance InspectorJoe Rico

Baritone SaxophoneTeriLynn Caughie – 911 Dispatch Supervisor

TrumpetBob Bacchus – Music TeacherHeather Handa – Science TeacherJack Hanes – Music TeacherChip Miller – Retired Sales RepresentativeJoe Regner – Retired Electronic EngineerDouglas Zuehlke – Music Teacher

HornLinn Benson – Lt. Col. USAF Retired; Business OwnerGlenn Nash – Psychiatric TechnicianGarth Olmstead – StudentMark Stephens – Natural Gas Drilling & ProductionJim Tutt – Retired Educato

TromboneScott CarterBob Evans – High School PrincipalLarry Knowles – Retired Engineer; Big Band LeaderKim McCrea – Mommy

EuphoniumDelbert Bump – Music EducatorRaymond Cabral – Programmer/Analyst

TubaDick Grokenberger – Retired US Army; Retired TeacherTim Mack – Retired Music Teacher, Administrator

String BassTracy Popey – Orthopedic Surgeon

PercussionJennifer Doherty – Music EducatorPhil Doty – Retired Teacher; US MintWally Hunt – Band DirectorNick Martens – StudentGeorgina Nash – Retired Registered Nurse

HarpBarbara Tutt – Gardener/Chef/Homemaker

Voice of the Solano WindsLiz Wildberger – Retired Media Specialist/Tourist

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Flute/PiccoloKatie Moinpour, Principal/Piccolo - Sociology, MusicRose Rutherford – Civil/Environmental Engineering/Watershed ScienceYeojin Jung - UndeclaredAlison Fisher – Environmental Science/ManagementEmily Bercos-Hickey – Atmospheric ScienceBen Correal – Music Oliver Tunigold – Mechanical Engineering

OboeSasha Jasty – Political Science/Japaneser

ClarinetLexi Tacdol – Music Performance/EducationRuby Tapia – Forensic Chemistry/PsychologyKelly McGinty - Exercise Biology^Joy Li - Film Studies, English Tiffany Wiriyaphanich – Food Science^Bill Hollingshead – Political Science/Music

Bass ClarinetSusan Hartzman – American StudiesBassoonLeigh Jacobsen, Principal – Animal ScienceJonathon Holguin – Biological Systems/Engineering

Alto SaxophoneDaniel Ngo, Principal – Biomedical Engineering/MusicJeffrey Won – Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering/ChemistryJacob Hendrix – Music/French

Tenor SaxophoneValerie Gadjali – Computer Science

Baritone/Bass SaxophoneChristine Richers - Music

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TrumpetTyler Hager, Principal - Applied Mathematics EJ Crowley - UndeclaredRudy Cisernos - MusicJoshua Small – Electrical EngineeringHugo Garcia – MusicToby Mak - Music

HornAlexander Stepans, Principal – Political ScienceReece Mathiesen – Japanese/Chemical EngineeringLaura Schwartz – Music Composition/JapaneseCatherine Ensman - MusicJessica Bloom – Neurology Physiology Behavior

TromboneJustin Yu – Computer ScienceAndrew Palermo – Chemical Engineering

EuphoniumKathryn Fischette, Environmental EducatorAmber Nelson – Math/PhilosophyGurpreet Pannu – Music Composition

Tuba~Robert Rucker - Chemistry, Nutritional Biochemistry

PercussionDanielle Leinwander Music/Biological SciencesHazel Kasusky - EconomicsEstevan Sanchez – African American Studies/African StudiesElizabeth Luu – Food ScienceSam Eaton – History/American StudiesKadra Rademacher – Biological Sciences/Management Economics^ Denotes UC Davis Alumnus~ Denotes UC Davis Professor

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S olano Winds Donors

Concert Sponsors $1500+The Delong-Sweet Family FoundationThe Jelly Belly Candy CompanyParadise Valley EstatesResidents CouncilPotrero Hills Landfill

Devotee ($100-$249) David Balmer Murry and Zella BassDeborah BrownDorothee BrownCecelia Doherty Mr. and Mrs. Richard FeasterJohn and Charlotte GearhartNeil Gould Mary Grindle William and Constance GumThomas and Nancy GuntherSue and Earl Handa Ruby Hardy Babette Henkle Bob and Terry Keck Ken Kuraica Dorothy and Jack LindemanBarbara McKee John McNichols Wally and Pat MitchellBarbara Palmer

Garnet Piper-Lopez Col. Tracy Popey MDMyrlee Potosnak Joe and Connie RegnerBetty and Bill RawlinsonMr. and Mrs. Fred SchafferBill and Elaine Smith Jay and Inge Soule Otto and Elly VasakScott and Geri Vasak Wayne Walker Ed and Mary WestergaardMary Wheat Joan White Mary Gay and Sid WhitingMarty and Liz WildbergerRuth Wolfe, in memory ofRichard D. Wolfe, M.D.Ralph and Daisy YoungCatherine Zimmerman

Enthusiast ($250+) Linn and Mona BensonVivien Bowen Dan and Pat Child John and Patty Cole John and Susan ColemanSpike and Betty FlertzheimThomas Martin, Jr.Duncan Miller Gloria Nemson Steve and Helen TilleyBarbara and Jim Tutt Vern and Jean Van BuskirkGeorge Yeoman

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olano Winds Community Concert Band would like to thank our donors, the Paradise

Valley Estates Residents Council, Solano Community College, Gordon’s Music & Sound, the City of Fairfield, and the

Downtown Theatre Foundation for the Arts for their generous support.

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Admirer ($50-$99) Mr. and Mrs. Alfred AbramsPaul Bergerot Carol Block Bill Drake Mr. and Mrs. Manuel EscanoAnn Farber Marilyn Figel Philip and Virginia FisherJeanne Kersten Kenneth and Layna KinsmanFelix Knebel, Jr.

Maureen Lahiff Susan Lo Jeanne Michael Helen Morris Jeanne Reavis Paul and Elaine SchmidtAlvina Sheeley Jim and Barbara SokoloskiBetty St. George Elise Wigton Tom Winburn Stephen Yoo

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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: $50-$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 advertise ments and concert programs. A commemorative plaque is included. Please contact bandinfo@solanowinds.orgformoreinformation.

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W e 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

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