“America the Beautiful”

2009-2010 Concert Season

Fanfares and Flourishes

Sunday, October 18, 2009, 3:00 PM
West Valley College, Saratoga

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Timothy Harris, guest conductor

arr. Jack Stamp The Star-Spangled Banner
Paul Basler Carnival
John Mackey Aurora Awakes
Carter Pann Hold This Boy and Listen
Mariano San Miguel La Oreja de Oro ("The Golden Ear")
Aaron Lington Open Evidence
Timothy Harris, guest conductor
Dann Zinn, tenor sax
Erik Jekabson, flugelhorn
Marshall Otwell, piano
John Shifflett, bass
Curt Moore, drums
Roger Nixon Centennial Fanfare-March

Complete concert program
Program notes


Chicago: My Kind of Town

Sunday, December 13, 2009, 3:00 PM
McAfee Center, Saratoga

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Timothy Harris, guest conductor
Alicia Telford, horn
The Aaron Lington Quintet

Paul Basler Carnival
Samuel Barber "Andante and Tranquillo"
from Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
John Mackey Aurora Awakes
Carter Pann Hold This Boy and Listen
Richard Strauss "Rondo" from Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
Alicia Telford, horn
John Philip Sousa The Directorate March
Peter Warlock "Tranquillity" from Capriol Suite
Aaron Lington Open Evidence
Timothy Harris, guest conductor
Aaron Lington, baritone saxophone
John Worley, flugelhorn
Murray Low, piano
John Shifflett, bass
Curt Moore, drums
Roger Nixon Centennial Fanfare-March

Complete concert program
Program notes


The 2009 Midwest Clinic

Friday, December 18, 2009, 5:30 PM
McCormick Place West, Chicago

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Eugene Migliaro Corporon, guest conductor
Timothy Harris, guest conductor
Alicia Telford, horn
The Aaron Lington Quintet

Paul Basler Carnival
Samuel Barber "Andante and Tranquillo"
from Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
John Mackey Aurora Awakes
Carter Pann Hold This Boy and Listen
Richard Strauss "Rondo" from Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
Alicia Telford, horn
John Philip Sousa The Directorate March
Peter Warlock "Tranquillity" from Capriol Suite
Aaron Lington Open Evidence
Timothy Harris, guest conductor
Aaron Lington, baritone saxophone
Paul Tynan, flugelhorn
Dan Murphy, piano
Ashley Summers, bass
Jon Deitemyer, drums
Roger Nixon Centennial Fanfare-March

Complete concert program
Program notes


From Sea to Shining Sea

Sunday, February 21, 2010, 3:00 PM
McAfee Center, Saratoga

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Joseph Alessi, trombone

Frank Ticheli Nitro
Walter Piston The Incredible Flutist
Derek Bourgeois Trombone Concerto
Joseph Alessi, trombone
John Philip Sousa The Gallant Seventh March
Mark Camphouse Yosemite Autumn
Eric Cook Bolivar
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Meredith Willson 76 Trombones

Complete concert program
Program notes


The Beat Goes On

Sunday, March 28, 2010, 3:00 PM
McAfee Center, Saratoga

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Galen Lemmon, percussion

Morton Gould American Salute
Eric Ewazen A Hymn for the Lost and the Living
Charles Ives Old Home Days
Dwayne Milburn American Hymnsong Suite
Gary Ziek Concerto for Percussion Solo and Wind Ensemble
Galen Lemmon, percussion
R. Alexander March "The Southerner"

Complete concert program
Program notes


American Classics

Sunday, May 23, 2010, 3:00 PM
Campbell United Methodist Church, Campbell

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor

John Barnes Chance Blue Lake Overture for Concert Band
David Del Tredici Acrostic Song, fro "Final Alice"
Vincent Persichetti Symphony for Band (Symphony No. 6), Op. 69
Edward MacDowell Woodland Sketches
Cole Porter Cole Porter: A Medley for Concert Band
Edwin Franko Goldman Bugles and Drums March

Complete concert program
Program notes


Fantastic Fourth: America's Spirit

Sunday, July 4, 2010, 1:30 PM
Los Gatos High School front lawn

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Danielle Crook, soprano

arr. John Philip Sousa The Star-Spangled Banner
Leonard Bernstein Overture to "Candide"
Arr. Robert Cray Armed Forces Medley
arr. Rob Thurston The Western Channel
Lee Greenwood God Bless the U.S.A.
Fred Fisher Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)
Meredith Willson Selections from "The Music Man"
Mark Camphouse Air Mobility Command March
Leroy Anderson Belle of the Ball
John Philip Sousa "Sound Off' March
Rogers & Hammerstein Selections from "The Sound of Music"
E. E. Bagley National Emblem March
arr. Paul Erwin Sing-Along America!
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever

Complete concert program