Past Seasons

Music from the Heart

Concert 1: The Heartbeat of America

Sunday, October 4, 2015, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Steve Sánchez, clarinet Printed program

  • American Salute Morton Gould
  • Elegy for a Young American Ronald Lo Presti
  • Newsreel William Schuman
    Horse Race
    Fashion Show
    Tribal Dance
    Monkeys at the Zoo
    Parade
  • Black Dog Scott McAllister
    Steve Sánchez, clarinet
  • Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa Ira Hearshen
    Fairest of the Fair
    The Thunderer
    Hands Across the Sea
  • The Thunderer March John Philip Sousa, arr. Keith Brion and Loras Schissel
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Concert 2: The Heart of the West

Sunday, December 6, 2015, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Patrick Sheridan, tuba
Janie Dusenberry, soprano Printed program

  • Aspen Jubilee Ron Nelson
    Janie Dusenberry, soprano
  • Santa Fe Saga Morton Gould
  • Fantaisie Brillante J. B. Arban, arr. Sheridan
    Patrick Sheridan, tuba
  • New Mexico March John Philip Sousa, ed. Fennell
  • Tall Tales: Pecos Bill Jonathan Bartz
  • How the West was Won arr. Robert Hawkins
  • Gabriel’s Oboe Ennio Morricone, arr. Baadsvik
    Patrick Sheridan, tuba
  • Sway Pablo Beltrán Ruiz, arr. Pilafian, orch. Sheridan
    Patrick Sheridan, tuba
  • The Western Channel arr. TSgt. Bob Thurston
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Music from the Heart

Concert 3: SJWS ♥ Opera

Sunday, February 28, 2016, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Layna Chianakas, mezzo-soprano Printed program

  • La Belle Hélène Overture Jacques Offenbach, arr. Odom
  • Selections from Turandot Giacomo Puccini, arr. Yo Goto
  • Triumphal March from Aida Giuseppe Verdi, trans. McAlister, ed. Reed
  • “My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice” from Samson et Dalila Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Smith
    Layna Chianakas, mezzo-soprano
  • “O don fatale” from Don Carlo Giuseppe Verdi, trans. Busquier
    Layna Chianakas, mezzo-soprano
  • “The Ride of the Valkyries” from Die Walküre Richard Wagner, arr. Longfield
  • Carmen Symphony Georges Bizet, arr. Serebrier, trans. Patterson
    Prelude
    The Cavalry
    Habanera
    Interlude 1
    Toreador
    Interlude 2/td>
    Interlude 3
    Gypsy Dance
  • Someone to Watch Over Me George and Ira Gershwin, arr. Barker
    Layna Chianakas, mezzo-soprano
  • They Can’t Take That Away from Me George and Ira Gershwin, arr. Barker
    Layna Chianakas, mezzo-soprano
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Music from the Heart

Concert 4: Sousa in the South Bay

Sunday, March 15, 2016, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Keith Brion, guest conductor
Thomas Hornig, trombone
Beth Delaney Miller, soprano
Galen Lemmon, xylophone Printed program

  • The Star Spangled Banner arr. Sousa/Damrosch
  • Russlan and Ludmilla Glinka
  • Thoughts of Love Pryor
    Thomas Hornig, trombone
  • Folk Tune Goossens/Grainger
  • Shepherd’s Hey Grainger
  • Juliet’s Waltz Song from Romeo and Juliete Gounod
    Beth Delaney Miller, soprano
  • Introduction to Act III, Lohengrin Wagner
  • Look for the Silver Lining Kern/Sousa
  • All the Things You Are Kern
    Beth Delaney Miller, soprano
  • The Pirates of Penzance Sullivan/Sousa
  • Fluffy Ruffles Green
    Galen Lemmon, xylophone
  • Parade of the Services Various
  • George M. Cohan Sing-Along Cohan
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Concert 5: Fantastic Fourth

Saturday, July 4, 2016 at 1:15 PM

Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Virginia Mayhew, tenor sax
Walter Mayes, narrator Printed program

  • The Star Spangled Banner arr. John Philip Sousa
  • American Fanfare James M. Stephenson
  • Armed Forces Medley arr. Robert Cray
  • The Black Horse Troop John Philip Sousa, ed. Fennell
  • Jalousie Jacob Gade, arr. Krance
  • Crazy She Calls Me Carl Sigman and Bob Russell, arr. Dryden
    Virginia Mayhew, tenor saxophone
  • Hi-Ya, Mama! Virginia Mayhew
    Virginia Mayhew and jazz combo
  • America the Beautiful Samuel A. Ward, arr. Rothman
  • Let Freedom Ring Ryan Nowlin
  • The Corcoran Cadets John Philip Sousa, arr. Fennell
  • Selections from “The Music Man” Meredith Willson, arr. Lang
  • Semper Fidelis John Philip Sousa, arr. Brion/Schissel
  • Lester Virginia Mayhew, arr. Dryden
    Virginia Mayhew, tenor saxophone
  • Take the “A” Train Billy Strayhorn
    Virginia Mayhew and jazz combo
  • Selections from “Les Misérables” Claude-Michel Schonberg/Barker
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa, ed. Brion