Past Seasons

American Dreams

Concert 1: Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue

Sunday, October 14, 2018, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Avguste Antonov, piano Printed program

  • Strike Up the Band George and Ira Gershwin, arr. Barker
  • Three Preludes George Gershwin, arr. Williams
    Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
    Andante con moto
    Agitato
  • Divertimento for Symphonic Band Leonard Bernstein, arr. Grundman
    Sennets and Tuckets
    Waltz
    Mazurka
    Samba
    Turkey Trot
    Sphinxes
    Blues
    In Memoriam; March, “The BSO Forever”
  • Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin, ed. Verrier
    Avguste Antonov, piano
  • “Slava!” – A Concert Overture Leonard Bernstein, trans. Grundman

Past Seasons

American Dreams

Concert 2: Visions of Sugar Plum Fairies

Sunday, December 9, 2018, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Ballet Petit, Peggy Peabody, artistic director
Walter M. Mayes, announcer Printed program

  • Holiday Portraits arr. Sean O’Loughlin
  • The First Noel arr. Bill Moffit
    Audience sing-along
  • Christmas Scene from "La Bohème" Giacomo Puccini, arr. Morita
  • Silent Night Franz Gruber, arr. Moffit
    Audience sing-along
  • Dreidel Dance Robert Thurston
  • Cowboy Christmas arr. Jeff Simmons
  • Selections from "The Nutcracker" Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, arr. McAlister/Reed
    Miniature March
    Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy
    Dance of the Toy Flutes
    Chinese Dance
    Russian Dance (Trépak)
    Waltz of the Flowers
    Ballet Petit, Peggy Peabody, artistic director
  • Joy to the World George F. Handel, arr. Moffit
    Audience sing-along
  • Christmas and Sousa Forever John Philip Sousa, arr. Giroux
  • Sleigh Ride Leroy Anderson

Past Seasons

American Dreams

Concert 3: The Brass Ring

Sunday, February 24, 2019, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
The Dallas Brass Printed program

  • A Celebration Overture Bruce Broughton
  • Four Preludes Robert Russell Bennett
    George
    Vincent
    Cole
    Jerome
  • Acadiana Frank Ticheli
    At the Dancehall
    Meditations on a Cajun Ballad
    To Lafayette
  • A. B. A. Symphonic March John Cheetham
  • American Fanfare John Wasson
    The Dallas Brass
  • Assorted Selections Various Composers
    The Dallas Brass
  • American Tableau John Wasson, rev. Levine
    The Dallas Brass

Past Seasons

American Dreams

Concert 4: The Spirit of '76 (Trombones!)

Sunday, May 12, 2019, 3:00 PM

McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Galen Lemmon, marimba Printed program

  • Program TBA

Past Seasons

American Dreams

Concert 5: Fantastic Fourth!

Thursday, July 4, 2019, 1:00 PM

Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos California

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor
Walter M. Mayes, narrator Printed program

  • Program TBA