Saturday, October 1, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Caruthers Fairgrounds
(Admission is Free - No ticket required.)
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Enjoy the cotton candy, apple pie, amusement rides and an old-fashioned band concert at
the famous Caruthers Fair! The band will entertain you with fanfares, showtunes, patriotic songs and Sousa marches!
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Fresno City College Theatre (map)
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Join the band as we salute our four-legged friends, everything from frogs to cats to dinosaurs! You’ll
hear the ever-popular Saint Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals” with poetry by Ogden Nash, narrated by Irene
Klug Nielsen, “Selections from Cats”, John Williams’ melodic score to “Jurassic Park”, “Walking Frog”
by Karl King, and Sousa’s “Black Horse Troop” march. This is a great concert for kids of all ages!
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
The Tower Theatre for Performing Arts
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Begin your Christmas season with our annual holiday concert. We promise to get you into the festive spirit
with “A Christmas Intrada” by Alfred Reed, “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” by Brahms, the wonderfully melodic
“Overture to Hansel and Gretel”, the antiphonal sounds of Gabrieli’s “Sonata pian e forte” and the
“Twelve Days of Christmas” featuring our guest artist – the audience!
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Sunday, January 29, 2012
3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Fresno City College Theatre (map)
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Guest Artist: Andrew van der Paardt, Oboe
Hear super music by a super band in a concert of a little of everything! We’ll feature Andrew van der Paardt, recipient of our young artist scholarship in 2011 and now a student at Long Beach State University. The band will perform
a wide-ranging selection of music from “Concerto Grosso, Opus 12, No. 6” by Corelli to
“Third Suite” by Robert Jager and the usual Sousa march.
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Fresno City College Theatre (map)
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Guest Artist: Dale Engstrom, Conductor
The band will tackle the monumental “Lincolnshire Posy” by Percy Grainger, a work filled with woodwind
flourishes, noble brass and tuneful percussion. Also on the program - “Overture to Die Meistersinger”
by Wagner and a short ditty to acknowledge the approaching St. Patrick’s Day - “Wearin’ of the Green”
from Irish Suite by Leroy Anderson. Dale Engstrom will join the band conducting several of his favorite selections.
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Shaghoian Concert Hall, Clovis North High School (map)
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Guest Artist: Dr. Kevin Cooper, Guitar
Water is the theme with “American River Songs” by Pierre la Plante and Handel’s “Water Music Suite”
and the Thunderer movement from Ira Hearshon’s “Symphony on Themes of Sousa”. Join us also as we welcome
Fresno City College’s Professor of Guitar Kevin Cooper in his first appearance with the band.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Shaghoian Concert Hall, Clovis North High School (map)
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Guest Artist: Bob Bergthold, Vocalist
We salute the men and women of our armed forces in this concert of mostly American music like
“Overture to Candide” by Leonard Bernstein, a medley of songs by Hoagy Carmichael , music from the PBS
special “The War” , a march by Charles Ives, the “Adagio” from Dvorak’s New World Symphony, “Armed Forces
Salute” , “Hosts of Freedom” by Karl King and Sousa’s “Liberty Bell”. Also returning by popular demand is
vocalist Bob Bergthold.
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