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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... Still to come in

OUR EIGHTEENTH SEASON!JOYFUL TRADITIONS

December 7, 2012Sousa, “Fiddler”, and Holiday Music!

NOBILITYMarch 15, 2013

Together with the Walnut Creek Concert BandMUSICAL NARRATIVES

May 10, 2013Shostakovich, Copland, Bernstein, and more!

… all at the Downtown Theatre!Tickets available now at www.solanowinds.org

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W Welcome elcome to “Horizons Unlimited” - the opening of the Solano Winds 2012-2013 season! Tonight’s theme fits our musical selections for this program, as well as the positive energy that the band enjoys this season.

We’re thrilled to be a Resident Company for the Downtown Theatre! When public funding became scarce, our community stepped up to the plate and kept the arts alive. Solano Winds is grateful to everyone who helped keep our performance home alive!

Later this season, we’ll proudly bring our brand of music to the Association of Concert Bands’ National Convention in San Ramon, CA. We were one of only seven organizations chosen through an audition process to perform for our fellow musicians from across the country. Throughout the season, we’ll be performing selections that are ultimately headed for this program in April.

For our all-volunteer musicians, it all starts with the music, and “Horizons Unlimited” has plenty of exciting pieces! Sit back, get comfortable, and enjoy the performance – and thank you for supporting the arts!

Bill Doherty Music Director

Bill Doherty – Music Director n 1994, as Bob Briggs was beginning his last year before retirement as Director of the University of California Band, Bill Doherty suggested to him that they start a community band in Fairfield. A year later, that vision became a reality as Bob founded Solano Winds. Bill served as the first President of the group and helped to formalize the behind-the-scenes workings of the band while playing principal trumpet. Upon the passing of Robert O. Briggs in September 2008, Bill was named Music Director of Solano Winds.

Bill played in the Cal Band under Bob’s leadership while earning his Bachelor of Arts in Music from the University of California at Berkeley. He taught band for eleven years, including a three-year stay at Vanden High School, before adding mathematics to his teaching credential. In addition to his high school bands, Bill conducted the Berkeley Symphonic Band from 1985 to 1989. Currently, he teaches mathematics and assists teachers in their use of instructional technology at Campolindo High School in Moraga. He lives in Fairfield with his wife, Jennifer, who teaches music in Fairfield and plays percussion in Solano Winds, and his daughter Emily, who plays oboe and English Horn in Solano Winds. His daughter Melissa teaches dance in Redding, CA, and his son Kevin studies Musical Theatre at UCLA.

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The Purple Carnival ..............................................Harry L. Alfordarr. by Frank Erickson

Morning, Noon and Night Overture..................Franz von Suppéarr. by A. Morelli

Loch Lomond............................................... Traditional Folksongarr. Frank Ticheli

London Suite..............................................................Eric Coatesarr. by Gerrard Williams

I. Covent Garden II. Westminster (Meditation) III. In Town To-Night (Knightsbridge March)

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The Chimes of Liberty............................ Edwin Franko Goldmanarr. by Loras J. Schissel

Recorded by Sinatra................................. arr. by Warren Barker

Italian Rhapsody........................................................Julie Giroux

The Cowboys......................................................... John Williamsarr. by Jim Curnow

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The Purple Carnival Harry L. Alford’s first march was played in Hudson, Michigan, by a visiting show band when he was only 14 years old. Encouraged by his initial success, he continued composing and arranging marches and other works for the rest of his life. Between 1904 and 1924, the Alford Studios in Chicago turned out over 34,000 separate arrangements. Alford’s innovative arranging scheme was ridiculed at first, but he soon had a full staff of copyists and arrangers working in soundproof music studios. In the heyday of vaudeville, his pit orchestra scores for the outrageous but incredibly popular entertainer Eva Tanguay made Alford so famous that every act in the area wanted his arranging services. Although his typical band arrangements sold for 35 cents each (in 1921), he used a very fast shorthand method of notation and had a thriving arranging business – the world’s largest. Among his countless clients were John Philip Sousa, Arthur Pryor, Patrick Conway, Scott Joplin, Charles Johnson, W. C. Handy, Earl Fuller, Isham Jones, George Burns, and Gracie Allen. Harry Alford wrote “The Purple Carnival” in 1933, dedicating it to Glenn Cliffe Bainum and the Northwestern University Band. It was edited for concert band by Frank Erickson in 1969 and has continued to grow in popularity. The brass fanfares and idiomatic use of woodwinds reveal Alford’s knowledge of instrumental color and technique.~ from “Program Notes for Band” by Norman E. Smith

Morning, Noon and Night Overture Franz von Suppé’s musical ability was recognized after he composed a Mass for the Franciscan church at Zara when he was only 15. He later became a musical director at Vienna and wrote more than 60 comic operas. He is best remembered, however for his overtures “Light Cavalry”, “Poet and Peasant”, and “Morning, Noon, and Night (in Vienna)”. Suppé composed much of his music during Emperor Franz Joseph’s reign – a time of prosperity and joie de vivre – or so it seemed. Music was heard in Vienna, as it still is, “morning, noon, and night.” Suppé’s works were first performed by the symphony orchestras. However, overtures like “Morning, Noon, and Night” were so suitable for bands that they soon became the park-band favorites and are still performed by many professional and school bands.~ from “Program Notes for Band” by Norman E. Smith

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Loch Lomond At the time in Scottish history when “Loch Lomond” was a new song, the United Kingdom (which united Scotland, England, and Wales) had already been formed. But the Highland Scots wanted a Scottish, not an English King to rule. Led by their Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles Edward Stuart) they attempted unsuccessfully to depose Britain’s King George II. An army of 7,000 Highlanders were defeated on April 16, 1746 at the famous Battle of Culloden Moor. It is this same battle that indirectly gives rise to this beautiful song. After the battle, many Scottish soldiers were imprisoned within England’s Carlisle Castle, near the border of Scotland. “Loch Lomond” tells the story of two Scottish soldiers who were so imprisoned. One of them was to be executed, while the other was to be set free. According to Celtic legend if someone dies in a foreign land, his spirit will travel to his homeland by “the low road” – the route for the souls of the dead. In the song, the spirit of the dead soldier shall arrive first, while the living soldier will take the “high road” over the mountains, to arrive afterwards. The song is from the point of view of the soldier who will be executed: When he sings, “ye’ll tak’ the high road and I’ll tak’ the low road” in effect he is saying that you will return alive, and I will return in spirit.In my setting, I have tried to preserve the folksong’s simple charm, while also suggesting a sense of hope, and the resilience of the human spirit. The final statement combines the Scottish tune with the well-known Irish folksong, “Danny Boy.” It was by happy accident that I discovered how well these two beloved songs share each other’s company, and I hope their intermingling suggests a spirit of human harmony.~Notes from the composer, Frank Ticheli

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London Suite Eric Coates was a composer of classic light music, a professional violist, and a persuasive and capable conductor. He was elected president of the British Light Music Association in 1957, the last year of his life – a fitting tribute to a composer whose works typify the light classic music of Great Britain, during the first half of the 20th century. “London Suite”, subtitled “London Every Day”, describe three areas of the city which Coates knew very well. The first, “Covent Garden”, is represented by a fast 6/8 tarantella. The second, “Westminster (Meditation)”, is depicted by a slow andante movement. The final section is titled “In Town To-Night” and subtitled “Knightsbridge March.” The latter title is derived from the elegant Knightsbridge section in London, where the Royal Guards’ barracks and stables are situated. In this movement the listener is allowed an intimate glimpse of the pomp, pageantry, and color associated with the scarlet-coated guardsmen of Buckingham Palace.~ from “Program Notes for Band” by Norman E. Smith

The Chimes of Liberty Edwin Franko Goldman was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 1, 1878. It was his mother’s famous Franko family who provided inspiration to the young John Philip Sousa to pursue a career in music. Goldman began the study of cornet with George Weigand at the Hebrew Orphan Asylum at the age of nine and won a scholarship to the newly formed National Conservatory of Music in 1892, studying composition with the conservatory’s director Antonín Dvořák. Upon his graduation, Goldman secured a position as second trumpet in the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, performing under the leading conductors of the era. Mahler, Toscanini, Mottl, Hertz, and Damrosch were all frequent conductors of the orchestra during his ten-year engagement. In 1911, Goldman formed the New York Military Band (later the Goldman Band), which was to become one of the most famous bands of its kind in the world. From 1924 onward, the Goldman Band concerts were underwritten by the Guggenheim family. Goldman conducted his band in summer concerts in Central Park and in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, and at many world’s fairs and expositions until his death in 1956. As early as 1922, Goldman began commissioning and encouraging composers to write directly for the band. He is responsible for literally hundreds of works now found in the standard band repertoire.~Notes from the arranger, Loras J. Schissel

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PRecorded by Sinatra

Frank Sinatra crooned his way into the hearts of “The Greatest Generation.” This medley by Warren Barker features some of his best recorded works: “High Hopes”, “(Love is) The Tender Trap”, “Love and Marriage”, and “My Kind of Town”, all by Sammy Kahn and James van Heusen, plus “Young at Heart” by Carolyn Leigh and Johnny Richards.

Italian Rhapsody “Italian Rhapsody” is a collection of Italian folk songs and a few operatic excerpts scored with Italian gusto! Solo clarinet opens this work with a certain Mafioso flair developing into a devious rendition of “The Italian Wedding Song #2” (“The Wedding Tarantella”). “Caderna,” composed by A. D. Arcangelo, is presented in both an Italian street band and contemporary march style. Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème “Quando m’en vo” (“Musetta’s Waltz”) makes an appearance as an accordion player serenading young lovers in the moonlight. The finale features Luigi Denza’s “Funiculi! Funicula!,” Guiseppi Verdi’s Il Trovatore (Act II – “Anvil Chorus”) and Gioacchino Rossini’s “Barber of Seville.” Italian operatic and folk song musical quotes are interlaced throughout the work. See if you can hear them all! Scored with an Italian passion for family and feasting, “Italian Rhapsody” is definitely one very Spicy Meatball!~Notes from the composer, Julie Giroux

The Cowboys John Williams has been known as an eminent composer, arranger, and pianist for many years. When he was named conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1980, he became even more familiar to millions of television viewers in the U.S. and abroad. For his film scores he has received 30 Academy Award nominations, 15 Grammies, and five Oscars. This fast-slow-fast overture is based on the score in the 1972 John Wayne film “The Cowboys.” The story tells of an area in the U.S. Northwest Territory which has lost all of its grown men to the Ruby River, Montana, gold rush. A local rancher, Wil Anderson, is forced to hire 11 young boys to help drive his 1,200 cattle to the railhead at Belle Fourche, South Dakota, 400 miles away. The boys overcome numerous hardships before rustlers shoot Wil (John Wayne) and take the herd. At this point the “cowboys” become “cowmen” and manage to avenge Wil’s death and recover the cattle.

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Garnet Piper-Lopez A new member of the Solano Winds clarinet section is Garnet Piper-Lopez. She was born into a farming family near Orland, CA. Other places that she lived in California include the Santa Cruz Mountains, Oakland, Woodland, Orland, Chico, Santa Barbara, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, Vallejo and finally Benicia. Garnet attended a three-room country school and then Orland High School. She received a BA degree from Chico State, majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. She also received an MA degree in microbiology and worked as a microbiologist for ten years.

Garnet’s family was very musical. Her grandfather played fiddle for barn dances in Colorado, and her mother also played. Garnet’s siblings played various band instruments as well as piano. She concentrated on the clarinet, starting in 5th grade through high school. Garnet also plays piano, flute, guitar and the bass clarinet. She has been a member of the Napa Community Band and has played with the Solano Community College Band.

After Garnet moved to the Bay Area, she met her future husband in music classes at Solano Community College. She then switched careers to nursing – getting an AS degree in nursing from Solano Community College and an MS degree and PNP (pediatric nurse practitioner) from UCSF. She worked first for North Bay Medical Center and the Kaiser and is still working as an “advice nurse”.

After finishing her nursing courses, Garnet stopped playing the clarinet, but is back into action after a 28-year hiatus. She and Ed have 5 children and 8 grandchildren. Garnet’s hobbies include travel, reading, walking the dog, Tai Chi, and keeping up with family, home and garden.

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Dougas J. Zuehlke

The Solano Winds has added a new member to its trumpet section. It is Douglas J. Zuehlke. He was born and raised in Oshkosh, Wisconsin and attended elementary school at Jacob Shapiro, an open concept school. He next attended Perry Tipler Middle School and finally Oshkosh West High School. It was in the 6th grade at Tipler where he learned to play the clarinet and realized that he wanted to be involved in music for the rest of his life. He also played the bass and contra bass clarinets plus some saxophone.

In college, his studies focused mostly on music and education courses. It was in college that he studied trumpet as a secondary instrument, which is what he plays most often now. At the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Douglas played in the college bands. While living in Green Bay, he played with three community bands. Each summer, he plays with the Oshkosh Area Community Band. In California, Douglas has played with the North Bay Wind Ensemble and the Danville Community Band.

Douglas graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a major in education with an emphasis in instrumental music. He was qualified to teach band and orchestra. After getting his degree, he did substitute teaching in Green Bay, Wisconsin where he primarily taught music classes.

In 2007, Douglas moved to California and lived in American Canyon, then Concord, and now Fairfield in the Cordelia area. In California he taught elementary band at thirteen schools a week as an itinerant band teacher for the Napa Valley Unified School District. Two years ago, Douglas moved to Concord and taught elementary music in the Antioch Unified School District. He is now in his second year teaching music – along with reading and math intervention at Phillips Charter School in Napa. He enjoys camping a couple times a year as a member of E Clampus Vitus, a fraternal organization.

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ConductorBill Doherty – Math Teacher/Technology Coordinator

PiccoloPrimrose Librado – Entrepreneur/Student

FluteHolly Gregory – Graphic ArtistHannah Lee - StudentPrimrose Librado – Entrepreneur/StudentLauren Nucum – Aviation Hydraulic Fluids SpecialistCathy Pierce – Second Grade TeacherLeslie Williams - Student

OboeBill Aron - MusicianEmily Doherty - StudentTracy Popey – Orthopedic Surgeon

BassoonRafael Figueroa – Sales Supervisor

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

Bass ClarinetCliff Gordon – Music SalesRussell Grindle – Education Specialist

Alto SaxophoneSamantha Johnson – Music/AVID TeacherStinn McDaniel – Education Specialist

Tenor SaxophoneEvie Ayers – Arts Administrator

Baritone SaxophoneTeriLynn Caughie – 911 Dispatch Supervisor

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TrumpetBob Bacchus – Music TeacherHeather Handa – Science TeacherJack Hanes – Music TeacherChip Miller – Retired Sales RepresentativeDean Tomek - RetiredDouglas Zuehlke – Music Teacher

HornLinn Benson – Lt. Col. USAF Retired; Business OwnerGlenn Nash – Psychiatric TechnicianMark Stephens – Natural Gas Drilling & ProductionJim Tutt – Retired Educator

TromboneScott Carter - GeologistBob Evans – High School PrincipalJeff Johnstone – Software SalesLarry Knowles – Retired Engineer; Big Band LeaderKim McCrea – Domestic Engineer

EuphoniumDelbert Bump – Music EducatorRaymond Cabral – Programmer/Analyst

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

String BassTracy Popey – Orthopedic Surgeon

HarpBarbara Tutt – Gardener/Chef/Homemaker

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

TimpaniWally Hunt – Band Director

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Concert Sponsors ($1,500 - Up)

DeLong-Sweet Family FoundationResidents Council, Paradise Valley Estates

Enthusiast ($250 – $1,499)

Vivian Bowen Dan & Patricia Child H.A. Flertzheim Richard and Carla Grokenberger Duncan Miller Carol (for father Bud) Moore Gloria Nemsom Everett & Jean Riehl Steve and Helen TilleyJim & Barbara Tutt George W. Yeoman

Devotee ($100 - $249)

David Balmer Bruce and Nancy Bartels Paul and Carol Bergerot Richard & Judith BlakemoreDorothee Brown Bill & Gerry Coghill John and Patricia Cole Margaret Cutshall Carol Dugger Patricia Glover Mary Grindle Earl L. Handa Bob & Terry Keck Ken KuraicaJack & Dorothy Lindeman Eva M. Linn Ed & Garnet Lopez Thomas A. Martin, Jr.

Barbara McKee Wally & Pat Mitchell Doris and Frank Mize Kathleen Nye Barbara Palmer John and Jean Peters Stephen & Cathy Pierce Myrlee Potosnak William & Betty Rawlinson Joe & Connie Regner Diane & David Snow Jay and Inga Soule Lacey and Rob Thayer Otto & Elly Vasak Wayne WalkerJoan L. White Mary Gay & Sid Whiting Elise Wigton Marty & Liz Wildberger

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Admirers ($50 – $99)

Mr. & Mrs. Alfred W. Abrams John & Jean Adamo Murray Bass Lucy BonnettSally Bowen Dick and Patricia Cartwright Theodore & Nancy Demosthenes Rick Drewrey, Jr. Manuel & Inia Escano Lloyd and Florence Espen John & Sally Ferejohn Eleanor Ford Alyce Gilson Babette R. Henkle John & Jeanne Kersten Kenneth and Layna Kinsman Felix Knebel

Julia Kordes Maureen Lahiff Lynn Lippstreu Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Michael Helen Morin Jeanne Reavis Esther Rowland Gina Schneider Robert & Joy Schumack Jim Sokoloski Jack & Carla Sorrelle Steve & Shelagh Spafford Betty St. George Juliette Thomas Scott and Geri Vasak Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Winburn Stephen Yoo

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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.

Solano Winds Community Concert Bandwww.solanowinds.org

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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.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY IN THE SOLANO WINDS? 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

all abilities are welcome!

For more information, send an email to bandinfo@solanowinds.org,

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