Previous Concerts

Sunday  May 20, 2018       3:00PM      WayPointe Christian Fellowship

A.G. Villoldo – El Choclo

Jose Pablo Moncayo – Huapango 8

Leonard Bernstein – Mambo from West Side Story /arr. By M. Sweeney

Stephen Bulla – Rhapsody for Flute, featuring Ellen DeCarlo

Ernesto Lecuona – San Francisco El Grande

Enrique Granados – Spanish Dance

Saturday March 17, 2018  3:00PM      Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley

Steve Danyew – Adagietto

John Philip Sousa – Circus Gallop from the operetta The Irish Dragoon

Burton Lane – Highlights from Finian’s Rainbow

Warren Barker – Ireland

T.C. Kelly – Wexford Rhapsody

Percy Grainger – Lincolnshire Posy

Sunday, December 3, 2017:

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
Geoffrey Gallegos, Conductor.    Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor.

Program 

• Charles Ives/arr. W. Schuman – Variations on America
• William Schuman – Chester Overture
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Variations for Oboe and Military Band,  Featuring Sue Crum, oboe soloist
• John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
• James Barnes – Symphony Fantasy Variations of a Theme By Paganini

Sunday, October 23, 2016:

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
Jessica Bejarano, Conductor

Program

• Espana Cani paso-doble, Pascual Marquina, arr. Robert Cray
• Zampa Overture, L.J.F. Herold, arr. V.F. Safranek
• Toccata, Girolamo Frescobaldi, arr. Earli Slocum
• Intermezzo from La Boda de Luis Alonso, Jeronimo Gimenez, arr. Clark McAlister & Lowell Graham
• Roman Carnival Overture, Hector Berlioz, arr. V.F. Safranek
• Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo, Manuel De Falla, arr. John J. Morrissey
• Highlights from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein, arr. Ted Ingram
• Dance of the Hours from the Opera “La Gioconda”, Amilcare Ponchielli, arr. David Bennett
• Zacatecas, Genaro Codina, arr. L.P. Laurendeau

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
Jessica Bejarano, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor 

Program

• Second Suite for Military Band in F major, Gustav Holst
• Dance Macabre, Op. 40, Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Mitchell Bender
• Slava! A Concert Overture, Leonard Bernstein, transc. for Symphonic Band by Clare Grundman
• Folk Song Suite for Military Band, R. Vaughan Williams
• Florentiner March (Grande marcia Italiana), Op. 214, Julius Fučík; arr. M. L. Lake; ed. Frederick Fennell
• Nothing Else Matters, words and music James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich; performed by Metallica; arr. Frank Bernaerts

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
Jessica Bejarano, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

Program

• Where Never Lark Or Eagle Flew, James Curnow
• The Immovable Do, Percy Grainger
• River of Life, Steven Reineke
• Punchinello: Overture to a Romantic Comedy For Concert Band, Alfred Reed
• Kaddish, W. Francis McBeth
• Flight of the Piasa,, Op. 120, Robert Sheldon
• Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite: March, K. L. King

Performing Arts Theater, El Cerrito High School 
Jessica Bejarano, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor 

Program

• Ignition, Todd Stalter
• Children’s March, Percy Grainger; Sue Crum, conductor
• Commando March, Samuel Barber
• Vocalise, Sergei Rachmaninov
• A Jubilant Overture, Alfred Reed
• Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini, James Barnes

Performing Arts Theater, El Cerrito High School 
Jessica Bejarano, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor 

Program

• Selections from Chicago, Erskine Hawkins, William Johnson, and Julian Dash; arr. Bob Lowden
• Pavanne, Morton Gould, arr. Paul Yoder
• Sing, Sing, Sing, Louis Prima; arr. Mike Lewis; additional parts Andres Soto
• From Chicago: All That Jazz, John Kander; arr. Michael Brown
• Glenn Miller in Concert, arr. Wayne Scott; Sue Crum, conductor
• Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin; arr. Ferde Grofe; Ruth Butterfield-Winter, piano

Performing Arts Theater, El Cerrito High School 
Jessica Bejarano, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor 

Program

• Fanfare and Allegro, Clifton Williams
• Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1, Georges Enesco
• Hungarian Dances, No. 5 & 6, Johannes Brahms; arr. S. J. Price
• Slavonic Dances, Antonin Dvorak; arr. James Curnow; Sue Crum, conductor
• Marche Slave, Peter Tchaikovsky; arr. L. P. Laurendeau

Performing Arts Theater, El Cerrito High School 
Jessica Bejarano, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

Program

• Spirit of Freedom, Tracey R. Rush
• Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, Eliot Del Borgo
• El Capitan, John Philip Sousa
• Three Shanties, Malcolm Arnold; performed by the WCW Woodwind Ensemble (Stephen Deutsch, flute; Anthony Perry, oboe; Ron Hermenau, bassoon; Danielle Napoleon, clarinet; Jon Oldfather, horn)
• El Relicario, José Padilla
• Capriccio Espagnol, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; arr. Calvin Custer
• Selections from Bizet’s Carmen, Georges Bizet; arr. V. F. Safranek
• Amparito Roca, Jaime Texidor

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
presented by: 
Contra Costa College, Wayne Organ, Chair, Music Department 
for El Cerrito High School Symphonic Band: 
Keith Johnson, Conductor 
for Contra Costa and Laney College Guitar Ensemble 
Ron Galen, Conductor 
for the West County Winds: 
Jessica Bejarano, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

Program of the West County Winds

• Noisy Wheels of Joy, Eric Whitacre
• Mars from The Planets, Gustav Holst
• Beguine for Band, Glen Osser
• First Suite in E♭ for Military Band, Gustav Holst; edited by Colin Matthews

Performing Arts Theater, El Cerrito High School 
Jessica Bejarano, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor 

Hear the work of our new music director, Jessica Bejarano, at our first concert together. For the first half of the concert, Jessica has chosen both transcriptions of orchestral works and original works for band.

Following a short intermission, the band will present Rolf Rudin’s The Dream of Angus [Der Traum des Oenghus], a two-part tone poem based on a story about the legendary Irish hero Angus. While the piece is similar in concept to Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Angus is no puckish vagrant outsider but an ancient Celtic demi-god prince. His boisterous, intemperate nature comes up against deep longing for a woman he sees in his dreams, taking him on a journey into mystery and magic.

Join us in the lobby after the concert for a reception and meet Jessica!

As always, both concert and reception are free to all.

Program

• Bacchanal from Samson and Delilah, Camille Saint-Saëns, transc. Kenneth Singleton
• Hungarian March “Rakoczy” from Damnation of Faust, Hector Berlioz, arr. Leonard B. Smith; Sue Crum, conductor
• Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon, Percy Grainger
• Belle of the Ball, Leroy Anderson
• The Dream of Angus: Poem on a Legend from the ‘Green Isle’, Op. 37 (Parts I & II), Rolf Rudin

Performing Arts Theater, El Cerrito High School 
Sue Crum, Conductor 
Terry Clark, Guest Conductor 

Join us for an afternoon concert and reception celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the West County Winds. We will have special guests, including former conductors and band members. Founding director Terry Clark will conduct the band in a special number.

Program

• Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2, Giovanni Gabrieli; performed by the brass of the West County Winds
• Festive Overture, Dmitri Shostakovich; arr. Donald Hunsberger
• Jazz Suite No. 2, Dmitri Shostakovich; arr. Johan de Meij: March; Lyric Waltz; Dance 1; Dance 2; Waltz 2; Finale
• Variations on a Korean Folk Song, John Barnes Chance; Terry Clark, conductor
• Galop, Dmitri Shostakovich; arr. Donald Hunsbe 

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
Rice Majors, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

A concert of pieces by American composers, most written specifically for band.

• Rocky Point Holiday, Ron Nelson
• Amazing Grace, Frank Ticheli
• Candide Suite, Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman
• An American Elegy, Frank Ticheli; Sue Crum, conductor
• Russian Christmas Music, Alfred Reed

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
Rice Majors, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor 

As a sequel to our May 2007 concert featuring Pictures at an Exhibition, we’re pleased to present another concert focusing on Russian composers. The evening begins with a set of performances by chamber groups. The band then takes the stage to present works by Glinka, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Our own David Hemphill appears as the soloist in Rimsky-Korsakov’s trombone concerto.

• Trio, Josef Haydn, arr. Ray Monson
• The Goodie Polka, Ray Monson
• L’Arlesienne, Suite No. 1, Georges Bizet, arr. Joachim Linckelmann
• Tico Tico, Zeqhina de Abreu, arr. D. Varela
• Funeral March of a Marionette, Charles-Francois Gounod, arr. Terry Kenny
• My Spirit, Be Joyful, J. S. Bach, transc. Harry Herforth
• Russlan and Ludmilla Overture, Mikhail Glinka, arr. Franz Henning; Sue Crum, conductor excerpt
• Concerto for Trombone and Military Band, Piotr Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Walter Nallin and Davis Shuman; David Hemphill, trombone excerpt
• Night on Bald Mountain, Modest Mussorgsky, arr. William A. Schaefer excerpt

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
Rice Majors, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

Dutch composer Johan de Meij’s first symphony is an evocative work for wind ensemble based on the timeless fantasy books by J.R.R. Tolkien.  This is paired with a montage of John Williams’ brilliant scores for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.

• Symphony no. 1, “Lord of the Rings”, Johan de Meij
  1. Gandalf (The Wizard) excerpt
  2. Lothlórien (The Elvenwood) excerpt
  3. Gollum (Sméagol) excerpt
  4. Journey in the Dark excerpt
  5. Hobbits excerpt
• Star Wars Saga, John Williams, arr. by Johan de Meij excerpt

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
Rice Majors, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

The West County Winds is pleased to present the West Coast premiere of Acclamations by composer Jeffrey Nytch. Originally written for the Binghamton Philharmonic as a part of a series of commissioned fanfares by composers with local connections, it was rescored a few years later for Jerry Junkin and the University of Texas Wind Ensemble in an eclectic instrumentation. Tonight it will be performed by the West County Winds in a new transcription by conductor Rice Majors for a traditional wind ensemble.

• Acclamations, Jeffrey Nytch, arr. Rice Majors
• Academic Festival Overture, Johannes Brahms, arr. V. F. Safranek
• Night Soliloquy, Kent Kennan; Rosanna Stephens, flute
• Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo, Malcom Arnold; Sue Crum, conductor
• Commando March, Samuel Barber
• William Byrd Suite: Selected from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, freely transcribed by Gordon Jacobs

Temple of Music Band Shell, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 
Rice Majors, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

“They initiated their program with Henry Fillmore’s arrangement of Franz von Suppe’s Poet and Peasant Overture, which they delivered in a crisp, articulate and expressive manner, followed by the sweet, soulful sounds of Sussex Mummers’ Carol by Percy Grainger….Today’s program demonstrated not only a well-balanced repertoire, but also a well-balanced presentation, aesthetically, musically, and fully entertaining” — ACB Journal

• Poet and Peasant Overture, Franz von Suppé, arr. Henry Fillmore
• Sussex Mummers Carol, Percy Grainger
• Fanfare, Canto, and Fandango from Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Calvin Custer
• March of the Belgian Paratroopers, Pierre Leemans, arr. Charles Wiley
• All the Things You Are, Jerome Kern, arr. Eric Leidzen

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College 
Rice Majors, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

The Planets was written for large orchestra, with unusual numbers and varieties of wind and percussion instruments; it is a natural candidate for transcription for wind ensemble. Holst himself transcribed one or two movements. Various arrangers have subsequently “finished” the process, but no complete version has achieved broad acceptance. Tonight’s performance features canonical transcriptions of three movements. The other four movements have been arranged especially for the West County Winds by our conductor, Rice Majors.

The Planets, Gustav Holst

1. Mars, the Bringer of War excerpt
2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace, arr. Rice Majors excerpt
3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger, arr. Rice Majors excerpt
4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity excerpt
5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age, arr. Rice Majors excerpt
6. Uranus, the Magician, arr. James Curnow excerpt
7. Neptune, the Mystic, arr. Rice Majors excerpt

Knox Center for the Performing Arts, Contra Costa College
for the West County Winds:
Rice Majors, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor
for El Cerrito High School:
Roland Brown, Conductor; Don Howe, Assistant Conductor
program

The West County Winds were joined by El Cerrito High School’s bands on the Knox Center stage. The ECHS Concert Band began the evening.

The West County Winds portion of the program featured Milt Latta’s performance of a clarinet concerto by von Weber.

• Overture to The Yeoman of the Guard, Sir Arthur Sullivan, arr. Erwin
• Concertino for Clarinet with Band, Op. 26, Carl Maria von Weber, arr. Lake; Milt Latta, clarinet
• Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol, Percy Grainger, arr. Clark; Sue Crum, conductor
• Shepherd’s Dance from Amahl and the Night Visitors, Gian Carlo Menotti, arr. Vinson
• All the Things You Are, Jerome Kern, arr. Leidzen

The ECHS Symphonic Band then took the stage to play pieces by Giovanni Gabrieli, Alfred Reed, and Robert Russell Bennett. In a tribute to Marvin Williams, influential former director of bands at ECHS, they were joined in a performance of Clifton Williams’ Dramatic Essay by Jonathan Knight, professional trumpeter and an ECHS band alumnus.

To conclude the evening, the three bands performed Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride together. The complete program is available.

Temple Beth Hillel, Richmond 
Rice Majors, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

• Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky, arr. Erik Leidzen and Rice Majors
  1. Gnomus (The Gnome)
  2. il vecchio castello (The Old Castle)
  3. Tuileries (Dispute between Children at Play)
  4. Bydlo (Cattle)
  5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
  6. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
  7. The Market at Limoges (The Great News)
  8. The Catacombs; With the Dead in a Dead Language
  9. The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba-Yaga)
  10. The Bogatyr Gates (in the Capital in Kiev)
• Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major (BWV 1051), J. S. Bach
• Overture from Kismet, Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, arr. Walter Beeler
• Hymn and March from Joan of Arc, Piotr Tchaikovsky, arr. Larry Daehn
• Folk Dances, Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. H. Robert Reynolds; Sue Crum, conductor
• Berceuse and Finale from The Firebird, Igor Stravinsky, arr. Richard Franko Goldman
• Fanfare, Canto, and Fandango from Capriccio Espagnol, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Calvin Custer

Temple Beth Hillel, Richmond 
Rice Majors, Conductor; Sue Crum, Assistant Conductor

• Poet and Peasant Overture, Franz von Suppé
• American Overture, John Wilcox Jenkins excerpt
• March of the Belgian Parachutists, Pierre Leemans; Sue Crum, conductor
• Frescos, Haydn Wood
  1. Vienna
  2. Sea Shanties
  3. The Bandstand excerpt
• Irish Tune from County Derry, Percy Grainger; Sue Crum, conductor
• Sea Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams excerpt
• First Suite in Eb Major, Gustav Holst excerpt

Temple Beth Hillel, Richmond 
Rice Majors, Conductor; Heather Habig, Assistant Conductor

• Variations on a Shaker Melody, Aaron Copland
• Symphonic Prelude, Alfred Reed
• Belle of the Ball, Leroy Anderson
• Chorale & Alleluia, Howard Hanson
• Salvation Is Created, Pavel Tschesnokoff
• Norwegian March “Valdres”, Johannes Hanssen; Heather Habig, conductor
• Concertino for Marimba and Winds, Alfred Reed; Richard Gibson, marimba

Temple Beth Hillel, Richmond 
Rice Majors, Conductor

• A Festival Prelude, Alfred Reed
• Mannin Veen (Dear Isle of Man), A Tone Poem, Haydn Wood
• Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral (from “Lohengrin”), Richard Wagner; transc. Lucien Cailliet
• A Festive Overture, Alfred Reed

Temple Beth Hillel, Richmond 
Rice Majors, Conductor

• American in Paris, George Gershwin
• Lonely Town, Leonard Bernstein
• Suite of Old American Dances, Robert Russell Bennett
  1. Cake Walk
  2. Wallflower Waltz
  3. Schottische
  4. Western One-Step
• Pavanne, Morton Gould
• Danzon, Leonard Bernstein
• Pineapple Poll, Arthur Sullivan