Events in March–August 2025

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April 18, 2025(1 event)

4:30 pm: Friday "Happy Hour" Big Band Dance Party

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April 18, 2025

Friday "Happy Hour" Big Band Dance Party in collaboration with Illuminate 

The GGPPB becomes an 18 piece Big Band with some special guests playing Swing, Blues and other music for dancing and finger snapping, including music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and much more. Bring your dancing shoes or just sit and groove. This concert will feature guest singer Tiffany Uncare Barry.

Tiffany Uncare Barry
April 19, 2025
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April 27, 2025(1 event)

1:00 pm: The Soul of the City since 1882: An Overture for season 143

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April 27, 2025

The Soul of the City since 1882: An Overture for season 143

Maestro Gonzalez leads GGPB in fun program that includes lots of audience favorites.

Looney Tunes Overture ... arr. Holcombe

Amazing Grace ... Frank Ticheli

Tubby the Tuba ... Kleisinger

     featuring tuba soloist Bin Love with narration by Kathy Holly

Instant Concert ... Harold Walters

The Impossible Dream .. Darion & Leigh

First Suite in Eb for Band ... Gustav Holst

This Land is Your Land ...Woody Guthrie

Music from UP ... Michael Giacchino, arr M. Brown

San Francisco ... Kaper/Kahn arr. Briegel

Stars and Stripes Forever ... Sousa

 

Bin Love and Kathy Holly

 
April 28, 2025
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May

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May 4, 2025(1 event)

1:00 pm: Honoring Polish Culture

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May 4, 2025

Honoring Polish Culture

Works to include:

Polonaise Militaire ... Chopin,  arr. Prendiville

Clarinet Polka .. arr. Bennett

Melody from Etude 10, no. 3 ... Chopin, arr. Isaac

Halka Overture ... Moniuszko

 folk songs and dances performed by the Lowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble of San Francisco

 

 
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May 11, 2025(1 event)

1:00 pm: A "Pops" Mom's Concert

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May 11, 2025

A "Pops" Mom's Concert

Dr. German Gonzalez leads a program dedicated to Mom's everywhere.

Pineapple Poll ... Sir Arthur Sullivan

Concertino for Solo Flute ... Chaminade

featuring principal flute Derick Yih

Little English Girl ... delle Cecce

Mother Hubbard March ... Sousa

Stealing Home ... Julie Giroux

Tis A Gift ... Anne McGinty

Tropical ... Morton Gould, arr.D. Bennett

An S.F. Medley .... arr. Gordon Pappas

California ... Virginia Ballaseyus

and more TBA

Anne McGinty

Julie Giroux
May 12, 2025
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May 18, 2025(1 event)

1:00 pm: A Cast of Characters

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May 18, 2025

A Cast of Characters

Most of the Bay to Breakers crazy characters will be done with the race by the time our concert starts at 1:oo pm.

Maestro Gonzalez has selected our own cast of musical characters to carry on the celebration.

La Forza Del Destino ... Verdi

Army Air Corps March (English March) ... Crawford

Australian Up Country Tune ... Percy Grainger

Pacific Island FantasyP... Sammy Nestico

25 or 6 to 4 ... Chicago, arr Murtha

March of the Belgian Paratroopers ... Pierre Leemans

Abbey Road:A Symphonic Portrait ... Lennon/ McCartney, arr. Hearshen

The Impossible Dream ... Leigh, arr. Erickson

The Typewriter ... Leroy Anderson

Summer of 69 ... arr. Ted Ricketts

The Stars and Stripes Forever ... Sousa

 

Verdi

Sousa
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May 25, 2025(1 event)

1:00 pm: Passionate Armenian Culture Celebration

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May 25, 2025

Passionate Armenian Culture Celebration

Music Director German Gonzalez leads the GGPB in works by Kachaturian and Hovaness in partnership with the Hamazkayin Armenian Cultural and Educational Assoc. 
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June

June 1, 2025(1 event)

1:00 pm: Shining Stars - Celebrating Soloists

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June 1, 2025

Shining Stars - Celebrating Soloists

Maestro Gonzalez leads and solos in a concert that features GGPB band members in the solo spotlight.

Liberty Bell ... Sousa

Rose Variations ... Robert Russell Bennett

Eric Wayne, trumpet soloist

Klezmer Concerto for clarinet ...

Luis Cruz, clarinet soloist

Summer Isles from Hymn of the Highlands .. Philip Spark

Mike Basta, baritone soloist

Trumpeters Lullaby ... Leroy Anderson

German Gonzalez, trumpet soloist

Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel

Dazzling Drums ... Paul Yoder

featuring our percussionists Dave Dieni and Robert Hamaker

The Symphonic Gershwin ... arr. Barker

Golden Gate March ... Edwin Franko Goldman

Luis Cruz

Simon and Garfunkel
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June 8, 2025(1 event)

1:00 pm: Juneteenth Celebration

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June 8, 2025

Juneteenth Celebration

Dr German Gonzalez will lead this annual program featuring music of African American Composers and Artists

Lift Every Voice and Sing ... Johnson & Johnson

The Entertainer ... Scott Joplin

Folk Suite for Band ... William Grant-Still

Satchmo a Salute to Louis Armstron ... arr. Ricketts

Red Tails ... Ayatey Shabazz

The Genius of Ray Charles ... Charles/arr. Michael Brown

Sir Duke ... Stevie Wonder, arr. Iwai

Porgy and Bess Selections ... Gershwin, arr. Robert R. Bennett

William Grant Still

Ayatey Shabazz

Stevie Wonder
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June 15, 2025(1 event)

1:00 pm: Golden Gate Park Band Festival & Father's Day

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June 15, 2025

Golden Gate Park Band Festival & Father's Day

This concert is part of a two day festival sponsored by the Friends of the Golden Gate Park Band

Program to include:

Strike Up the Band ... Gershwin, arr. Barker

Honeysuckle Rose ... Waller, arr. Thomas

Folk Dances .. Dimitri Shostakovich

The Genius of Ray Charles ... arr. M. Brown

and more TBA

George Gershwin

Thomas "Fats" Waller
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