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13	14	15	16	17	18 4:30 pm: Friday "Happy Hour" Big Band Dance Party 4:30 pm: Friday "Happy Hour" Big Band Dance Party 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm 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 Read more	19
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27 1:00 pm: The Soul of the City since 1882: An Overture for season 143 1:00 pm: The Soul of the City since 1882: An Overture for season 143 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 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 Read more	28	29	30	May 1	2	3
4 1:00 pm: Honoring Polish Culture 1:00 pm: Honoring Polish Culture 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 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 Read more	5	6	7	8	9	10
11 1:00 pm: A "Pops" Mom's Concert 1:00 pm: A "Pops" Mom's Concert 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 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 Read more	12	13	14	15	16	17
18 1:00 pm: A Cast of Characters 1:00 pm: A Cast of Characters 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 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 Read more	19	20	21	22	23	24
25 1:00 pm: Passionate Armenian Culture Celebration 1:00 pm: Passionate Armenian Culture Celebration 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 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. Read more	26	27	28	29	30	31
June 1 1:00 pm: Shining Stars - Celebrating Soloists 1:00 pm: Shining Stars - Celebrating Soloists 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 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 Read more	2	3	4	5	6	7
8 1:00 pm: Juneteenth Celebration 1:00 pm: Juneteenth Celebration 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 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 Read more	9	10	11	12	13	14
15 1:00 pm: Golden Gate Park Band Festival & Father's Day 1:00 pm: Golden Gate Park Band Festival & Father's Day 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 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 Read more	16	17	18	19	20	21
22 1:00 pm: PRIDE: A Musical Celebration 1:00 pm: PRIDE: A Musical Celebration 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm June 22, 2025 PRIDE: A Musical Celebration This program will feature LGBTQ+ composers. Details coming soon! Read more	23	24	25	26	27	28
29 1:00 pm: Songs and Dances 1:00 pm: Songs and Dances 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm June 29, 2025 Songs and Dances Music Director Dr German Gonzalez leads the band in an exciting program of audience favorites. Program to include: Light Cavalry Overture ... Von Suppe Dance of the Jesters ... Tchaikovsky/ Ray Cramer On A Hymnsong of Philip Bliss ... Holsinger The Beatles: Echoes Of An Era ... arrr. J. Higgins Pineapple Poll ... Sullivan/Duthoit Wrong Note Rag ... Bernstein/Rickets Washington Post March ... Sousa and more TBA Sousa Tchaikovsky Read more	30	July 1	2	3	4 1:00 pm: Independence Day Celebration 1:00 pm: Independence Day Celebration 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm July 4, 2025 Independence Day Celebration Celebrating July 4 with a concert very American music. Strike Up the Band ... Gershwin, arr. Peter Kleine Schaars American Patrol ... Meacham Fort McHenry Suite... Julie Giroux with guest narrators Kathy Holly & John Rothmann Down A Country Lane ... Aaron Copland Jitterbug ... R. Buckley Chester ... William Schuman Salute to American Jazz ... Sammy Nestico Yankee Doodle ... Morton Gould Simple Gifts ... Frank Ticheli April in Paris ... Vernon Duke, arr. R. Malby Stars and Stripes Forever ... J. P. Sousa Read more	5
6 1:00 pm: Treasures of the Band World 1:00 pm: Treasures of the Band World 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm July 6, 2025 Treasures of the Band World A program of classic audience favorites conducted by Dr German Gonzalez Original Suite... Gordon Jacob Spoon River ... Percy Grainger, arr. R. Sheldon Variations on America ... Charles Ives The Blues... Sammy Nestico Shenandoah ... frank Ticheli Suite of Old American Dances ... Robert Russell Bennett Irish Tune from County Derry ... Percy Granger Charles Ives, better known as an insurance executive in his time, wrote innovative symphonies incorporating American folk and hymn tunes. Percy Grainger Read more, 1:00 pm: Treasures of the Band World 1:00 pm: Treasures of the Band World 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm July 6, 2025 Treasures of the Band World A program of classic audience favorites conducted by Dr German Gonzalez Original Suite... Gordon Jacob Spoon River ... Percy Grainger, arr. R. Sheldon Variations on America ... Charles Ives The Blues... Sammy Nestico Shenandoah ... frank Ticheli Suite of Old American Dances ... Robert Russell Bennett Irish Tune from County Derry ... Percy Granger Charles Ives, better known as an insurance executive in his time, wrote innovative symphonies incorporating American folk and hymn tunes. Percy Grainger Read more	7	8	9	10	11	12
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