For over 140 years, the Golden Gate Park Band has helped shape the musical spirit of San Francisco. This opening concert celebrates that legacy with patriotic favorites, beloved classics, and works that showcase the color, character, and global reach of the concert band tradition.

Program:

1. Strike Up the Band – George Gershwin / arr. Warren Barker

2. Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann – Robert Jager

3. Little Mexican Suite – Ayacahuite (Mexican White Pine) – Nubia Jaime Donjuan

4. Second Suite in F – Gustav Holst

5. Pathfinder of Panama March – John Philip Sousa

6. Around the World in 80 Days – Victor Young

7. The Teddy Bears’ Picnic – John Walter Bratton

8. An American in Paris – George Gershwin / arr. John Krance

9. The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

10. I Left My Heart in San Francisco – George Cory & Douglass Cross / arr. Alfred Reed

11. Bugler’s Holiday – Leroy Anderson