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:
Strike Up the Band – George Gershwin / arr. Warren Barker
Second Suite in F – Gustav Holst
Little Mexican Suite – Ayacahuite (Mexican White Pine) – Nubia Jaime Donjuan
Special GUEST Vocal group “Six” from University of San Francisco
Bugler’s Holiday – Leroy Anderson
Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann - Robert Jager
Punch and Judy - Henry Mancini/arr. J. Warington
The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa
I Left My Heart in San Francisco – George Cory & Douglass Cross / arr. Alfred Reed