Pop a Cork!
Finest City Wind Orchestra Presents, “Pop a Cork!”
Sousa “People who live in Glass Houses”
Musgrave “Scottish Dance Suite”
Rossini “Introduction, Theme and Variations” with Justine Hamlin, Clarinetist
Weinberger “Polka and Fugue”
Our final May concert has some more bubbly fun, just like the band does after most rehearsals, with “Pop a Cork!” We’ll sprinkle movements of John Philip Sousas’s refreshing People Who Live in Glass Houses between works by Thea Musgrave, Kevin Day, and Jaromir Weinberger. This concert also features our concerto competition winner, Justine Hamlin on clarinet, and our conducting fellow Andrew Fresques
Justine Hamlin, Clarinetist
Justine Hamlin earned her Bachelors of Music in Clarinet Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and her Masters of Music in Clarinet Performance from the New England Conservatory (NEC) and later, a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine. While at NEC, Justine became more active in chamber music and studied solo repertoire under the direction of world-famous soloist Richard Stoltzman. In addition, Justine’s teachers include Ixi Chen, Ronald Aufmann, Yehuda Gilad, and Luis Baez.
As a performer, Justine freelances and performs in chamber ensemble and solo recitals including the ensemble Windscape and is a founding member of the Finest City Wind Orchestra. Other ensembles she has performed with include the Fresno Philharmonic, Santa Cruz Symphony, West Bay Opera, New Music Works, Berkeley Symphony, Oakland Symphony, and others.
Finest City Brass - "Pictures at an Exhibition"
The Finest City Brass will collaborate with local high school musicians as we perform music by Strauss, Whitacre, Tomasi, and Reich. The concert closes with Mussorgsky's grand masterwork, Pictures at the Exhibition!
FREE ADMISSION (donations welcome)
Sound the Bells!
Finest City Wind Orchestra Presents. “Sound the Bells!”
Works by Williams, Giroux, Daugherty, Grainger
Our Spring concerts will be just as exciting! March’s “Sound the Bells!” will explore the noble, the venerable, and sometimes funny “ding” of a bell, and culminate with Percy Grainger’s magnum opus Lincolnshire Posy.
Winds of Winter
Finest City Wind Orchestra presents “Ancient Winter Winds”
Works by Nelson, Stolzel, Gandalfi
As the weather cools into winter, we’ll keep bringing the exhilirationt at our December concert, “Ancient Winter Winds." We’re grateful to be hosted by the wonderful program at Mission Hills High School, directed by Chris Coughlin, and will perform works by Ron Nelson, Ingrid Stolzel, and Michael Gandalfi. Gandalfi’s Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme is an especially exciting mix of the refined double reed melodies over delicate tambourine (as you might expect), and vibrant syncopations accenting virtuosic flourishes.
Finest City Brass
The Finest City Brass invites you to our debut concert on Sunday October 27th at 5pm! We are excited to perform both original music and notable transcriptions including the first movement of Mahler's monumental Symphony No 5 and the band masterwork Lincolnshire Posy. Admission is FREE!
Fear and Fantasy
Finest City Wind Orchestra presents, “Fear and Fantasy”
Works by Bach, Dahl, Dukas, Bronnenkant, Perkins, Grantham
Location: Shiley Theater, USD Campus 5998 Alcala Park Way, San Diego CA 92110
Our October performance will put you in the mood for the autumn season with “Fantasy and Fear.” The concert features some older classics alongside newer works — favorites like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and a Prelude and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach will be a great compliment to Lindsey Bronnenkant’s Tarot (I see you enjoying a concert in the future!!). We also welcome to the podium SDSU Director of Bands Dr. Shannon Kitelinger, a pillar of artistic music-making in our region, and welcome to the audience composer Andrew David Perkins as we play his haunting Asylum.
Harmonyx Concert- Music Through Time
Location: Diversionary Theater
4545 Park Boulevard First Floor, 4545 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92116
Tickets: Free
Program:
American Quartet Mvt I. (string quartet arrangement) - Antonin Dvorak
Converging Spectrums - Kevin Day (local composer)
Far Away - Makoto Asari
Body of your Dream - Jacob ter Veldhuis
Introduction et Variations sur une Ronde Populaire - Gabriel Pierne
Intermission
Recitation Book Mvt I. - David Maslanka
The Minutebug Waltz - (Chopin/Waller) arr. David Stambler
Saxophone Quartet - Philip Glass
Quatour de Saxophones - Jun Nagao
Spring Mischief
Location: USD Shiley Theater
5998 Alcala Park Way, San Diego, CA 92110
Tickets $20 General, $15 Seniors, Students free