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The City of FairfaxBand Association

Nationally recognized for excellence, the City of Fairfax Band (CFB) has entertained audiences with a broad repertoire of classical transcriptions, marches, Broadway tunes, and popular band compositions since 1969. Under the leadership of Robert Pouliot, the band presents the best in symphonic band music through its subscription Concert Hall Series, and with its Summer Sunset Concert Series, free outdoor performances by the band and its various ensembles.

The ensemble maintains a standard of excellence in musicianship, and provides its audience with a musical experience that rivals the nation’s top bands. The CFB was awarded the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s Sudler Silver Scroll Award in 2004, the most prestigious honor a community band may receive.

The CFB has performed at a variety of cultural centers ranging from Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and from the Inner Harbor at Baltimore to the Shenandoah Valley Music Festival in Orkney Springs, Virginia. The Band also performs at various local events such as the City of Fairfax’s Independence Day celebrations, Fairfax’s “Spotlight on the Arts Festival,” and the “Braddock Nights” series. Ensembles of the City of Fairfax Band Association include the Alte Kameraden German Band, Potomac Brass Quintet, Rebel Run Dixieland Band, Fairfax Swing Band, Fairfax Saxophone Quartet and the newly formed Main Street Community Band. These ensembles have performed as many as 150 concerts annually.

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City of Fairfax Band40th Anniversary Season

City of Fairfax Band 40th Anniversary Gala Concert to Benefit Alzheimer’sSaturday, June 5, 2010, 8:00 PMGeorge Mason University Center for the Arts

The City of Fairfax Band closes its season with a star-studded 40th Anniversary Gala to benefit the National Capital Area Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Tony Award winners Debbie Gravitte (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway) and Michael McGuire (Les Miserables) join Jodi Benson, known internationally as the enchanting voice of Ariel in Disney’s animated The Little Mermaid, in a Broadway extravaganza of past and present. The evening includes appearances by local celebrity narrators in a powerful performance of Mark Camphouse’s The Shining City, based upon the writings of Ronald Reagan who was afflicted by the disease and performed on this sixth anniversary of his death. The show celebrates four decades of musical memories, showcasing the versatility of Fairfax’s own award-winning ensemble, while paying tribute to those who are making great strides in battling the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s. This is the one event of the year you will not want to miss!

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City of Fairfax Band Ensembles: Spring Performances

POLKA TIL YA DROPSaturday, April 25, 2010, 7:00 PMWilliams Hall, Volunteer Fire Department

Alte Kameraden German BandSamuel Laudenslager,

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Kick up your heels and enjoy an evening of fun, laughter and dance in authentic German style with traditional music by Fairfax’s own “Old Comrades.” Ein Prosit!Part of Fairfax’s 25th annual Spotlight on the Arts.

BEETHOVEN AND BEYONDSaturday, April 29, 2010, 8:00 PMOld Town Hall, Fairfax, VA

Fairfax Saxophone QuartetJames Francis, leader

with Amy LaCivita, piano

Enjoy an evening of classi-jazz at its best! The Fairfax Saxophone Quartet premieres James Francis’ arrangements of Beethoven’s classic Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 16 for Piano and Winds and L.A. Beach Music by Martin Yates, described by the London Times as “one of the most exciting and versatile British conductors of his generation.” Other works include Beethoven’s Finale from String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 2 and Adagio Cantabile from The Pathetique Sonata, Op. 13; Tom Taylor’s Ode To Joy Blues; and the East Coast premiere of Mike Curtis’ Global Tour. Part of Fairfax’s 25th annual Spotlight on the Arts.

Main Street Community BandGeoffrey Seffens, conductor

A SPOTLIGHT ADVENTURESunday, May 2, 2010, 2:00 PMThe SPACE @ Old Town Plaza Fairfax

Journey with the Main Street Community Band on an energetic Civil War inspired musical adventure. Follow a rolling river across the battlefields of the Shenandoah Valley, experience the rush of a great train raid, and enjoy some of the best-known American tunes of the Civil War and beyond. Works include Jerry Bilik’s masterful American Civil War Fantasy, Robert Smith’s driving Great Locomotive Chase, and a rendition of the traditional folk song Shenandoah. Presented as part of Fairfax’s 25th annual Spotlight on the Arts.

THE JOYS OF SPRINGSaturday, May 22, 2010, 8:00 PMOakton High School

Main Street Community BandGeoffrey Seffens, conductor

Enjoy a musical celebration of growth, renewal, and new life as the community band closes its inaugural season in an evening of entertainment for the whole family.

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Main Street Community BandGeoffrey Seffens, conductor

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Robert Pouliot, Music Director Robert Pouliot’s conducting career includes choral and instrumental groups, musical theater, and jazz bands from the East Coast to the Midwest. Since his appointment in 1994, Maestro Pouliot has released three compact discs with the band, secured appearances of world-renowned guest artists, and instituted the band’s annual Young Artist Competition, which to date has awarded more than $21,000 in scholarships to young Northern Virginia musicians.

A Rhode Island native, Maestro Pouliot received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, where he studied conducting with Larry Rachleff, Gene Young, and Jerome Laszloffy. In 1984,

he founded Connecticut’s Northeast Chamber Ensemble. Accepting a commission in the United States Air Force in 1986, he served as a band officer and spent the next seven years conducting Air Force concert and jazz bands on community and international relations tours in 15 states and in Central and South America. His military decorations include the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal.

Maestro Pouliot is a member of the National Band Association and the College Band Directors National Association. He is a recipient of the National Band Association’s Citation of Excellence for his contributions to concert band music in America.

Rick Parrell, Associate Conductor Rick Parrell is an active performer and teacher of Jazz and classical music. He is a sergeant major and the principal saxophonist with The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” a member of the Washington Saxophone Quartet, director of the Fairfax Swing Band, and a trumpet player in the City of Fairfax Band.

After graduating from Fairfax High School, Mr. Parrell earned his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees at George Mason University, and his Master of Music Education degree from North Texas State University (NTSU). After teaching at NTSU for a year, he returned to the Washington, D.C. area to

perform in The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own.”

In addition to performing with The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” Mr. Parrell freelances in various jazz groups and has performed with such notable jazz artists as Lee Konitz, Gary Foster, and Louis Bellson. He also arranges and records jingles for NPR’s All Things Considered. Since 1982, Mr. Parrell has been an Adjunct Professor of Music at George Mason University.

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Michelle A. Rakers, U.S.M.C., Conductor Captain Michelle A. Rakers of Aviston, Illinois, joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in May 1998 as a trumpeter/cornetist. She was appointed Assistant Director and commissioned a first lieutenant in July 2004 and promoted to her current rank by the Commandant of the Marine Corps General Michael W. Hagee on Jan. 1, 2006. She is both the first female Assistant Director and first female commissioned officer in the history of “The President’s Own.”

With the Marine Band, Capt. Rakers has performed at the White House, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and across the country during the band’s annual concert tour. She has served as a conductor and coordinator for the fall and winter Chamber Music Series, and was nominated for her current position in 2003. On June 13, 2004, she conducted her first band concert at the U.S. Capitol.

Capt. Rakers, a 1986 graduate of the Marian Heights Academy in Ferdinand, Ind., received a bachelor’s degree in music management from the University of Evansville in Indiana in 1990. She continued her studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where she earned a master’s degree in music performance in 1991. She is currently pursuing a doctorate from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University where she is studying with Harlan Parker. Her trumpet instructors include James Bursen of the University of Evansville, Vincent Cichowicz of Northwestern University, and Chris Gekker from the Aspen Music Festival in Colorado. Her conducting instructors include Mallory Thompson of Northwestern University and Kate Tamarkin of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. In 2005, she received the University of Evansville’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and she was granted an honorary induction into Tau Beta Sigma, a national music sorority.

Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Capt. Rakers performed with the Kalamazoo Symphony in Michigan, and the Evansville Philharmonic in Indiana.

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Hilary K. Hart, U.S.M.C., French hornFrench hornist Hilary K. Hart of Princeton, Kentucky, joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in May 2003.

Gunnery Sergeant Hart began her musical training at age 11. Upon graduating in 1996 from Caldwell County High School in Princeton, she attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana, Ill., where in 2000 she earned a bachelor’s degree in music. In 2002, she earned a master’s degree in music from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and in 2008 she earned a doctorate of musical arts at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. Her horn instructors include

Martin Hackleman of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C., Peter Landgren of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Kazimierz Machala, formerly of the Sydney Symphony in Sydney, Australia.

Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” GySgt Hart performed with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra in Maryland, the New World Symphony in Miami, the Gettysburg Symphony in Pennsylvania, and the Richmond Symphony in Virginia. GySgt Hart performs with the Marine Band, Marine Chamber Orchestra, and the Marine Chamber Ensembles at the White House, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, and across the country during the band’s annual concert tour.

Jacob Shochet, SaxophoneJacob Shochet is the winner of the City of Fairfax Band’s 2010 Young Artist Competition. A senior at McLean High School, Jacob is a member of the McLean High School Band, under the direction of Chris Weise. This year, he placed first chair, alto saxophone, in the Virginia District 12 and the Virginia All-State Bands, and second chair, tenor saxophone, in the All-Virginia Jazz Ensemble. As a junior, he placed first chair, alto saxophone, in the Virginia District 12 Band. Jacob studies saxophone with Scott Weinhold. He plans on pursuing a career in music education this fall.

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Rich Kleinfeldt, HostRich Kleinfeldt enjoys a multifaceted career in music. In addition to serving as Master of Ceremonies for the City of Fairfax Band, he is a teacher, international broadcaster, professional musician, and lecturer. Kleinfeldt co-hosts two nationally syndicated radio programs: Wolf Trap’s chamber music series, Center Stage from Wolf Trap, and Indianapolis-on-the-Air, featuring the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Formerly with the Voice of America as a classical music host, Kleinfeldt is currently heard around the world on the Maestro Channel on the WorldSpace Satellite Radio network. For 12 years, Kleinfeldt served as saxophone soloist and Master of Ceremonies with The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in Washington. He is a founding member of the Washington Saxophone Quartet. Kleinfeldt is currently an adjunct faculty member at Bishop Ireton High School and Catholic University.

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Program NotesCelebration Fanfare (Joan Tower, 1938 - ). Joan Tower was born in New Rochelle, New York, and grew up in South America. She took courses in composition and studied piano at Bennington College, receiving her B.A. in 1961. Continuing her studies at Columbia University, she earned her M.A. in 1964 and D.M.A. in 1978. She organized the DaCapo Players in 1969 and was their pianist when they won the Naumburg Award in 1973. In 1972, she began teaching at Bard College, N.Y., where she is still a professor. She has been recognized with a 1976 Guggenheim fellowship, NEA fellowships in 1974, 1975, 1980, and 1984, and an Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters award in 1983. The music for the ballet Stepping Stones (1993) was commissioned by choreographer Kathryn Posin for the Milwaukee Ballet. Joan Tower’s rhythmically and harmonically muscular score was developed in close collaboration with Posin’s choreography. Tower commented: “As a composer, I’ve always thought of myself as a closet choreographer. Texture, space, speed, direction – all the words that apply to dance, also apply to music.” Friend and fellow composer Jack Stamp suggested to Tower that the ballet’s final movement, Celebration Fanfare, would transcribe well into an arrangement for wind band, not suspecting that she would give him the task. The rising tones of Celebration Fanfare are fitting for the progressive stages of a woman’s development, which is the subject of the ballet. (Note adapted from Foothill Symphonic Winds, Palo Alto, California.)

Concertante for Alto Saxophone & Band (Clare Grundman, 1913-1996). Clare Grundman earned his bachelor’s degree in 1934 from Ohio State University. He taught instrumental music in Ohio and Kentucky public schools before returning to Ohio State in 1936 to earn a master’s degree while teaching orchestration and woodwinds. At the Berkshire Music Center in New Lenox, Massachusetts, he studied under Paul Hindemith, whom he credited with providing him the practical techniques for composition. During World War II, Grundman served in the U.S. Coast Guard. He took a special interest in composing for school bands and has over 70 published band compositions to his credit. His arrangements brought the works of Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland to the band world. Grundman also provided scores and arrangements for radio, television, movies, and Broadway musicals. In addition to the Concertante for Alto Saxophone & Symphonic Band, some of his notable works include Fantasy on American Sailing Songs, Tuba Rhapsody, Irish Rhapsody and his American Folk Rhapsody in four movements. Concertante makes the alto saxophone alternately principal and subordinate to the symphonic band that accompanies it. While the introduction possesses some of the rhapsodic themes typical of most of Grundman’s work, the composition is predominately a spirited interplay between the solo saxophone and the ensemble. The soloist launches packets of melody as the theme develops, while also having an opportunity to display technical talent in the cadenzas. Composed in 1973, the work is dedicated to alto saxophone soloist Dale Underwood and the U.S. Navy Band. (Note adapted from Foothill Symphonic Winds, Palo Alto, California.)

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No Finer Calling (Julie Giroux, 1961- ). Julie Ann Giroux was born in 1961 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and Monroe, Louisiana. Her formal education is from Louisiana State University and Boston University. She studied composition with John Williams, Bill Conti, and Jerry Goldsmith, among others. Although an accomplished performer on piano and horn, her first love is composition. She began playing the piano at age three and published her first piece at age ten. In 1985, she began composing, orchestrating, and conducting music for television and films, and now has over 100 film and television credits. She won three Emmy Awards. No Finer Calling, a symphony in three movements, is dedicated to retired Air Force Colonel Arnold D. Gabriel and celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the United States Air Force (1947-2007). Each movement is based on one of the Air Force Core Values that set a common standard for conduct – I. Integrity First (fanfare, processional, and march); II. Service Before Self (echoes of America, The Beautiful), III. Excellence In All We Do (musical portrait of the Air Force in peace and war, culminating in the hymn, A Military Prayer).

Lord, God, My Saving Grace. In Your Hands My Soul I Place,Dear Lord, God Forgive My Sins, Please Let My Faith Not Falter

Lord, God. Please Grant Me Strength. Let Your Spirit Flow Through Mine.Dear Lord, God. Let Wisdom Reign and Courage Guide My Journey.

Oh Lord, God. The King of Kings. Armor Born of Love Be Mine.Dear Lord, God. When My Days End Let Heaven’s Light Shine On Me.

Early Light (Carolyn Bremer, 1958- ). After training as an orchestral double bass player, Carolyn Bremer developed an interest in composition at age 24. She studied at the Eastman School of Music and CalArts, before receiving her Ph.D. in composition from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Bremer was Chair of Composition at the University of Oklahoma 1991-2000, where she directed the New Century Ensemble and the New Improv! Century Ensemble. She composes in a wide variety of genres, from electronic to music for chamber groups, band, and orchestra. Currently, Bremer is Professor and Area Director of Composition and Theory at California State University, Long Beach. Early Light was written for the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and received its premier performance in July 1995. The material is largely derived from The Star Spangled Banner. One need not attribute an excess of patriotic fervor in the composer as a source for this optimistic homage to our national anthem; Carolyn Bremer, a passionate baseball fan since childhood, drew upon her feelings of happy anticipation at hearing the anthem played before ball games when writing Early Light. The slapstick heard near the end evokes the crack of the bat powering a long home run. (Note adapted from Foothill Symphonic Winds, Palo Alto, California.)

Morceau de Concert for horn, in F minor, Op. 94 (Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921). Saint-Saëns was one of the great child prodigies in the history of music. He began playing piano while still an infant, and at age five performed the piano part of a Beethoven sonata with a professional violinist. He began writing music at age six

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and completed his first symphony by age 15. Saint-Saëns was a versatile and prolific composer, conductor, and pianist, as well as the author of eleven books on music, plus collections of poetry and scientific studies in astronomy and archeology. As he matured, he chose to compose in the lyric forms of the Germanic tradition, rather than taking the more modern direction of his younger French contemporaries Debussy and Ravel. According to the French art historian and dramatist, Romain Rolland, writing in 1915, Saint-Saëns “has a clarity of thought, an elegance and precision of expression, and a quality of mind that make his music noble.” The composer’s greatest contribution to the musical life of his time was establishing the importance of instrumental composition in France, where opera had long been supreme. Saint-Saëns wrote a large number of short instrumental works like his engaging Morceau de concert (“Concert Piece”) for horn, composed in 1887 during the middle of his career. It begins with a grandly dramatic musical gesture and a noble melody. Following it come two progressively livelier variations on the melody, then two sections of musical ideas distantly derived from it. The second brief movement features a short cadenza-like passage in which the horn displays virtuoso pyrotechnics. Saint-Saëns dedicated this highly agreeable work to the horn virtuoso Henri Chaussier, winner of the first prize at the Paris Conservatory in the year of the work’s composition. (Note adapted from CarnegieHall.org.)

The Slavonic Dances, A Symphonic Suite (Antonin Dvorak, 1841-1904), transcribed by James Curnow (1943- ). Dvorak left home at age 16 to avoid having to become a butcher. He entered Prague Organ School and graduated in 1862. He worked playing violin and viola in the Prague National Theater orchestra, and received encouragement as a composer from Liszt and Brahms. He wrote nine symphonies and many other works for orchestra. Inspired by Brahms’s Hungarian Dances, Dvorak originally wrote his sixteen Slavonic Dances for piano, four hands. They became such a success as piano pieces after their publication in 1878 that Dvorak did the full orchestration, and they are extremely popular in orchestral form to this day. James Curnow’s symphonic suite of Slavonic Dances by Dvorak includes dances No. 1, No. 2, No. 8, No. 4, and No. 3.

Kelly’s Field (Jennifer Higdon, 1962- ). Program Note by the composer: Kelly’s Field is a tribute to conductor Mark Kelly, my former band director and conducting teacher at Bowling Green State University. It was commissioned by Midwest in honor of a gentleman who has given so much in the fields of wind ensemble performance and music education, touching thousands of lives through many years of service. Thinking of what type of music would be appropriate to honor “Chief,” I felt that a tapestry of playful gestures and bold statements would most accurately reflect his knowledge and gifts that always become evident upon his ascending a podium. Some of my most vivid musical memories come from performing as a member of one of his various bands at Bowling Green, including a truly inspiring performance at Midwest. To this day, when I write music, I recall the thrill of the sound of an ensemble coming together to communicate through the power of music, and I aspire to climb to that level of excitement in the pieces that I write. Only a profound musician, such as he, can create such distinct memories in the minds and hearts of so many young musicians, striving to

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grow and growing to play, in a field that I distinctly consider . . . Kelly’s Field. This work was commissioned by the Midwest Band Clinic in 2006 and premiered at the festival in Chicago, Illinois, in December of that year. (Note by Jennifer Higdon, composer.)

Midway March (John Williams, 1932- ). John Williams studied composition at UCLA and later attended Juilliard. In 1956, he started working as a session pianist in TV and film orchestras. He wrote the music and served as music director for over 70 films, including Jaws, E.T., Star Wars, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Schindler’s List, Jurassic Park, Catch Me If You Can, and Memoirs of a Geisha. John Williams won two Emmys, five Oscars, and 17 Grammy Awards, and earned several Gold and Platinum records. He has written many concert pieces and is also known for his Olympic themes and fanfares. John Williams served as conductor of the Boston Pops 1980-1995, succeeding Arthur Fiedler. Midway March is from the 1976 Hollywood film Midway, which tells the story of the famous WW2 battle in the Pacific. The jaunty lilt of the piece comes from its compound meter (12/8), and throughout the work, there is a subtle suggestion of the Scottish highlands. The energetic concert march abounds with syncopation, and is full of colorful and consistently building intensity. (Note adapted from Foothill Symphonic Winds, Palo Alto, California.)

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The City of Fairfax BandROBERT POULIOT, Music Director

RICK PARRELL, Associate Conductor40th Concert Season

Spotlight on Women in the ArtsSaturday, April 17, 2010, 8:00 PMFairfax High School AuditoriumRobert Pouliot, conductor Rich Kleinfeldt, host withCapt. Michelle Rakers, guest conductorGySgt. Hilary Hart, French horn Jacob Shochet, alto saxophone

Robert Pouliot, Music Director, City of Fairfax Band, Conductor

Celebration Fanfare Joan Towerarr. Jack Stamp

Concertante for Alto Saxophone and Band Clare Grundman

Jacob Shochet, alto saxophone2010 Young Artist Competition Winner

No Finer Calling I. Integrity Fanfare and March – “Integrity First” II. Far from Home – “Service Before Self” III. Honor Above All – “Excellence In All We Do”

Julie Giroux

Intermission

Captain Michelle A. Rakers, U.S.M.C., Assistant Director, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, Guest Conductor

Early Light Carolyn Bremer

Morceau de Concert for horn Camille Saint-Saëns trans. Guy Duker

Gunnery Sergeant Hilary Hart, U.S.M.C., French horn

Slavonic Dances Antonin Dvoraktrans. James Curnow

Kelly’s Field Jennifer Higdon

Midway March John Williamstrans. Paul Lavender

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Spotlight on Women in the Arts is presented as partof the 25th Annual Spotlight on the Arts Festival.

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The City of Fairfax Band Association

ROBERT POULIOT, Music DirectorRICK PARRELL, Associate Conductor

Board of Directors

The City of Fairfax Band Association is a member of…

City of Fairfax Band Association, P.O. Box 1306, Fairfax, Virginia 22038-1306T/F: 703.757.0220 | info@fairfaxband.org | www.fairfaxband.org

William Schmidt, Esq., ChairJohn Flahive, President

Penny Dimler, Vice PresidentRuth Bandler, Secretary

Jay Berkenbilt, TreasurerRobert Pouliot, Music Director

Rick Parrell, Associate Conductor

Jean-Pierre Auffret, Ph.D., DirectorThe Honorable Joan Cross, Director

Philip Reilly, DirectorThe Honorable Patrice Winter, Director

The Honorable Jane Woods, DirectorRoy Burgess, C.P.A., Immediate Past

President

StaffGeoffrey Seffens, conductor, MSCB

Rick Parrell, director, Fairfax Swing BandSamual Laudenslager, leader,

Alte KameradenBill Stevens, leader,

Rebel Run Dixieland BandSharyl Abell, leader,

Potomac Brass QuintetJames Francis, leader,

Fairfax Saxophone QuartetJeanne Mellish, Managing DirectorBecky Clower, Librarian/Records

Sharyl Abell, AdministratorScott Fridy, Stage Manager

Rob Faber, Technical Director

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Tink Shelton, Box Office RepLynn Francis, Box Office RepCarol Cole, Box Office RepRoy Burgess, Accountant

Jay Berkenbilt, Information SystemsPenny Dimler, Webmaster

James Francis, Personnel, CFB Sandi Shirts, Personnel, MSCB

JoAnn Azzarello, UniformsAlan Cole, Assistant Editor

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City of Fairfax Band Contributors

Government, Corporations & Foundations

American Eagle Title & Escrow ServiceAragon STArts Council of Fairfax CountyCity of FairfaxCity of Fairfax Commission on the ArtsDominion FoundationDowntown Piano WorksFairfax City Self StorageFairfax Spotlight on the ArtsThe Gingrich FoundationGoodSearchHilton HotelsKena Temple Legion HonorNorthrop GrummanPNC Financial Services GroupSentelShirley’s CateringSprint FoundationTargetVirginia Commission for the ArtsWeiner, Rohrstaff & Spivey, PLC

Sustainers ($1000 or more)

Jeffrey Beck Laura BornhoeftBecky ClowerRandy & Maurine DahlbergDennis SackmanStanley C. Shelton

Benefactors ($500-$999)

Jay & Robyn BerkenbiltCapt. & Mrs. Roy H. Burgess in memory of Ray AbellRonald M. & the Honorable Joan W. CrossJohn Flahive & Katheryn PayneCharles, Barbara & Renee GholzDr. & Mrs. Joseph M. KanyanLinda & Charlene SloanMsg. & Mrs. John M. Taylor, USA, RetWilliam G. Warnell, III in memory of

Katherine S. WarnellThe Honorable Patrice WinterJane Woods

Patrons ($250-$499)

Anonymous in memory of Daniel John SpadoniAlan & Joan BendenMr. & Mrs. Alan ColeMr. & Mrs. Richard W. CollierOtto & Judith FerrariDr. Irwin FrankelDonald & Ingrid HesterDouglas LobelJohn & Jeanette MasonIrene McCannJoel & Melinda PagliarelloRick & Daria ParrellPhilip ReillyEdward G. & Joan SeegerWilliam A. & Camille B. SmithMr. & Mrs. Richard WadeDr. Claude A. Wheeler

For further information on how you can be a member of our Director’s Contributing Circle at the Friends ($25-$99), Sponsors ($100-$249), Patrons ($250-$499), Benefactors ($500-$999), and Sustainers ($1000 or more) levels, please see the ticket order form in the back of the program or contact the City of Fairfax Band Association office at 703-757-0220, info@fairfaxband.org or write to us at PO Box 1306, Fairfax, VA 22038-1306. The organization is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and contributions may be tax-deductible.

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Join us for our 48th Season!Soundscapes

Sat. Nov. 7, 2009 7:30 p.m. Annandale United Methodist Church

Christmas with FCS

Sun. Dec. 6, 2009 7:00 p.m. National City Christian Church

Sing We Now of ChristmasTues. Dec. 8, 2009 7:00 p.m.

Annandale United Methodist Church

Christmas in FairfaxSat. Dec. 19, 2009 7:30 p.m.

Fairfax High School

Light EverlastingSat. Mar. 20, 2010 8:00 p.m.

Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center

She Sings: The Poetry of MusicTues. Mar. 23, 2010 7:00 p.m.

Annandale United Methodist Church

Sacred & ProfaneSun. May 16, 2010 4:00 p.m. National Presbyterian Church

Spring Follies

Fri. May 21, 2010 7:00 p.m. Richard J. Ernst Community Cultural Center

Douglas Mears Artistic Director Patrick F. Vaughn Dir. of Youth Choruses

For More Information or Tickets:

703.642.3277

www.fairfaxchoralsociety.org

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Sponsors ($100-$249)

Anonymous Jean-Pierre AuffretAllen & Sue BakerMs. Catherine C. BakerRuth BandlerCapt. & Mrs. Jack Bartlett, USN (Ret)Jay & Robyn Berkenbilt in memory of Daniel SpadoniMr. & Mrs. James BooneGlenn A. CarusChristine F. ChaissonDick & Pat ConnellAlexandre & Luna DeParisWilliam & Mary Donehoo in memory of

Daniel SpadoniDan & Lisa DoyleMadeleine M. FaresNewt & Callista Gingrich in memory of Dan SpadoniLeo GiorgettiGeraldine B. HallPaul & Sofia HarrisMr. Gary HarterDr. Ronald L HeroldDr. & Mrs. Thomas HillMary Akin HortonY. T. HungGeorge N. JorgensenDr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Kanyan in memory of Dan SpadoniMr. & Mrs. Erik KjonnerodMr. Eric LamptyBonita & Dale LestinaBarbara LundquistMr. & Mrs. Patrick McAndrewsJeanne MellishJanice Miller, Member, City of Fairfax School

BoardKalinka MomchilovaMr. & Mrs. Robert MoranAlma M. MorelandBrig. Gen. Robert H. Neitz & Laura Neitz in

memory of our son, Capt. Laurence R. Neitz

Donald G. Norton & Jean M. BeasleyOakton Church of the Brethren in honor of

Cathy CarsonGerry & Barbara O’KeefeLisa Paradis & Simon DaviesDr. C. M. Prasad

Kevin QuaidTodd & Alena Riordan in memory of Daniel J. SpadoniMichael & Betsy RutkowskiMary & Ed SkidmoreJody & Larry SteinJessica SummervilleT. C. & Karen SwannArmistice Turtora in memory of John TurtoraMark WabschallJoyce & Allen WegnerBeatrice WernerLarry WhiteHarry & Sandra Wilbur in honor of Tom & Ruth HillWill, Lynn & John WillLeanna A. WilsonElwood E. Zimmerman

Friends ($25-$99)

Anonymous Oliver & Helen AsheKathy AxthelmMr. & Mrs. Louis BavielloRuth BeacomFred & Vivienne BecchettiMr. & Mrs. M. David BostonRay & Barbara BowesTerry & Jackie BradleyVirginia BridgesDirk & Ellen BrouwerFrances & Web BrownJerry BrubakerMargaret A. BruhnJoe & Kathy BudzynskiAlbert & Connie Cacini in memory of Dan SpadoniEsther Cacini in memory of Dan SpadoniWilliam M. CalnanGloria Carnivele in memory of Dan SpadoniJohn & Elvesia CesariniCarolyn G. ChappellDr. David CharvoniaAlan ChristensenPatricia R. ClarksonFred H. CoddingAlan Cole in memory of Daniel J. SpadoniShana ColeMr. & Mrs. Peter H. CressyJack & Ramona DanoChristian Daubert

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First Virginia Community Bank would

like to say thank you to the City of

Fairfax Band for giving us 40

Seasons of wonderful music

"Conveniently located in your office“ 

Member FDIC 

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Friends ($25-$99) cont’dDebbie DelauneDuwain & Tess DillonPeggy & Kevin L. DillonPhilip & Marianne DrewThe Honorable Daniel F. DrummondRobert L. DuttJohn & Jane DwyerThe Faber Family in memory of Dan SpadoniDr. & Mrs. Harvey Feingold in memory of

Daniel SpadoniMr. & Mrs. William J. FosterAlan & Arline FraserMr. Don FullertonMarilyn R. GallagherEdmund Pete Giambastiani, IIISusan & Marshall GinsburgMr. & Mrs. Ken GobenJeff & Lisa GreenfieldDaniel & Tessy GroveMarilyn & Robert HalseySarah N. Sowell & William T. HardingC. D. HarnMike & Tammy HarperThomas & Ruth Hill in memory of Daniel SpadoniJacque & Warren HillSally & Carlos HojvatNara Hojvat-GallinThomas IngramDerek InokuchiMr. & Mrs. John E. JencMr. & Mrs. Thomas JonesStevan & Kathryn JovancevicDr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Kanyan in memory of Berniece BradleyPaul F. KavanaughKanwar & Naveed KhanMr. & Mrs. Ted KrivoruchkaMr. & Mrs. Mark LangrLinda & Al LeightleyEric & Betsy LindbergJoan E. LisantePat & Doug MachereyTom & Ann MaichakPaul MandragonaStewart Boone McCartyRichard B. McMurrayAnn MondayMargaret J. MurphyGina Nelson in memory of Daniel John SpadoniEthel L. NobleSusan Olesch in memory of Reinhard G. Olesch

Ron & Lois PapettiAustin L. Payne, Jr.Ken PettitA. Len PfeiferPat & Leo PflugshauptRichard & Joyce Pieruccini in memory of

Daniel John SpadoniRolfe & Joann PittsCarol Schrier-PolakJean E. RemlerIra RicholsonBernadine Riordan in memory of Daniel John SpadoniNancy S. RobinsonClaudia Rucker in memory of Dick RuckerMr. & Mrs. Richard SchimkusPaul & Dorothy SchmittSandra SchwartzRita Ann Schwolow in memory of Daniel John SpadoniSarah ScruggsGeoffrey SeffensMr. & Mrs. Thomas B. ShefflerDr. & Mrs. Gordon SiegelMr. & Mrs. James SimpsonVic & Rita SkullmanDavid & Lou SmithRobert & Anne SmithBeverly C. StevensonKaren & Bill StevensonMr. & Mrs. Steven C. StombresJoan & Jule SzaboRandall & Lynn Szostek in memory of Daniel SpadoniClare & Dick TalbertLawrence & June TerryJohn & Joanne TheonPaulette ThompsonCol. Jerome P. & Marilyn C. TimlinDonald Tomsik in memory of Daniel John SpadoniRobert TroeglenJoan A. Turkus, MDSerge & Connie Uccetta in memory of Daniel SpadoniCapt. & Mrs. Henry Urban, Jr., USN (Ret)Stephen F. VeroskoDonald VierimaaS. H. VogtCharles & Patricia WhiteBarry & Ann WickershamMcGennis WilliamsAreli WoodyDavid & Naomi Zehner

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Did You Know...The City of Fairfax Band Association has more than 100 musicians and seven performing ensembles including the Concert Band, Blaskapelle “Alte Kameraden”, the Fairfax Saxophone Quartet, the Fairfax Swing Band, the Potomac Brass Quintet, the Rebel Run Dixieland Band, and the Main Street Community Band. All together, the association performs for more than 100 public and private events each year.

For more information on engaging one of these ensembles for a performance, contact the City of Fairfax Band Association’s office at (703) 737-0220 or visit www.fairfaxband.org.

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