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Our Winter concert was

Composers and Friends

Featuring S.F. Bay NACUSA composers and friends

Saturday March 1, 2008
at 8 p.m.
Palo Alto Art Center

Embarcadero and Newell, Palo Alto

Composers and Friends
Simon Bokman      Sonatina in the Memory of Igor Stravinsky, for piano solo
Joanne Carey      Sinfonia Concertante, for French horn and radio baton
Sondra Clark      Three Odd Meters, for four hand piano
Sondra Clark      Waterfalls, for four hand piano
Brian Holmes      Bingo! Bango!, for voice, viola and saxophone
Brian Holmes      Brass Trio, for trumpet, horn, and trombone
Karl Schmidt      On a Wednesday Afternoon, for clarinet/saxophone quartet
Karl Schmidt      Repose, for clarinet quartet

Admission was: $15 general
  $10 students and seniors
For more information call (408) 269-2301.
Tickets were available at the door


Our Mid-Spring concert was

Composers and Friends II

Featuring S.F. Bay NACUSA composers and friends

Sunday, April 13, 2008
at 3 p.m.
Foothill Presbyterian Church

5301 McKee Rd, San Jose 95127

Composers and Friends II
Anne Baldwin      Toccata, for piano solo
John Beeman      What a Clever Show, for voice and tape, from The Answering Machine
Simon Bokman      Sonatina in the Memory of Igor Stravinsky, for piano solo
Joanne Carey      Sinfonia Concertante, for French horn and Radio Baton
Sondra Clark      Three Odd Meters, for piano, four hands
Jeff Dunn      I Felt a Funeral in My Brain, for voice and piano
Hubert Ho      Prelude, for flute and piano
Hubert Ho      Five Miniatures, for piano
Brian Holmes      Brass Trio, for trumpet, horn and trombone
Dale Victorine      Petite Suite, for four recorders

Admission was free, though an optional donation was requested at the door
For more information call (408) 269-2301.


Our Late Spring concert will be

The South Bay Brass

Saturday June 7, 2008
at 8 p.m.
Palo Alto Art Center

Embarcadero and Newell, Palo Alto

The South Bay Brass
Ten piece brass ensemble
Anne Baldwin      The Top Brass Reach Accord, for brass quintet
John Beeman      Anthem for Brass: Five for Five
Sondra Clark      Two Scenes from New Orleans, for 10-piece brass
 •   River Serenade
 •   Mardi Gras Morning
Jeff Dunn      Entry of the Superintendent, for 10-piece brass
Steve Ettinger      Two Neo-Renaissance Pieces for Antiphonal Brass Choirs,
     for four trumpets and four trombones
 •   Pavane
 •   Galliard
Herb Gellis      Mojave, 4-movement suite for brass quintet
 •   Intrada
 •   Desert Canyon (Andante Espressivo)
 •   Morning March (Scherzo)
 •   Condor Soaring (Allegretto Gioioso)
Hubert Ho      Balance of Power
Roger Peterson      Toss and Turn
Karl Schmidt      Three Pieces for Brass
 •   Quest, for quintet plus flugelhorn
 •   Reflection, for quintet with flugelhorn
 •   Triumph, for double brass quintet
Dale Victorine      Fanfare for Brass Ensemble, for 10-piece brass

Admission will be: $15 general
  $10 students and seniors
For more information call (408) 269-2301.
Tickets will be available at the door


Our Fall concert will be the

Composers Performance Ensemble

Featuring:

Kristina Anderson
violin
 t.b.d.
cello
 Miles Graber
piano
 
Diana Tucker
flute and soprano sax
 Kathleen Nitz Kasdorf
soprano voice

Saturday November 8, 2008
at 8 p.m.
Palo Alto Art Center

Embarcadero and Newell, Palo Alto

Composers Performance Ensemble

Admission will be: $15 general
  $10 students and seniors
For more information call (408) 269-2301.
Program information will be available at the end of the summer.
Tickets will be available at the door