POMONA - The Pomona Concert Band will launch its 67th annual Summer Concert Series on Thursday at the G. Stanton Selby Bandshell, behind the Community Center building in Ganesha Park, 1575 N. White Ave., Pomona.
This series, sponsored by the city, will include nine free Thursday evening concerts at 8 p.m. with the finale on Aug. 28 plus two bonus concerts.
The opening concert, “American Pageant,” will feature music by American composers and arrangers and is directed by conductor Linda Taylor and assistant conductor Jorge Garcia. Edmond Fry will be the master of ceremonies for the evening that will include “Fantasy on Early American Tunes” and “Highlights from Camelot.”
The upcoming concerts:
• The second concert on July 10 has the unusual theme of “Retro, Sept. 5, 1974” performing the same music the band performed back in 1974, which includes selections from “The Music Man.” .
• The first bonus concert Twill be with the Claremont Symphony Orchestra on July 13, starting at 6:30 p.m.. There will have an Instrument Petting Zoo where children can try out instruments starting at 6 p.m.
• On July 17, the band will present “Artist Pallet in Music” directed by Garcia and MC’d by Rev. Larry Hintz. This concert will be music with titles related to color and art such as scenes from ‘The Louvre’” and “The Purple Carnival March.”
• On July 24, the concert theme will be “U.K. Favorites” and will be directed by Taylor and Garcia featuring “Scottish Rhapsody” and the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. This concert will be sponsored by the Pomona Host Lions Club. The Lions will be at every concert this summer to collect used glasses, hearing aids and canned food for their hunger projects.
• On July 31, the band will be led by guest conductor James Christensen, a well-known conductor, composer, arranger, adjudicator and clinician, who will bring many of his best band arrangements to life. During his 37 years with Walt Disney Productions, he produced music familiar to patrons of the Disney theme parks and movies.
• On Aug. 7 and 14. the concerts will display that “PCB’s Got Talent.” These concerts will feature many of the regular band members conducting the band on pieces they chose. It will feature clarinet section leader James Lytthans, trombonist Kerry Kline, Brent Decker who plays euphonium, trumpeters Douglas Mckenna, Christopher Northrop and Miyoshi Feliciano, and David Schaafsma from the tuba section.
• On Aug. 21, the band will present “Bark In The Park” and invite the concert goers to bring their canine friends to enjoy the evening, on a leash, of course. Taylor will conduct the concert MC’d by Pomona Unified School District board member Jason Rothman. This program is dedicated to the PUSD and all of the students past and present who help make PCB a success.
• The second of special bonus concerts will be Aug. 24 at 6 p.m. hosting the Golden State British Brass Band at the Selby Band Shell. Conductor Jack Hollander will take the brass band through a wide variety of British band music along with many American favorites.
• The final summer concert will be Aug. 28 celebrating “American Visions” with a concert that features music that is patriotic or has a title that displays real Americana, including “Shenandoah,” “Buffalo Bill’s Centennial” and John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.” The MC for the evening will be Councilman John Nolte.
All performances are free. Attendees should bring a lawn chair and perhaps a picnic basket to each concert.
Information: http://www.pomonaconcertband.org or 626-824-0001
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