The Pomona Concert Band will present “Meet the Band,” a concert featuring soloists and sections of the band, at 7:30 p.m. today in the Palomares Park Community Center, 499 E. Arrow Highway, Pomona.
Admission is free, and refreshments will be served at intermission.
Linda W. Taylor, Jorge Garcia and Kerry Kline will direct the band, and master of ceremonies will be Edmund Fry of the Rose Tree Cottage in Pasadena, according to a news release. Heriberto Feliciano, a retired U.S. Air Force officer, will head the color guard.
The band’s French horn section will be highlighted in “An American Overture” by Joseph W. Jenkins, and the woodwinds are featured in “Mock Morris” by Percy Grainger and in “The Basses Are Loaded” by Kelly Bennette, which will also spotlight the low brass section.
Organist Jeff Lewis will be featured in “Gloriana” by Jay Bocook and tenor Isaac Gonzalez in “As Time Goes By” by Warren Barker.
The program also includes “I Vow to Thee, My Country” by Gustav Holst, in tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II; “Fanfare from La Peri” by Paul Dukas; “Rephrygeration” by Todd Salter; “Otter Point Holiday” by Robert Sheldon; “Esprit de Corps” by Robert Jager; and “The Gallant Seventh March” by John Philip Sousa.
The Pomona Concert Band, founded by G. Stanton Selby in 1947, has represented the city of Pomona in many events and performances over the years, including tours of Europe and Japan in 1985 and 1988.
For information, go to pomonaconcertband.org.
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