2007 Summer Concert Program Notes

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Mr. Jorge Garcia, Conductor

Opening Ceremony

Strike Up the Band ....................................... George Gershwin, arr. Moss

St. Lawrence Suite .............................................................. Morton Gould

Forgotten Dreams ............................................................ Leroy Anderson

Finian's Rainbow ............................................ Burton Lane, arr. Oserling

South Rampart Street ......... Roy Bauduc & Bob Haggart, arr. Paul Yoder

Stephen Foster Songbook .................................................... Stephen Bulla

Superman ........................................................................... John Williams

-- Intermission --

Alla Barocco .......................................................................... C. Giovanni

Manhattan Beach ......................................................... John Philip Sousa

"Flower Drum Song" Selections ....................................... Richard Rogers

Love is a Many Splendored Thing ......... Sammy Fain, arr. Paul Herforth

Before the Parade Passes By ............................................. Jerry Herman

America the Beautiful ............................................. arr. Carmen Dragon

Jorge Garcia, PCB Assistant Conductor, has been involved in music education since 1969.  He has taught music on all levels from college to kindergarten.  He has conducted several honor groups including the Memorial Orchestra for President Chiang Kai-shek, the Sino-American Honor Band, and the Taiwan Youth Symphony Orchestra.  He has toured Europe playing tuba with the School Band of America and won solo competitions in both California and Heidelberg, Germany.  He is President-Emeritus and founder of the American Drum Line Association, a member of the American Guild of Handbell Ringers, and the National Consortium of Life Long Learning.  A noted lecturer and presenter on "Motivation in the Classroom," "Hymnody in the 21st Century Church," and "Music and Lifelong Learning," he has given presentations in several different countries and will be a speaker at the International Conference of Lifelong Learning in Budapest, Hungary, in the fall of 2007.  He joined the PCB in 2005.