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Band Musician Invitational Event – Rehearsal and Concert

 

Theme:  California: Ability (from our summer concert series celebrating the 175th anniversary of Californias statehood)

Sunday July 27, 2025

 

(earth) WIND (fire & water) concert 7/28/2024

 

Text Box: MUSICIANS:
Click here to register!
 

Click here for local tourist information:

GoNevadaCounty.com

 

The Days Schedule

8:30am            Check-in

9:00am            Rehearsal part 1

10:30am          Break

11:00am          Rehearsal part 2

12:30pm          Lunch, free time

3:00pm            NCCBand shuttle and move cars off-site

3:00pm            Stage, percussion, and sound system setup

3:45pm            Concert seating setup (no instruments)

4:30pm            All seated (with instruments)
5:00-7:00pm    Concert

All Extra Information Is Here!

  Percussion assignments link

  Rehearsal notes link

  Pioneer Park map – park your car in the Little League Ball Park (reserved for guest musicians)

  NCCBand shuttle map – before 2:45-3:30pm and after the concert until all are returned to their cars

  Performance layout diagram link

  Program link

 

Music List with Listening Links (in ALPHABETICAL order)

The repertoire list will be posted soon.  This years musical theme for the Invitational concert is ABILITY from our summer concert series celebrating the 175th anniversary of Californias statehood.

More practice links are available at this link.

 

OPENER:  The Star Spangled Banner
arr. Claudio S. Grafullo(listen)

 

INTERMISSION

 

American Folk Rhapsody
arr. Clare Grundman
MEDLEY: My Little Mohee Shantyman's Life Sourwood Mountain Sweet Betsy from Pike – (listen)

 

Big Fun in the Sun
arr. David Marshall
MEDLEY:  Good Lovin' Barbara Ann (from "American Graffiti") Surf City Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini California Dreamin' Wipe Out – (listen)

 

Brasilia
Julius Wechter/Herb Alpert – (listen)
California composer, recording producer, birthday #90

 

California Here I Come
Al Jolson, B. G. DeSylva, & Joseph Meyer/Gene Sand

 

California State
Ed. McDonald (Don) Keller

 

Coming Round the Mountain
arr. Cheryl Woldseth – (listen)

 

Gabriels Oboe
Ennio Morricone/Robert Longfield
oboe, flute, clarinet, trumpet, or alto sax solo – (listen)
mission trail

 

Golden Gate
Edwin Franko Goldman
1939 San Francisco Worlds Fair and two new bridges – (listen)

 

 

How to Train your Dragon
John Powell/Sean OLoughlin(listen)
California film studio, new release of sequel

 

I Left my Heart in San Francisco
Geo. Cory & Doug Cross/Alfred Reed – (listen)

 

I Love You, California
E. F. Frankenstein/Paul Yoder
Californias state song – (listen)

 

The Klaxon
Henry Fillmore/Frederick Fennell
subtitled March of the Automobiles – (listen)

 

Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Merle J. Isaac/Leroy Anderson/Jason Scott – (listen)

 

Santana!
arr. Jerry Brubaker
MEDLEY: Evil Ways Oye Como Va Smooth – (listen)
California composer, recording artist

 

Them Basses
G. F. Huffine
low instruments section feature (especially tuba) – (listen)
an alternative way to recognize Californias military bases

 

Yosemite Autumn
Mark Camphouse(listen)

 

ENCORE:  Stars and Stripes Forever
John Phillip Sousa (listen)

 

List of Musicians (as of 6/28/2025)

The host NCCBand members are listed in blue.

 

CONDUCTOR

Cheryl Woldseth

 

FLUTE 1

Lisa Laughlin (+picc)

Jeanette Langdell

Laurie Piner (+picc)

Maggi Shelbourn (+picc/perc)

Michael Smidt (+Dpicc)

Ariana Vickers (+picc)

 

FLUTE 2

Amanda Apple

Mikaela Furie

Alice Jacobs (+picc)

Pat Kinney

Cadence McKibben

Diane Nickerson

Leslie Schoenberg

Jane Solano

Chealsea Thrush

Melanie Webb

 

OBOE

Kit Chesnut (2)

Kevin Glaser (1)

Rebecca Seijas-Ball (1)

 

BASSOON

Bruce Piner

Joshua Tiffany

 

CONTRA-BASSOON

 

CLARINET 1

Suzy Allen

Derek Evans (+Eb)

Bianca Patterson

Jean Thurston

Jan Woldseth

 

CLARINET 2

Teresa Gaman

Amy Herman

Joelle Lake

Carrie Langkabel

Lynne Schonder

Patty Selenski

 

CLARINET 3

Diane Klaczynski

Kathy Doan

Kendra Fifield

Cathy Hardymon

Riley Hauser

Donna M. Meyer

David M. Schwartz

Anne Uher

 

CLARINET, ALTO

David Lake (+Bb1)

James Langdell (+Bb2)

Bill Powell (+Bb3)

 

CLARINET, BASS

Linda Coughenhour

Norene Goldberg

Ginger Jackson

Kay McCammond

 

CONTRA-CLARINET

 

SAXOPHONE, ALTO 1

Gary Anderson

Dave Bandler

Doug Johnson

Brian Olson

 

SAXOPHONE, ALTO 2

Ryan Apple

Rex Levinson

Andrea McKibben (+picc)

Allen Nickerson

Carla Nordstrom

Howard Schiff

 

SAXOPHONE, TENOR

Vega Alvarez

Barb Corrick

Don Paulus

Mark Potampa

Tim Proffitt

 

SAXOPHONE, BARITONE

Terry Horlick

Alex Jimenez

Teresa Minervini

Mary Whitmore

 

FRENCH HORN

Jo Michael Duke (3/2)

Steve Fernald (4/2)

William Langdell (1)

Mollie LaPlante (2)

Lauren Meyer (1/2)

Pat Rosales (3/2)

Amy Traugot (2/4)

 

TRUMPET/CORNET 1

John Furtado

Karin Hofland

Ryan McKibben

 

TRUMPET/CORNET 2

Ray Blackham

Ken Carter

Alex Rosprim

 

TRUMPET/CORNET 3

Lance Haliday

Jim Luckinbill

John Proctor

Ralph Remick (3/4)

 

TROMBONE 1

Francis Chew

Stacy Enke

Larry Faller

Mike Sarringar

Diane Schildbach

 

TROMBONE 2

Dave Bear

Chris Hofland

Christian Minervini

 

TROMBONE 3

Jason Woldseth

BARITONE/EUPHONIUM

Bill Bates (TC)

Michelle Daniels (BC)

John Gibson (TC)

Tom Larsen (TC)

Roy McKibben (TC)

George Preston (BC)

 

TUBA

Michael Boorstein

Adrian Quince

Marcus Schildbach

Kendall Vanderford

Walter Webb

 

BASS GUITAR

Bob Burbridge

 

TIMPANI

Oliver Muzio

 

MALLETS

Anthony Andino

 

DRUMS/AUXILIARY PERCUSSION

Rowan Ball (+mallets/timpani)

Lee Bittner

Linda Hitchcock (+mallets)

Miles Mason

 

BAND HANDS

Joelle Lake (rehearsal food)

Dani Loza

Mary Rose Preston

David Rosprim (announcer)

Hugh Shelbourn (stage manager)

(guest of David) Schwartz

Parker Thrush

Peter Traugot (photographer)

 

 

 


morning rehearsal 7/28/2023 at Pioneer Parks picnic grove

 

Prior Band Musician Invitational Events

 

  2024 (earth) WIND (fire & water) program and YouTube video and Facebook photos and Google photos – plus Behind the Scenes (Google) photos

  2023 Going Places program and Youtube video and Facebook photos and Google photos

  2019 By the 9s program and Facebook photos and Google photos KVMR broadcast 1st half and Interview and 2nd half, YouTube videos Broadway One-Step, Holiday for Trombones, Rain, Up

  2018 Episode 7: The Basses Strike Back program and Facebook photos and Google photos plus Behind the Scenes (Google) photos

  2017 Burning Band program and Google photos and KVMR podcast MP3 link (listen or download it)

  2016 Strange New Worlds program and Facebook photos and Picasaweb photos photos

  2015 Centennial Jubilee program and Facebook photos and Picasaweb photos plus Behind the Scenes photos

  2014 How Sweet It Is program and Facebook photos and Picasaweb photos

 2013 California Dreamin program and photos

  2012 "Along for the Ride" program and photos

  2011 "A Patchwork of American Music" program and photos and blog

  2010 "Out of this World" program and photos

  2009 "Americans We" program and photos

  2008 "The Spirit of Champions" program and photos

  2007 "A River Runs Through It" program

  2006 "Step in Time" program

  2005 "You Must Remember This" program

  2004 The Skys the Limit program

 

To see more, visit the Nevada County Concert Band website's History page.