SEPTEMBER CONCERT

Friday, September 28, 2007– 8:00 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

GUEST SOLOISTS
Jason Ham, euphonium
John J. Palatucci, euphonium

GUEST ENSEMBLE
Rutgers Wind Ensemble, Dr. William Berz, director

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Ponchielli - Concerto per Flicorno Basso
Holst - First Suite in E flat for Military Band
Hindemith - Symphony in B flat for Concert Band
Gorb - Awayday
King - The Melody Shop

NOVEMBER CONCERT

Friday, November 2, 2007 – 8:00 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

GUESTS
Lois Hicks-Wozniak, soprano saxophone
Rear Admiral Joseph David Stinson, narrator

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Mackey - Concerto for Soprano Saxophone (Premiere) HEAR IT!
Ives - Variations on America
Buck - Festival Prelude on the American National Air

DECEMBER CONCERT

Friday, December 14, 2007 – 8:00 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

GUESTS
Blair Bollinger, Bass trombonist, Philadelphia Orchestra
Johan de Meij, composer/conductor

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
de Meij - Canticles for Bass Trombone and Wind Orchestra (New York premiere)
de Meij - Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings
Tchaikovsky - Selections from The Nutcracker

FEBRUARY CONCERT

Thursday, February 21, 2008 – 8:00 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

GUEST SOLOIST
Kathryn Woodard, piano

GUEST ENSEMBLE
Texas A&M University Wind Symphony, Dr. Timothy B. Rhea, director

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Texas A&M University Wind Symphony
Bernstein - Overture to "Candide"
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Ticheli - Blue Shades
Sousa - The Free Lance, March

Ridgewood Concert Band
Rouse - Wolf Rounds
Hearshen - A Danish Bouquet, after Percy Grainger
von Weber - Overture to Der Freischutz

SPECIAL NON-SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT

St. Patrick's Day, Monday, March 17, 2008 – 8:00 PM
Clifton High School, 333 Colfax Ave., Clifton NJ

GUEST ENSEMBLE
University of Iowa Wind Symphony, Dr. Myron Welch director

Ridgewood Concert Band
Sullivan - Pineapple Poll
Whitacre - Equus
Fillmore - The Circus Bee

University of Iowa Wind Ensemble
R. Strauss - Festmusik Stadt Wien
Chang Su Koh - Korean Dances
K.L. King - Barnam and Bailey's Favorite

APRIL   CONCERT

Friday, April 4, 2008 – 8:00 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

GUEST
Eric Seligman - Winner of the 2008 RCB Youth Soloist Competition

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Stravinsky/Arr. Thurlow - Petroushka: Shrove-tide Fair
Whitacre - Equus
Woolfendon - Illyrian Dances
Sullivan - Pineapple Poll

MAY CONCERT

Friday, May 16, 2008 – 8:00 PM
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ

GUEST
Alan Baer, Principal Tuba, New York Philharmonic
Special Guest: Francis Scott Key III

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Holst - Jupiter from The Planets
Woodward - Tuba Concerto
Ticheli - Shenandoah
Daugherty - Desi
Tchaikovsky - Finale from Symphony No. 4
Rossini - Overture, La Gazza Ladra
Hart - Cartoon

DANISH HOME CONCERT

Grundluvsdag, Sunday, June 8, 2008 – 12:30 PM
The Danish Home, Croton-on-Hudson, NY