Bay Area Summer Music Festival Wind Ensemble

  The Wind Ensemble is the cornerstone around which the Bay Area Summer Music Festival was formed. Comprised of high school students, college students, area professionals and band directors, the Wind Ensemble performs high quality music from the standard repertoire as well as newly composed works and serves to provide the highest possible quality musical experience for both performers and audiences. It is conducted by Music Director Jeffrey A. Spenner and a guest conductor established in the music field. 

For the 2010 season, the Guest Conductor will be Col. Timothy W. Foley, USMC, ret., 26th Director of the "President's Own" Marine Band, Chamber Orchestra, and Music Advisor to the White House. The Wind Ensemble will also feature saxophone soloist Bill Funke in local composer Catherine McMichael's piece, Sapphire. 

Tentative 2010 Repertoire:

• Dance of the Jesters - Peter Tchaikovsky, Arr. Curnow
• Salvation is Created - Pavel Tchesnokov, Arr. Houseknecht
• Sapphire, for Alto Sax and Band - Catherine McMichael
• Dies Natalis - Howard Hanson
• Semper Fidelis - John Philip Sousa

Guest Conductors:

• 2010 - Col. Timothy W. Foley - Retired Director of "The President's Own" Marine Band
• 2009 - Dr. Roby G. George - Associate Director of Bands, University of Illinois

 Past Guest Artists: 

• 2009 - Dr. David R. Gillingham - Composer and Professor of Composition, Central Michigan University

Past Repertoire: 

• Festive Overture - Dmitri Shostakovich
• O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
• Scenes from the Louvre - Norman Dello Joio
• First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst
• Foster's America - David R. Gillingham
• Convention of the Cordials - John Philip Sousa