Pomona Concert Band's 2025 Winter Concert

Dear Friends of the Pomona Concert Band and Supporters,

The Pomona Concert Band proudly presents their annual Winter Concert titled "The Great USA" on Friday, February 28th, 2025 at 7:30 pm.  The concert will be held in the Palomares Park Community Center, 499 E. Arrow Hwy in Pomona and is sponsored by the City of Pomona.  The concert will be directed by Artistic Director and Conductor Linda W. Taylor and Assistant Conductor Kerry Kline.  The Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be columnist and author David Allen, and the color guard will be Heriberto Feliciano, USAF, Retired and Thomas Laffey.  Refreshments will be served at intermission.  The concert is FREE to the public.

The concert features music written for different regions of our country and several of our great cities.  The music of America that the band will play include: "Midwest March" by J.J. Richards, "An American Elegy" by Frank Ticheli who is Professor Emeritus of Composition at the University of Southern California, "Folk Suite for Concert Band" by William Grant Still, and "Savannah River Rhapsody" by one of the most performed composers of concert band music today, Robert Sheldon.  Our featured soloist of the evening will be Bassoonist Carly Miller performing Mozart's "Concerto in B Flat Major" arranged by Charles T. Yeago.  Music about American cities will include "Charleston Harbor Celebration" again by Robert Sheldon, "Sedona" by Steven Reineke, who is the music director of the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, and a march by John Philip Sousa titled "Atlantic City Pageant."  The band will close the concert by showing the pride we all feel at living in the greatest place in the world, with Carmen Dragon's wonderful arrangement of Samuel Ward's "America the Beautiful."

Celebrate the music of America with a concert by one of the premier community Wind Bands in Southern California.  The best part is that the concert is FREE.  So bring your entire family and invite your friends to Palomares Park on February 28th at 7:30 pm.

You can follow the Pomona Concert Band on their website at www.pomonaconcertband.org to view their concert schedule plus photo gallery and video gallery.  The band has a YouTube Channel, along with Facebook, X and Instagram websites.  So click on the icons at the bottom of this email and visit our sites and let us know what you think.

Donations to the band are always welcome and appreciated.  The community can help support the Pomona Concert Band by becoming a supporter of The Friends of the Pomona Concert Band at the FRIENDS level ($99 & under), PATRONS ($100+), BENEFACTORS ($500+) and DISTINGUISHED BENEFACTORS ($1,000+).  All Donor's names will be included on every program and our website for the entire concert season.  The Friends of the Pomona Concert Band is a registered charity under Internal Revenue Code Section 501 C (3).  Checks may be made out to:  Friends of the Pomona Concert Band, P.O. Box 2753, Pomona, CA 91769.

Sincerely,