The VCCB 2024 - 2025 Season

Into the West

Sunday, June 8, 2025
Ventura High School Auditorium
3:00pm

An afternoon of following the setting sun… into the west!

  • The Cowboys
    John Williams / Arr. Curnow

    Symphony No. 1: Lord of the Rings
    Johan de Meij
    V. Hobbits

    Black Horse Troop
    J.P. Sousa

    Best of the West
    Arr. Michael Story

    Somewhere
    Leonard Bernstein / Arr. Bocook

    Galop
    Gary P. Gilroy

    Cowboy Rhapsody
    Morton Gould / Arr. Bennett

    As Summer was Just Beginning
    Larry D. Daehn

All This Solid Globe

Sunday, April 6, 2025
Ventura High School Auditorium
3:00pm

A celebration of our world, and everything in it.

  • Journey to the Lion’s Castle
    Rossano Galante

    Earth Song
    Frank Ticheli

    The Transit of Venus
    J.P. Sousa

    Country Gardens
    Percy Grainger / Arr. Sousa

    American River Songs
    Pierre LaPlante

    Selections from Into the Woods
    Stephen Sondheim / Arr. Bulla

    Sheltering Sky
    John Mackey

    On Highways in the Sky
    Chris Donze

    Selections from Up
    Michael Giacchino / Arr. Brown

    Bayou Breakdown
    Brant Karrick

Lounge Blizzards

Sunday, January 26, 2025
Ventura High School Auditorium
3:00pm

Come in from the cold for some mid-century jazz.

  • Sleigh Ride
    Leroy Anderson

    The Shadow of Your Smile
    Paul Francis Weber & Johnny Mandel
    Arr. Whitcomb

    The Skater Waltz
    Emile Waldteufel / Arr. Safranek

    March of the Mitten Men
    J.P. Sousa

    Highlights from Camelot
    Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner
    Arr. Yoder

    Farandole
    Georges Bizet
    Arr. Longfield

    Volare
    Domenico Modugno
    Arr. Bullock

    Libertango
    Astor Piazzola
    Arr. Somadossi
    Michaela Carballo, Conductor

    Fly Me to the Moon
    Bart Howard
    Arr. Hoshide

    My Way
    Claude Francois & Jacques Revaux
    Arr. Schneiders

Veterans Day Concert

Sunday, November 3, 2024
Ventura High School Auditorium
3:00pm

A salute to the men and women who have served our country.

  • Big Band Spectacular
    Arr. John Higgins

    Someone to Watch Over Me
    George Gershwin / Arr. Barker
    Raynard Solomon, Alto Saxophone

    Boys of the Old Brigade
    W. Paris Chambers / Arr. Smith

    October
    Eric Whitacre

    Fugue on Yankee Doodle
    J.P. Sousa / Arr. Brion

    Second Suite in F
    Gustav Holst
    I. March
    II. Song Without Words
    III. Song of the Blacksmith
    IV. Fantasia on the Dargason

    Bubbling Woodwinds
    David Schanke
    Beverly Matsumura, Flute
    Linda Zarlenga, Flute
    Susan Anderson, Clarinet
    Patrick Ingram, Clarinet
    James Moore, Clarinet

    American Spice
    Sammy Nestico

    Armed Forces Salute
    Arr. Bob Lowden

    Selections from Annie
    Charles Strouse / Arr. Lang

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