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The City of Fairfax Band Association and its ensembles remain the pride and joy of the City and the whole Fairfax community
— Scott Silverthorne, Mayor
City of Fairfax, VA



The City of Fairfax Band Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 1306
Fairfax, Virginia 22038-1306
(703) 757-0220
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43rd Season of Entertaining Fairfax

City of Fairfax Band

Main Street Community Band Specials

Northern Virginia Youth Winds Series

    * Subscription Series Concerts

Saturday, October 13, 2012, 12 noon


Fairfax Fall Festival

Main Street Community Band
Conductor: Geoffrey Seffens

Old Town Hall
3999 University Drive
Fairfax, Virginia


Saturday, November 3, 2012, 8 pm
Subscription Series Concert

Musical Journeys

The City of Fairfax Band
Conductor: Robert Pouliot

Guest artist: Eric Moore, french horn
Host: Rich Kleinfeldt

Chantilly High School
4201 Stringfellow Road
Chantilly, Virginia

The program will include the following selections:

  • Aspen Jubilee, Ron Nelson
  • Barber of Seville Overture, Gioacchino Rossini, arr. by Lake
  • Mannin Veen, Haydn Wood
  • Marche Des Parachutistes Belges, Pierre Leemans, arr., Wiley
  • South Pacific, Richard Rodgers, arr., Bennett and Rogers
  • Variations on a Korean Folk Song, arr., Chance
  • Villanelle, Paul Dukas, orchestrated by Miller
    Eric Moore, horn soloist


Sunday, December 9, 2012, 3 pm

Town and Country

Northern Virginia Youth Winds
Conductor: Denny Stokes

Oakton High School
2900 Sutton Rd
Oakton, Virginia

The program will include the following selections:

  • Crown Imperial, William Walton/Duthoit
  • October, Eric Whitacre
  • Scenes from the Louvre, Norman Dello Joio
    The Portals
    Children's Gallery
    The Kings of France
    The Nativity Paintings
    Finale
  • Jingle Bells, traditional/Gould
  • George Washington Bicentennial March, J.P. Sousa
    Jonathan Phillip, Band Director, John Champe High School
    Guest Conductor
  • Die Fledermaus Overture, Johann Strauss/Cailliett


Sunday, December 16, 2012, 4 pm
Subscription Series Concert


Home for the Holidays

Main Street Community Band
Conductor: Geoffrey Seffens

Lanier Middle School
3801 Jermantown Road
Fairfax, Virginia

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The program will include the following selections:

  • The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Eddie Pola & George Wyle, arr., Moss
  • Holiday Homecoming, arr., James Kessler
    (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays
    I'll Be Home For Christmas
    Winter Wonderland
  • Baby It's Cold Outside, Frank Loesser, arr., John Moss
    Featuring John Bauer on Alto Sax and Dave Simon on Trombone
  • Sleigh Ride, Leroy Anderson
  • March of the Toys (from "Babes in Toyland"), Victor Herbert, arr., Herbert L. Clarke
  • Winter Dances, Brian Balmages
  • Feliz Navidad, Jose Feliciano, arr., Michael Brown
  • Good King Wenceslas, Piae Cantiones (1582), arr., by Tom Wallace
  • A Hanukkah Festival, arr., Chris M. Bernotas
  • A Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson
  • Halleluiah Chorus (from "The Messiah"), George Frideric Handel, arr., Jack Bullock

All tickets for the concert have been distributed. Ticketholders are asked to arrive by 6:45 pm to claim their seats. Any unclaimed seats will be released at 6:45 to those in the waiting line.


Saturday, December 22, 2012, 7 pm
Subscription Series Concert

Christmas in Fairfax

The City of Fairfax Band
The Fairfax Choral Society
Conductor: Robert Pouliot
Guest Host: John Lyon
Guest: Santa Claus

Fairfax High School
3501 Rebel Run
Fairfax, Virginia

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The program will include the following selections:

  • Babes in Toyland, George Bruns, arr., Forsblad
  • The Twelve Days After Christmas, Frederick Silver
  • Russian Christmas Music, Alfred Reed
  • A Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas, Craig Courtney
  • O Tannenbaum, arr., Jerry Brubaker
  • Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, John Williams, arr., Brubaker
  • Sheep May Safely Graze, J. S. Bach, arr., Gardner
  • Russian Dance—Trepak (Nutcracker Suite), P. I. Tchaikovsky
  • The Ultimate Christmas Sing-Along, arr., Brubaker and Kidd
  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Newell H. Long
    narrated by John Lyon

All tickets for the concert have been distributed. Ticketholders are asked to arrive by 6:45 pm to claim their seats. Any unclaimed seats will be released at 6:45 to those in the waiting line.


Sunday, February 17, 2013, 3 pm

Winter Concert

Northern Virginia Youth Winds
Conductor: Denny Stokes

Oakton High School
2900 Sutton Rd
Oakton, Virginia

The program will include selections from the following:

  • Carnegie Fanfare, William Owens
  • Dei Meistersinger Overture, Richard Wagner, trans. Hindsley
  • Kilimanjaro, an African Portrait, Robert Washburn
  • Greensleeves, Traditional, Arr. Alfred Reed/McAlister
  • The Trombone King, Karl King/Paynter
  • American Salute, Morton Gould, trans. Lang


Sunday, March 3, 2013, 4 pm
Subscription Series Concert

Sci-fi Spectacular

Main Street Community Band
Conductor: Geoffrey Seffens

Lanier Middle School
3801 Jermantown Road
Fairfax, Virginia

The program will include the following:

  • Avatar Soundtrack Highlights, Horner / Bocook
  • Theme from E.T., Williams / Ployhar
  • Hunger Games (Soundtrack Highlights), arr. by Bocook
  • "Superman" Suite for Concert Band, Williams / Lowden
  • Soundtrack Highlights from Star Trek, arr. by Ricketts
  • Star Wars - The Marches, Williams / Brubaker
  • Themes from Thus Spake Zarathustra, Strauss / Thomas
  • Call of the Champions Williams / Moss
  • Mars and Venus, from "Looking Upward Suite," Sousa


Saturday, March 23, 2013, 8 pm
Subscription Series Concert

The Lighter Side of Life

City of Fairfax Band
Conductor: Robert Pouliot

Fairfax High School
3501 Rebel Run
Fairfax, Virginia

The program will include:

  • Alpha and Omega, Paul Yoder
  • Turkey in the Straw, Lewis Buckley
  • The Homeowner's Guide to Making Music, Hiram Power
  • Godzilla Eats Las Vegas, Eric Whitacre
  • A Rhapsody of Reruns, arr. Paul Jennings
  • The Kadiddlehopper March, Red Skelton
  • Symphony No. 5½, Don Gillis, orch. Maurice Ford

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Sunday, April 28, 2013, 4 pm

Spotlight Concert

Main Street Community Band
Conductor: Geoffrey Seffens

Sherwood Center
3740 Old Lee Highway
Fairfax, Virginia

The program will include:

  • Bravura, C. E. Duble
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark, John Williams, arr. Jack Bullock
  • Declaration Overture, Claude T. Smith
  • The Whistler and his Dog, Arthur Pryor, ed. Carl Simpson
  • The Billboard March, John N. Klohr
  • New York: 1927, Warren Barker
  • The Walking Frog (Two Step), Karl L. King, arr. Robert Foster


 

        Andrea Hsu
 
Paul Fadoul
      Paul Fadoul
Saturday, May 11, 2013, 8 pm
Subscription Series Concert

Spotlight Pops

City of Fairfax Band
Conductor: Robert Pouliot
Guest Artist: Andrea Hsu, flute
  2013 CFBA Young Artist Competition Winner
Guest Artist: Paul Fadoul, xylophone
  1996 CFBA Young Artist Competition Winner
Host: Rich Kleinfeldt

WT Woodson High School
9525 Main Street
Fairfax, Virginia

The program will include:

  • Blue Shades, Frank Ticheli
  • The Complete Harry Potter, arr. Jerry Brubaker
  • Russlan and Ludmilla, Michael Glinka, trans. Mark Hindsley
  • The Thunderer March, John Philip Sousa, arr. Brion/Schissel
  • Selections from "Les Miserables," arr. Warren Barker
  • "Bacchanale" from Samson and Delilah, Camille Saint-Saens, arr. Fred M. Hubbell
  • Concerto no. 2 in D Major, W.A. Mozart, arr. Ervin Monroe
       Soloist: Andrea Hsu, flute
  • The Golden Age of the Xylophone, Floyd E. Werle
       Soloist: Paul Fadoul, xylophone

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Sunday, May 19, 2013, 3 pm

Spring Concert
East and West

Northern Virginia Youth Winds
Conductor: Denny Stokes

Harris Theater
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia

Tentative program:

  • Baksheesh, Kenneth Snoeck
  • Symphony for Band, West Point, Morton Gould
       I. Epitaphs
      II. Marches
  • Arabesque, Samuel Hazo
      Guest Conductor: Dr. James VanValkenburg
      Band Director, Oakton High School
  • Aria and Allegro, Gregory Pascuzzi
      Guest Soloist: SGM Rick N. Parrell, United States Army Band
  • The Boys of the Old Brigade, W. Paris Chambers
  • Yankee Doodle, Morton Gould/Lang

Recommended parking: Lot H or paid parking.