Season 34,  2025 – 2026 Season
Lake Wobegon® Brass Band CDs are usually available for sale at most of our performances.

Winter to Spring Series
Conductor: Dr. Matthew George

Performance #295 – Sunday, March 1, 2026 – 2:00 PM
Anoka-Ramsey Community College

Prismatic Light by Alan Fernie
Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael/arr. Bill Geldard
trombone soloist Dr. Mark Springer
March of the Resistance by John Williams/arr. Philip Sparke
Fearless by Andrew Wainwright
Balkan Dance by Etienne Crausaz
Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein/arr. Howard Snell
Meditation by Peter Graham
soloists: Dick Miller on flugelhorn, Larry Carlson on baritone
A King’s Lie by Stan Nieuwenhuis
Charade by Henry Mancini/arr. Graham Lloyd

Holiday Concert Series
Conductor: Dr. Donald Krubsack

Performance #292 – Friday,  December 5, 2025 – 7:30 PM
Meetinghouse Church

Welcome Christmas by Michael Halstenson
The Word Made Flesh by Philip Wilby
Wexford Carol  arr. by Jack Stamp
Carol of the Bells by Mykola Leontovich/arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins
Mary’s Boy Child by Jester Hairston/arr. Robin Dewhurst
Huron Carol by St. John de Brébeuf/arr. Kevin Norbury
Len Klun, cornet
The Kingdom Triumphant by Eric Ball
“Troika” from Lieutenant Kijéby Serge Prokofiev/arr. Ray Farr
Carols around the World, arr. Jack Stamp (band/percussion) and Richard Price (quintets)
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (John Calkin)
O Tannenbaum
Bethelehemu
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Johnny Marks)
Pengyou Ting
Deck the Halls
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Calkin and Marks)
Lullaby on Christmas Eve by F Melius Christiansen/arr. Jim Engebretson
I’ve Got my Love to Keep Me Warm by Irving Berlin/arr. Jack Stamp
Lori Towner, vocals
Jingle Bells by James Pierpont/arr Alan Fernie
Roger Gomoll, E-flat Tuba
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane/arr. William Himes
Yule Dance by Philip Harper
White Christmas

Performance #293 – Saturday,  December 6, 2025 – 7:30 PM
First Lutheran Church,  Columbia Heights, MN

Welcome Christmas by Michael Halstenson
The Word Made Flesh by Philip Wilby
Wexford Carol  arr. by Jack Stamp
Carol of the Bells by Mykola Leontovich/arr. Joseph Willcox Jenkins
Mary’s Boy Child by Jester Hairston/arr. Robin Dewhurst
Huron Carol by St. John de Brébeuf/arr. Kevin Norbury
Len Klun, cornet
The Kingdom Triumphant by Eric Ball
Troika” from Lieutenant Kijé by Serge Prokofiev/arr. Ray Farr
Carols around the World, arr. Jack Stamp (band/percussion) and Richard Price (quintets)
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (John Calkin)
O Tannenbaum
Bethelehemu
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Johnny Marks)
Pengyou Ting
Deck the Halls
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (Calkin and Marks)
Lullaby on Christmas Eve by F Melius Christiansen/arr. Jim Engebretson
I’ve Got my Love to Keep Me Warm by Irving Berlin/arr. Jack Stamp
Lori Towner, vocals
Jingle Bells by James Pierpont/arr Alan Fernie
Roger Gomoll, E-flat Tuba
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane/arr. William Himes
Yule Dance by Philip Harper
White Christmas

Fall Concert Series
Conductor: Dr. Matthew George

Performance #289 – Friday,  October 3, 2025 – 7:30 PM
Lakeville Area Arts Center

Handsel Overture by Jack Stamp
Principe Amedeo by Amilecare Ponchielle/arr. Pietro Martinoli
Connotations by Edward Gregson
Pavane by Gabriel Faure/arr. Gordon Langford
Flying Circus – mvt. 1 Barnstorming by Jim Self
The Lark in the Clear Air by Traditional/arr. Gordon Langford
Suite from Adam Zero by Sir Arthur Bliss/arr. Robert Childs
La Fiesta by Chick Corea/arr. Philip Harper

Performance #290 – Saturday,  October 4, 2025 – 7:30 PM
Zion Lutheran Church

Handsel Overture by Jack Stamp
Principe Amedeo by Amilecare Ponchielle/arr. Pietro Martinoli
Connotations by Edward Gregson
Pavane by Gabriel Faure/arr. Gordon Langford
Flying Circus – mvt. 1 Barnstorming by Jim Self
The Lark in the Clear Air by Traditional/arr. Gordon Langford
Suite from Adam Zero by Sir Arthur Bliss/arr. Robert Childs
La Fiesta by Chick Corea/arr. Philip Harper

Performance #291 – Sunday,  October 5, 2025 – 3:00 PM
St. Andrews Lutheran Church

Handsel Overture by Jack Stamp
Principe Amedeo by Amilecare Ponchielle/arr. Pietro Martinoli
Connotations by Edward Gregson
Pavane by Gabriel Faure/arr. Gordon Langford
Flying Circus – mvt. 1 Barnstorming by Jim Self
The Lark in the Clear Airby Traditional/arr. Gordon Langford
Suite from Adam Zero by Sir Arthur Bliss/arr. Robert Childs
mvt 1.    mvt 2.    mvt 3.    mvt. 4.    mvt 5
La Fiesta by Chick Corea/arr. Philip Harper