UC Davis Department of Music
Concert Bands of UC Davis
This concert features music inspired by voices around the Pacific Rim, from California to Australia, Singapore to Russia, Mexico to Canada (to name a few). Included is Eagle Song by Bob Baker, a Squamish Nation (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) composer in present-day Vancouver, and a Māori lullaby, Hine e Hine originally by Fanny Howie. California composers are represented in two selections: Mondavi Fanfare by Roger Nixon — commissioned for the opening of the Mondavi center in 2003 — and Go California, a march written by Jonathan B. Elkus, who directed the UC Davis bands from 1992 to 2003.
Campus Band • Garrett Rigsby and Natalie Laurie, directors
UC Davis Concert Band • Pete Nowlen, director
Program List
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Canton Folk Song Suite
Jack Loh
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Eagle Song
Bob Baker
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Vulnerable Joy
Jodie Blackshaw
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Spirit of Panama March
Roque Cordero
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Mondavi Fanfare
Roger Nixon
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Sing
Jinjun Lee
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Reun-Pae
Worachat Kitrenu
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Hine e Hine
Fanny Rose Howie
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Peruvian Fanfare No. 1
Antonio Gervasoni
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Studio Ghibli Anime March
Joe Hisaishi
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“Sajuaro” from the Little Mexican Suite
Nubia Jaime-Donjuan
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March, op. 99
Sergei Prokofiev
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Go California
Jonathan B. Elkus
Artist Bios
Pete Nowlen
Director
Pete Nowlen
Music director Pete Nowlen has been a dynamic part of the northern California musical scene for nearly thirty years. He is dedicated to renewing and sustaining classical music’s relevance in our society, and his career has led him to surprisingly diverse opportunities.
Currently, he holds artistic and musical director positions with the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, Symphony d’Oro, Camerata California Chamber Choir and Orchestra, the CalCap Chamber Music Workshop, and Sacramento’s VITA Academy. He is the director of the Wind Symphony of the California Youth Symphony in the South Bay and is Artistic Director Emeritus of Music in the Mountains. Pete has mentored a generation of musicians and music educators for our region and beyond, having taught at CSU Sacramento for 30 years. He has been a member of the UC Davis faculty since 1988.
As a guest conductor, Pete has led performances of the Sacramento, Auburn, Camellia, Veridian, UC Davis, and CSUS Symphonies as well as the Sacramento Philharmonic. He has served as musical director for more than a dozen theatrical programs ranging from La bohéme, Magic Flute and Hansel und Gretel to Rocky Horror Show and Little Shop of Horrors.