Upcoming Concerts
Our 2025-2026 Formal Concert Season
From our Director, Jon Borodach: The 2025-2026 season is nigh upon us, and I am really looking forward to our programs this year. We will feature guest soloists as well as spotlight the contributions of some of our own band members. It’s going to be fun.
Feb. 21, 2026 - “Fanfare and Funk”
February’s program will include Fanfare and Funk, a very fun piece by Oliver Waespi, as well as Vesuvius by Frank Ticheli, Bugs by Roger Cichy, and works by some of our very own band members. We will be joined by special guests, SAFONIA, a treble choral ensemble dedicated to the synergy of music, passion, and excellence.
Please join us in the beautiful sanctuary of the Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO 80303.
There is plenty of parking, but be sure to arrive early. The Flatirons Saxophone Quartet will share fun musical selections at 6:30!
General admission tickets may be purchased online using a credit or debit card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Any additional donation is OPTIONAL, but should you choose to donate extra, your contribution is appreciated! Tickets will be available at the door, cash or check only. If purchasing at the door, please bring exact change or make checks payable to “Boulder Concert Band”.
Purchase your tickets now via Zeffy.
Concert repertoire:
- Fanfare and Funk – Oliver Waespi
- Overture to "North By Northwest" – Bernard Herrmann, arranged by Tory A. Markiewicz
- Lake Isle – Ola Gjeilo, arranged by Mike Taylor
- Bugs – Roger Cichy: 1. Prelude; 2. Dragonfly; 3.Praying Mantis; 4. Black Widow Spider; 5. Tiger Swallowtail; 6.Army Ants
- Washington’s Landing – Nancy Galbraith
- Psalm & Alleluias – Sheri A. VandeRiet; joined by our special guests SAFONIA.
- Vesuvius – Frank Ticheli
Featured on this concert:
Tory A. Markiewicz, arranger of Herrmann’s North by Northwest Overture
Mike Taylor, arranger of Gjeilo’s Lake Isle
Sheri A. VandeRiet, composer and arranger of Psalm & Alleliuias
The Flatirons Saxophone Quartet will open our concert at 6:30 pm.
Flatirons Saxophone Quartet: Rex Vedder, Tim Hughes, Tom Henderson, Tyler Henderson
Top of pageApril 18, 2026 - “Celebrations!”
We will conclude our formal concert series in April with music that dances with joy, including Cheers by Morton Gould, Incantation and Dance by John Barnes Chance, Danzon No. 2 by Arturo Marquez, Kauyumari by Gabriela Ortiz and Romany Life by Victor Herbert.
Tickets will be available at Zeffy on March 16, 2026.
All concerts will be at 7:00 pm at Mountain View United Methodist Church, 355 Ponca Place, Boulder, CO 80303
2025-2026 Concerts in Review
October 18, 2025 - “The American Mosaic”
We performed music that represents the ideal of Unity Through Diversity: the synthesis of various ideas, cultures, styles, and experiences into a magnificent whole.
We were inspired by the patriotic narrations of Boulder Mayor, Aaron Brockett, during Liberty Fanfare and A New Birth of Freedom, touched by the memories of Del Pakiser and Cody Jackson as the brass section played Ave Maria, and dazzled by Katie Hughes’s virtuosic rendering of Rhapsody in Blue. Sheri VandeRiet shared a couple of colorful quilts to complete the mosaic.
Dec. 6, 2025 - “A Season of Joy”
The Boulder Concert Band was thrilled to present "A Season of Joy," with fun and exciting music evocative of this festive holiday season.
Dr. Ryan Gardner, Professor of Trumpet at the University of Colorado at Boulder, was featured in brilliant solo performances of L’esprit de la trompette and Concierto de Aranjuez. Dr. Jennifer Grice, Director of the Thornton Community Band, was Guest Conductor on Morton Lauridson’s O Magnum Mysterium.
The audience joined us in singing The Twelve Days of Christmas! and our concert was made complete with Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride and a snowball fight!
In case you missed the concert, here is the digital program!
Thanks to Mr. Jon Borodach (program notes) and Marilyn Kroner (newsletter content and TUBACHRISTMAS® poster) for their contribiutions to this page.