• "The mood changed abruptly as clarinet guest soloists Diane Maltester and Robert Calonico fronted multiple-linguist and multiple-instrumentalist Leroy Anderson’s “Clarinet Candy.” As the title suggests, this is a fast-paced,lighthearted work. It features long passages consisting primarily of runs and trills.  The playing was so well-coordinated that it sounded as though a single instrument was playing both lines simultaneously, and as if played in its entirety in a single breath."

• "The Solano Winds continue to delight audiences with concerts combining music familiar and
  obscure, serious and light-hearted, accessible and challenging. Longtime listeners and new
  fans alike look forward to next year’s offerings."

• "All in all, another wonderful concert from one of Solano County's best!" 

• "the second movement of H. Owen Reed's 'La Fiesta Mexicana,' was performed with requisite
  solemnity and grandeur. The trombones were the standouts here, playing with a brooding intensity
  that quite literally took my breath away."

• "If Friday’s concert is an indication, the Solano Winds Community Band promises its fans yet another season of wonderful music."

• "Friday night’s standing-room-only crowd at the Fairfield Center for the Creative Arts was treated to an evening of music, both familiar and little known, organized around the theme of “Space.” "   

• "This concert brought a highly successful season to a triumphant close. I can’t wait to see -- or rather, to hear -- what they will do next season."

• "Flutist Cathy Pierce did the near impossible in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s familiar “The Flight of the Bumble-Bee,” combining blinding speed with such careful articulation that each note was clearly heard."

• "Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Sea Songs” opened the second half of the program. In the wrong hands this piece can be cloying, but it wasn’t in the wrong hands. The flutes, clarinets and saxophones were at their melodious best, while the almost astringent tone Doherty drew from the trumpets helped make listening to this piece an unalloyed pleasure."

• "Morton Gould’s “Cowboy Rhapsody,” which included such favorites as “Home on the Range” and “Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie,” allowed Doherty to highlight several of many wonderful musicians who make up the Solano Winds. Most memorable is Cathy Pierce’s limpid flute, Dan Meehan’s expressive clarinet (again) and a lovely, singing tone from Heather Handa on trumpet."

• "This ensemble is unquestionably one of the best values for your dollar when it comes to musical performances in Solano County."

• " The Solano Winds represents community music-making at its finest. They welcome players of all skill levels. "     

• " What they all have in common is a desire to share their love of music. Conductor Doherty elicits focused, disciplined playing which in no way inhibits the obvious pleasure felt by the musicians as they play."

Join us for any of our concerts this year, and we will give you a dynamic and energetic "pops" style concert that will leave you humming our music for days. Our selections span musical styles ranging from marches to classical, Broadway musicals to jazz.

The performance season for this year consists of three performances at the Fairfield Center for the Creative Arts, one at Vacaville Performing Art Theater and our encore concert at the Carmichael Community Band Festival. 

Please visit our Concerts pages for more information on the programs and venues.