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New! Assigned Seating now available!Welcome to the home of the Solano Winds!
We are a community concert band in the city of Fairfield in Solano County, California.
Our mission is to provide the community with high quality music through our performances, and to make music accessible to others through our various community and school outreach programs.
We are celebrating our 17th year of great performances this year! We hope you will accompany us for what promises to be yet another outstanding season of quality entertainment!
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What are people saying about Solano Winds?
- "Jack
Hanes' clarion-like trumpet spoke of grit and resolve, while flautists
Cathy Pierce and Lauren Nucum reminded us there was love on the plains
as well. Also quite impressive was the work of young percussionist Nick
Marten, who moved rapidly but calmly between the vibraphone, xylophone,
bells and chimes as required."
Kathleen
Whalen | Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT
| October
22, 2012
- "Heads
bobbed and feet tapped as, anchored by Wally Hunt on drum kit, Oster
scatted over cheerful saxophones and clarinets. This was a tough act to
follow, but Lucia was up to the challenge, and full-throated trumpets,
horns and trombones underpinned her smoothly assertive "They Can't Take
That Away From Me."
Kathleen
Whalen |
Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT | March 25, 2012
- "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."
Kathleen
Whalen | Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT
| Oct 25, 2011
- "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."
Kathleen
Whalen | Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT |
May
20, 2011
- "All
in all, another wonderful concert from one of Solano County's
best!"
Kathleen
Whalen |
Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT |
March
18, 2011
- "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." - "This sold-out concert was a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday season."
- "If
Friday's concert is an indication, the Solano Winds Community Band
promises its fans yet another season of wonderful music."
Kathleen
Whalen |
Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT |
Oct.
29, 2010
- "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."
Kathleen
Whalen | Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT
| May 5, 2010
- "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."
Kathleen Whalen | Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT | March 12, 2010
- "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."
Kathleen
Whalen | Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT | December 24, 2009
- "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."
Kathleen
Whalen | Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT
| October 28, 2009
- "This
ensemble is unquestionably one of the best values for your dollar when
it comes to musical performances in Solano County."
Paula
McConnell | Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT
| October 27, 2008
- " 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."
Kathleen Whalen | Daily Republic CORRESPONDENT | December
16, 2008
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 four performances at the Downtown Theater in
Fairfield and our encore concert at the Carmichael Community Band
Festival.
Please
visit our
Concerts pages for more information on the programs and venues.