The Hudson Valley Music Club will present a concert this coming Monday, February 26 at 1:00 pm at the Dobbs Ferry Women’s Club (across the street from The Masters School). Marge Hone, our principal flute, and Joy Plaisted, who has joined us as harpist on several occasions, will be featured. Click the flyer at left for details.

The West Point Band has a concert this coming Saturday, February 24 at 2:00 pm in Eisenhower Hall. Billed as “Rhapsody in Blue,” the program is slated to include great works for military band. Visit http://westpointband.army.mil/calendar.html to reserve free tickets.

The Air Force Concert Band and Singing Sergeants has a concert coming up on Tuesday, April 3 at 7:30 pm at the Stamford Palace Theatre (performance site from our 2016 Exchange). Tickets are free, but you must RSVP to reserve. Visit The Palace Theatre for information and tickets.

And I’m the guest conductor tomorrow night, Thursday, February 22 at 7:00 pm for WindFest, at John Jay High School (2012 NY-52, Hopewell Junction, NY), which features the individual and combined concert bands of John Jay High School and Roy C. Ketcham High School. Holst, Hazo, Bryant, Arnold, Sheldon, and Sousa are on the program.

And don’t forget — we have the first rehearsal of our Spring cycle this coming Monday, February 26 at 7:30 pm at TMH. We’ll be reading through the entire program. Patrick Burns has kindly gifted a new fanfare to us, as promised last spring, in honor of our 30th anniversary. It is titled “Sennet,” which refers to the trumpet calls played to signal the ceremonial entrance or exit of an Elizabethan era actor, such as a play by Shakespeare. So we’ll be starting with a new fanfare and ending with a time-tested finale. I’m looking forward to seeing you all Monday evening!