An all volunteer adult community wind ensemble based in the greater Sacramento area.
Dr. Matthew Morse, Music & Artistic Director

Spring Serenades

Sunday, May 4th, 2025- 2:30pm

Sunday, May 4, 2025
2:30 pm
Capistrano Hall

6000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95819
Tickets at the door.
General Admission: $15
Students (high school/college) $10
Children (8th grade and under) Free

Featuring clarinet soloist Sandra McPherson performing Concertino for Clarinet op.26, Carl Maria von Weber

Groove Music (2013)
Brian Balmages (b. 1975)
Symphonic Suite (1957)
Clifton Williams (1923-1976)
1. Intrada
II. Chorale
III. March
IV. Antique Dance
V. Jubilee
In This Hid Clearing… (2001)
Jack Stamp (b. 1954)
National Emblem March (1906/1981/2002)
Edwin Eugene Bagley (1957-1922)

ed. Frederick Fennell

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The Rakes of Mallow (1947/1953)
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
Concerto for Clarinet, Op. 26 (1811/1905)
Carl Maria von Weber (1876-1826)

arr. T. Conway Brown

Sandra McPherson, clarinet soloist

Serenade Op. 22 (1965/1980)
Derek Bourgeois (1941-2017)
Shenandoah (1999)
Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)
Main Title from Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004)

Dr. Matthew Morse, conductor

Sandra McPherson graduated with a Bachelor in Music from CSU Fresno and a Master’s Degree in Clarinet Performance/Musicology from UC Santa Barbara, where she studied clarinet with James Kanter. She performs frequently as principal clarinetist and bass clarinetist in numerous Northern California orchestras, including the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera, and Sacramento Choral Society Orchestras. She also has extensive experience as a chamber music performer and coach.

As a member of the Sacramento Philharmonic’s woodwind quintet, she performs educational concerts throughout the region. She has performed with numerous other chamber music ensembles at the Crocker Art Museum Sunday Series, Sacramento State’s Festival of New American Music, Chamber Music Alive!, and the Capital Chamber Players Series.

Ms. McPherson is conductor of clarinet ensembles, rehearsal coach and chamber music instructor for the Sacramento Youth Symphony’s orchestras and Chamber Music Workshops. She is the clarinet instructor at Sacramento State, maintains an active private teaching studio, is also on the faculty at American River College, and has previously served as clarinet and chamber music instructor at U.C. Davis. Ms. McPherson is also a published author of articles on early-American clarinet literature.

Read more in the Program Notes.