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January 24th, 2026 I 3:30pm
Pete Barenbregge, Music Director
Karen Booth Chair
Paul Murtha, Assistant Music Director
This Could be the Start
Steve Allen of Something Big
Almost Like Being in Love/ Lerner and Loewe; Rogers and Hart This Can’t be Love
Time After Time
That Sunday, That Summer
Why Don’t You Do Right?
Struttin’ With Some Barbeque
Wichita Lineman
When I Fall in Love
Blues in the Night
Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn
Joe Sherman and George David Weiss
Kansas Joe McCoy
Lilian Hardin, Louis Armstrong, and Don Raye
Jimmy Webb
Victor Young and Edward Hayman
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
INTERMISSION
Black Orpheus
If I Were a Bell
Someone to Watch Over Me
No Moon at All
I’ve Got a Crush on You
Don’t Get Around
Much Anymore
Stardust
Too Close for Comfort
For Once in My Life
Luiz Bonfá
Frank Loesser
George and Ira Gershwin
David Mann and Redd Evans
George and Ira Gershwin
Duke Ellington
Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
Jerry Bock, George David Weiss, and Larry Holofcener
Ron Miller and Orlando Murden
Today’s performance will be approximately 90 minutes in length.
VENICE SYMPHONY BIG BAND MUSICIANS
S A xo P ho N e
Alto Sax 1
Alto Sax 2
Tenor Sax 1
Tenor Sax 2
Baritone Sax
Tr UMP e T
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Trumpet 4
Tro MB o N e
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Trombone 4
Pi AN o
G U i TA r
B ASS
Dr UMS
Pete Barenbregge
Len Pierro
Kenny Anderson
Dave Winterhalter
Tom Ellison
Jeff Wooldridge
John Castleman
Ken McGee
Paul Murtha
Gary Shutes
Joe Offner
Teddy Arnold
Chris Lundquist
Judi Glover
Norman Johnson
Blake Eberhard
Frank Carroll
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ABOUT THE PERFORMERS
MUSiC DireCTor Pete Barenbregge
Pete served 20+ years in the United States Air Force Band, Washington, DC. He was the featured tenor saxophone soloist and director of the Premier Jazz Ensemble of the USAF, the Airmen of Note. Performing for highlevel military functions, four U.S. Presidents, kings and queens, and traveled extensively throughout our nation and many parts of the world.
GUeST ArTiST
ANDreA roSS is an internationally recognized vocalist, recording artist and Broadway performer, hailed by The Boston Globe as “a phenom, whose poise and pipes are astounding” and by Variety magazine as a “lovely, clear soprano.”
Her career was launched by the mentorship of Broadway composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who produced her UK chart-topping album Moon River with Universal Music Group’s Classics and Jazz label. She is featured on multiple tracks of Andrew Lloyd Webber 60 (Universal Music Group) and the Over The Rainbow (UCJ) a 2007 charity album, peaking at No. 1 on the UK Compilation Charts.
A seasoned musical theatre entertainer, she has performed lead roles in the Broadway national tours of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Whistle Down the Wind and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music.
A sought-after soloist, Andrea Ross has appeared with top symphony orchestras around the world, including those in Boston, Baltimore, and Phoenix, as well as the BBC Concert Orchestra, among others. She was a guest artist for Concert for Diana in honor of Diana, Princess of Wales, hosted by Prince William and Prince Harry in 2007.
Ms. Ross recently clinched the Gold Medal at the American Traditions Vocal Competition, earning recognition for her range and establishing herself as one of the most versatile young artists of her generation.
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