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March 7th, 2026 I 3:30pm
Pete Barenbregge, Music Director
Karen Booth Chair
Paul Murtha, Assistant Music Director
Dippermouth Blues
Hello Pops
Black and Blue
That Old Feeling
Pops for President
Swing That Music
Ow!!
Umbrella Man
Joe “King” Oliver, Louis Armstrong
Arranged by Wycliffe Gordon
Wycliffe Gordon
Thomas “Fats” Waller
Arranged by Wycliffe Gordon
Sammy Fain Waller
Arranged by Wycliffe Gordon
Wycliffe Gordon
H. Gerlach, L. Armstrong
Arranged by Wycliffe Gordon
In T erm ISSIO n
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie
Arranged by Wycliffe Gordon
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie
Arranged by Wycliffe Gordon
Frantic Flight Wycliffe Gordon
Mood Indigo
Amazing Grace
Duke ellington
Arranged by Wycliffe Gordon
Traditional African Sorrow Chant
Arranged by Wycliffe Gordon
We’re Still Here/He’s Alright Wycliffe Gordon
Today’s performance will be approximately 90 minutes in length.
VENICE SYMPHONY BIG BAND MUSICIANS
S A xo P ho NE
Alto Sax 1
Alto Sax 2
Tenor Sax 1
Tenor Sax 2
Baritone Sax
Tr UMPET
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3
Trumpet 4
Tro MB o NE
Trombone 1
Trombone 2
Trombone 3
Trombone 4
P IAN o
Pete Barenbregge
Len Pierro
Kenny Anderson
Dave Winterhalter
Tom ellison
Jeff Wooldridge
John Castleman
Ken McGee
Graham Breedlove
Joe Offner
Stan Wilkerson
Teddy Arnold
Chris Lundquist
Judi Glover
G UITA r norman Johnson
B ASS
Dr UMS
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 high-level military functions, four U.S. Presidents, kings and queens, and traveled extensively throughout our nation and many parts of the world.
GUEST ArTIST
Musical ambassador and interpreter of “America’s” music, Wycliffe Gordon is one of the world’s most renowned and award-winning jazz trombonists touring today. His signature sound and mastery of the plunger mute have helped solidify his impressive musical career. Wycliffe tours as a soloist, or with his quintet, headlining at legendary jazz venues and performing arts centers worldwide. He has recorded, or been featured on, over 300 recordings, has composed and arranged hundreds of compositions, including the theme song for NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and is a very passionate, most sought-after educator.
Jazz Journalists Association named him “Trombonist of the Year” for an unprecedented 15th time in 2022, and Downbeat Critics Poll named Wycliffe “Best Trombone” for six years, (2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2013 & 2012). In recent years, Wycliffe was the recipient of the “Louie Award”, the International Trombone Award (which recognizes the highest level of creative and artistic achievement), the Satchmo Award, and the Louis Armstrong Memorial Prize presented by the Swing Jazz Culture Foundation. He is also a past recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Vanguard Award, among others.
Wycliffe is a former veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and has been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor’s “Jazz at the Kennedy Center” Series. Gordon serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Augusta University in Augusta, GA.
Wycliffe Gordon is a Yamaha Performing Artist and has his own line of Wycliffe Gordon Pro Signature Mouthpieces by Pickett Brass, the “Wybrid” Crossover Mouthpiece also by Pickett Brass, and a new plunger mute, the “Cone Tone” by Hirschman Mutes. Visit www.wycliffegordon.com
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