The Garden State Symphonic Band

Fairest of Fair                                                                    John Philip Sousa

American Folk Rhapsody No. 2                                 Clare Grundman

Music Man                                                                       Meredith Willson

Finlandia                                                                            Jean Sibelius

His Honor                                                                        Henry Fillmore

*You’re a Grand Old Flag                                             George M. Cohan

1776                                                                                    Sherman Edwards

Pavanne                                                                              Morton Gould

*Songs for America                                                         Irving Berlin

America The Beautiful                                                 Arr. Carmen Dragon

 

                                                              -- Intermission –

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Midway March                                                               John Williams

Star Spangled Spectacular                                           George M. Cohan

Suite of Old American Dances (I. II. III.)              Robert Russell Bennett

Liberty Bell                                                                      John Philip Sousa

*Battle Hymn of the Republic                                  Arr. Lee Greenwood

Sol Y Sombra                                                                  George Gates

American Patrol                                                             Frank White Meachen

Windjammer                                                                   Robert Buckley

Alexander’s Ragtime Band                                          Irving Berlin

*This is My Country                                                     Al Jacobs / Arr: Paul Nagle

The Stars and Stripes Forever                                     John Philip Sousa

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*Vocalist: Rick Bossman

Rick loves to sing and act and has been blessed with opportunities to do both since the distant days of high school. Rick’s years as a performer have acquainted him with nightclubs and churches, television and radio, William Shakespeare and Steven Sondheim. He has appeared in starring roles in many of the most popular musicals including Quixote/Cervantes in “Man of La Mancha,” Lancelot and King Arthur in “Camelot,” Jesus in “Godspell,” and El Gallo in “The Fantasticks.” Rick has been appearing with the Garden State Symphonic Band as a featured vocalist for more than twenty years! Over the years, Rick has established himself as the most requested vocalist by our audience.