The Department of Music Presents the
UC Davis Concert Band
with the Yolo Community Band
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
7:00pm
Jackson Hall
Program List
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Arirang and Akatonbo (2003)
Korean Folk Song / Kosaku Yamada
arr. Chang Suh Koh -
Colonial Song (1905–12)
Percy Grainger
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Howl’s Moving Castle – Suite for Symphonic Band
Joe Hisaishi
arr. Yo Goto -
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine March
John Philip Sousa
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Suite from Maria de Buenos Aires
Astor Piazzolla / Horacio Ferrer
arr. Steven Verheist -
Xerxes
John Mackey
About the Director
Pete Nowlen
Conductor
Pete Nowlen
Music director Pete Nowlen has been a dynamic part of the northern California musical scene for nearly thirty years. He is dedicated to renewing and sustaining classical music’s relevance in our society, and his career has led him to surprisingly diverse opportunities.
Currently, he holds artistic and musical director positions with the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band, Symphony d’Oro, Camerata California Chamber Choir and Orchestra, the CalCap Chamber Music Workshop, and Sacramento’s VITA Academy. He is the director of the Wind Symphony of the California Youth Symphony in the South Bay and is Artistic Director Emeritus of Music in the Mountains. Pete has mentored a generation of musicians and music educators for our region and beyond, having taught at CSU Sacramento for 30 years. He has been a member of the UC Davis faculty since 1988.
As a guest conductor, Pete has led performances of the Sacramento, Auburn, Camellia, Veridian, UC Davis, and CSUS Symphonies as well as the Sacramento Philharmonic. He has served as musical director for more than a dozen theatrical programs ranging from La bohéme, Magic Flute and Hansel und Gretel to Rocky Horror Show and Little Shop of Horrors.