Dawn A. Walker SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings (SBWS) is a no-audition ensemble and we are especially looking for bassoon, trumpet, horn, euphonium, tuba, and percussion players, but welcome all musicians of intermediate level and above. We rehearse Friday mornings in SaddleBrooke and Catalina. For more information, contact us at info@saddlebrookewindsandstrings.org. After our April concert at…
Dawn Walker Our April 18 concert at DesertView Performing Arts Center will feature three guest artists: * Alan Honeker on tuba * Dr. Astrid Chan on piano * Dr. Esteban Hernandez-Parra on viola (viola professor at the University of Arizona) The program will include: Selections from the film “Encanto” Divertimento for tuba and band Selections…
Dawn Walker That’s the theme of SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings’ (SBWS) concert on March 8. We’ll play dance music, and music about moving/ travelling, including “Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs” by Frank Ticheli and “Night Flight to Madrid,” by Kermit and Walter Leslie. Started in 2013, SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings is a nonprofit, educational, community-based…
Dawn A. Walker SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings (SBWS) ended 2025 with “Whimsical Winter Concert” on Dec. 20. If you missed out, here are upcoming opportunities to hear our community ensemble: March 8, 2026: Vista De La Montana United Methodist Church, 2 p.m. April 18, 2026: DesertView Performing Arts Center, 6 p.m. Learn more at saddlebrookewindsandstrings.org.…
Dawn Walker Our Winter concert will feature a celebration of animation. We will be playing music from cartoons like the Flintstones, Jetsons, Looney Tunes, The Polar Express, as well as video game soundtracks of various types. In the second half of the concert, we will be honoring SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings (SBWS) flutist Sandy Mader’s…
Dan Malueg SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings (SBWS) with conductor Jesus Jacquez will present a spooky concert on Halloween night including spine-chilling selections like “Night on Bald Mountain,” “Hall of the Mountain King,” “Music for a Darkened Theatre,” “The Skeleton Crawl,” “The Cave You Fear,” and other eerie pieces. Dancers from the University of Arizona will…
Dawn Walker Save the date for Halloween! SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings’ (SBWS) next concert at DesertView Performing Arts Center will be “Halloween Spooktacular” on Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. Music planned for this event includes “Night on Bald Mountain,” “Hall of the Mountain King,” “Music for a Darkened Theatre,” “The Skeleton Crawl,” “The Cave You…
Dawn Walker SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings (SBWS) band will be performing its Spring Concert in the DesertView Performing Arts Center on the evening of April 24. SBWS is comprised of amateur and professional musicians from SaddleBrooke and surrounding areas. SBWS was founded by SaddleBrooke residents in 2013. As the group expanded, rehearsals moved from residents’ homes to…