Our Season
Portland Gay Symphonic Band
2010-2011 20th Anniversary Season
2009-2010 Season
2008-2009 Season, Illusions
2007-2008 Season
Portland Gay Symphonic Band performs 3-4 times each September-July season with at least one performance that benefits an organization in the community.
Rose City Swing
2009-2010 Season
2008-2009 Season
2007-2008 Season
Rose City Swing holds dances twice a year, once near the winter holidays and again in the Spring. Each July, RCS kicks off Vancouver in the Park, Vancouver, Washington's GLBT pride celebration.
Marching Band
The Rose City Gay Freedom Band marches in Portland's Pride Parade every June.
Current Season
Portland Gay Symphonic Band 2010-2011 20th Anniversary Season
- Terra Incognita, November 13, 2010
- Profanation, March 5, 2011
- Testament of Freedom, with special guests PGMC, June 17, 2011
- Revolution, June 18, 2011 - Portland Gay Symphonic Band will be a guest of Portland Gay Men's Chorus in this Pride season perfomance.
NOVEMBER 2010 "Terra Incognita"
Colonial Song - Percy GraingerÊ
Variations in G - on a Theme by Glinka, for oboe and military
band -Rimsky-Korsakov (Feat. Fred Korman)
Tocatta Marziale - Vaughan WilliamsÊ
Symphony in Bb - Paul HindemithÊ
Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Grainger
Songs of a WayfarerÊÊII. 'Ging heut' Morgen Ÿber's Feld'- Gustav Mahler
(Vocal Solo)ÊÊ
Um Mitternacht - Gustav Mahler (vocal solo)
Southern Harmony - Donald Grantham
MARCH 2011 "Profanation"
Beethoven Octet Op.103 (Chamber Winds)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor - Bach/Hunsberger
Concerto for Tuba - Vaughan Williams (Feat. Jay Steele)
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra - Ingolf Dahl (Feat. Meg
Grace)
La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed
Profanation from "Jeremiah Symphony" - Bernstein/BencriscuttoÊ
Symphony No. 2, 3rd Movement "Romantic" -Hanson/McBeth
Overture to William Tell - Rossini
JUNE 2011 "Testament of Freedom" (Featuring PGMC)
Moorside Suite - Holst (Brass Choir)
Culloden - Julie Giroux
Jerico - Gould
Testament of Freedom - Randall Thompson (PGMC)
A Movement for Rosa - Camphouse
Three Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 - Brahms/Boyd/Fennell
Zion - Welcher
Overture 1812 - Tchaikovsky
Past Seasons
Portland Gay Symphonic Band 2009-2010 Season
- Beauty and Battle, November 14, 2009
- Dream Dancing, March 13, 2010
- The Planets, May 22, 2010
Rose City Swing 2009-2010 season
- A Holiday Affair, December 5, 2009
- Valentine Dance, February 13, 2010
- Vancouver in the Park, July, 2010
Portland Gay Symphonic Band 2008-2009 Season
- Spirits, October 25, 2008
- Holiday Concert, December 6, 2008
- Disguise, Spring, 2009
- Benefit Performance, May, 2009
Rose City Swing 2008-2009 season
- A Holiday Affair Seven, November 29, 2008
- Valentine Dance, February 14, 2009
- Vancouver in the Park, July, 2009
- Iris Pride, Lincoln City, September 2009
Portland Gay Symphonic Band 2007-2008 Season
- Church and State, November. 11, 2007
- Shades of Blue, April 12, 2008
- Benefit Performance, May 18, 2008
- Concert in the Park, July, 2008
Rose City Swing 2007-2008 season
- A Holiday Affair Six, December 8, 2007
- Our House Benefit, February 16, 2008
- Swingo de Mayo, May 3, 2008
- Vancouver in the Park, July 12, 2008