John F Maltester, Artsitic Director of The Diablo Wind Symphony, a Blue Devil program is also the Director of Bands at Los Medanos College. This year will mark his final year as Director of Bands.
In celebrating of the last 35 years there will be a LMC Alumni Band Concert on
Sunday, May 25th - 2:00 pm
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts in
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
For more information please call 925-439-0200
There will be the very best LMC musicians coming from all across the country. The concert is about one and a half hours in length, will include some of the best band music ever written, appropriate and interesting for all ages, in a state-of-the-art venue, and best of all - it is FREE!
The 80+ member concert band includes members of the New York and L.A. studio scenes, graduates of Eastman, Oberlin, UOP, New England Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music, many other universities, professors of music at major institutions, local musicians and music educators, and others who just love to play music.
The program includes music by Reed, Grainger, Sousa, Holst, Copland, Fillmore, Jenkins, Ticheli, and Vaughan Williams.
Please join The Blue Devils in honoring this great educator as we all honor his 35 years of service to our community!