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History of the Saratoga Community Band

Golden Gate Park Community Band Performance

The Saratoga Community Band was founded in 1989 with 35 members, and today numbers over 80 musicians ranging in age from 16 to 70+. The band is sponsored by the Los Gatos-Saratoga Recreation Department, and is open to all interested musicians in the Bay area. The band rehearses weekly; small ensembles from the band also perform for local events. In June 2010 at the San Francisco Golden Gate Community Band Festival, the band was awarded a CERTIFICATE of SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION from the Congress of the United States of AMERICA for outstanding service to our community.

Saratoga Community Band Members

Craig Northrup, Band Director

Craig Northrup, Founder and Director

Since inception, the Saratoga Community Band has been under the direction of Craig Northrup. Mr. Northrup served as Saratoga High School Band Director for 10 years, during which time the band won numerous local and regional competitions and toured Europe twice. The Saratoga High School Symphonic Band distinguished itself in 1974 by winning the Prize of Vienna for the best band at the International Youth & Music Festival in Vienna, Austria. Subsequently, Mr. Northrup became Music Director of the Vienna International Music Festival in Austria, and Music Director at West Valley College. He has both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

Flute Section
Stephen Brickles • Vinnie Carter • Linda Kalbfleisch • Anne Mack (also Piccolo)
• Leela McGowan • Cyndee Newick • Ann Northrup (also Piccolo) • Janet Nuñez
• Amy Quick • Debbie Regalbuto (also Piccolo) • Gladys Wood-Stutzman

Clarinet Section, Saratoga Community Band

Clarinet Section
Ray Buhler • Bill Burns • Suzanne Christensen • Grant Glouser • Kevin Hayashi
• Rick Janowski • Sue Kearns • Ed Kinney • Andy Levy • Dave Mack • Bettie Owen
• Kristi Oberhauser • Nadine Paulsen • Susan Peterson • Frank Kibbish
• Su-Sung Won • An Sook Lee • Jerry Zis

Bass Clarinet
Charlie Robert

Oboe Section
Lee Cordova •Babette McKay • Alan Patmore (also English Horn)

Bassoon Section
John Bertschy

French Horn Section, Saratoga Community Band

French Horn Section
Jeanne Davies • James Hane • Stephanie Janowski • Ken Okuno • Belinda Tren

Trombone Section, Saratoga Community Band

Trombone Section
Alec Gulesserian • Alex Harline • Dick King • Greg Leichner • Larry Peden
• Frank Robertson • Dick Schwind • Dick Robbins, Assistant Conductor (left)

Saxophone Section, Saratoga Community Band

Saxophone Section
Alto Saxophone - Jean Francisco • Marion James • Roger Joseph
• Janet Sitkewich • Charles Sullivan • Matt Yuen • Brian Wood

Tenor Saxophone - Rob Espina • Mark Isfeld • Herb Orlando

Baritone Saxophone - Rémi Arnaud • Tanya Velasco

Trumpet Section, Saratoga Community Band

Trumpet Section
Jennifer Burn • Chuck Carey • Dino Certa • Gary Cuthbert • Christina DeYoung
• David Hall • William Harline • George Horning • Steve Kim • Steve Kurasch
• Robert Slye Jr. • Alex Tripsas • Nick Tripsas

Baritone Section, Saratoga Community Band

Tuba Section
Cam Balantyne • Mike Cangiamilla •Joshua Jacobs •Tony Jennetti •Art Lange
• Kevin Reid • Bill Walker

Baritone Section
Samuel Gomez • Chuck Schultz • Don Stoner • Bob Sutterfield

Percussion Section, Saratoga Community Band

Percussion Section
Tom Beckmann • Rob Espina (also tenor sax) • Melanie Roberts • Rosie Montoya
• Diana Shull • Wayne Shull