2026 Founder’s Concert
Commemorating Dr. W. Hazaiah William
Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
St. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave, Berkeley
Beginning in1958, Dr W. Hazaiah Williams was one of the first African American presenters of classical music in the United States. He was dedicated to the racial and cultural integration and expansion of the classical music audience and of the concert stage. With this mission, he presented hundreds of concerts in the Bay Area and beyond.
Presenting
ALIAS BRASS
Jon Bhatia, Trumpet and T.J. Tesh, trumpets
Natalie Brooke Higgins, horn,
Dunwoody Mirvil, trombone
Clayton Maddox, tuba
PROGRAM:
Kevin McKee: Escape
J.S. Bach: Little Fugue in G minor (arr. Ronald Romm)
Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parris: Stardust (arr. Jack Gale)
Traditional: Amazing Grace (arr. Luther Henderson)
Ennio Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe (arr. Jonanthan Bhatia)
Billy May: Theme from “The Green Hornet” (arr. Scott Sutherland)
Kevin McKee: Vuelta del Fuego
INTERMISSION
Traditional: St. James Infirmary (arr. Luther Henderson)
Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (arr. Phil Snedecor)
Vittorio Monti: Cs?rd?s (arr. Jonathan Bhatia)
Leonard Bernstein: Selections from “Westside Story” (arr. Jack Gale)
Duke Ellington: It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t got that Swing (arr. David Kosmyna)
Bizet: Carmen Suite (arr. Madeline Lee)