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…
Dawn Walker SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings (SBWS) band will be performing its first concert in the DesertView Performing Arts Center on the evening of Feb. 24. Our concert, “Images and Impressions,” features pieces that can be described as “Tone Poems.” The pieces are meant to convey an image, and throughout the concert, we will be…
Saturday, July 6, was an eventful evening full of music and laughter with a little bit of comedy thrown in. SaddleBrooke Winds & Strings started off their free concert with the “Star Spangled Banner,” and we all rose to place our hands over our hearts. Then, an audience member, dressed in his 1940s Army uniform,…
Marie Lopez On a warm June Saturday evening, the musical band, Winds & Strings, heated up the night with the sounds of Broadway. The band provided another free concert but for the first time up at The Preserve. With the background of our beloved Catalina Mountains, the music flowed and the audience applauded. Winds &…
Marie Lopez The SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings is proud to introduce Brenda Harried from Madison, Wisconsin. Following her musical family tradition, she started playing the piano in the second grade. She continued her love of music by starting Alto Saxophone in the sixth grade. In 2016, she joined the saxophone section of The SaddleBrooke Winds…
Marie Lopez Wednesday, February 20, 2019, Winds and Strings, directed by Ed Sand, opened up the evening for the residents of SaddleBrooke that claim Wisconsin as their “Where did you come from?” The HOA One Vista dining room was packed to the hilt with the salsa red and metallic yellow colors of Wisconsin as well…
Marie Lopez The SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings rehearses each Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the MountainView Country Clubhouse West Ballroom. The group plays selections of music from films, movies and Broadway. In addition, the band features patriotic tunes as well as more recent music such as standards from the Beatles. If you play a wind…
Edwin Sand This ensemble began in SaddleBrooke four years ago to provide an opportunity for local musicians who hadn’t played for a while to dust off their instrument and get together. The ensemble rehearses Friday mornings at the Bistro at SaddleBrooke HOA 2 MountainView from 8:15 until 10:00 a.m. What began as a small group…
Edwin Sands The SaddleBrooke Winds and Strings continues its schedule with rehearsals every Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. in the Activity Center. So far this past fall they performed at the Breakers Water Park for Oktoberfest, the softball field for a tournament, the Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cultural Festival, Unit parties, Splendido Veterans Day, Friendship Village,…