Sunday October 26th 3:00 PM
First United Methodist Church
4790 Gratiot Rd, Saginaw
Friday December 12th 7:00 PM
with Raffle
Peace Lutheran Church
3427 Adams Ave, Saginaw
Sunday March 1st 3:00 PM
Swan Valley High School Auditorium
8400 Ohern Rd, Saginaw
Sunday May 3rd 3:00 PM
Swan Valley High School Auditorium
8400 Ohern Rd, Saginaw
Sunday June 14th 3:00 PM
Swan Valley High School Auditorium
8400 Ohern Rd, Saginaw
Focusing on keeping music in Saginaw, the Classic Legacy Band consists of a wide variety of musicians from all around Michigan. These musicians focus one evening per week to perfecting an eclectic assortment of musical pieces in order to present lively and entertaining concerts throughout the year. Under the direction of David Fitts, the Classic Legacy Band caters its concerts to both young and old alike with everything from energetic marches to classical suites.
Previously known as the Honsinger Symphonic Wind Ensemble, the Legacy Band was formed as a non-profit organization in 2005 after the untimely death of Wind Ensemble director and founder, Lloyd Honsinger. In keeping with Honsinger's wishes, the Wind Ensemble dissolved after his death, but its members remained adamant in maintaining a group that would maintain the high standards initially set by Mr. Honsinger. Under new direction and a new name, the group has reformed in an effort to continue providing the area musicians and Saginaw citizens with a place to play or listen to beautiful music.
2025 Classic Legacy Band 20th Anniversary Concert at Saginaw Valley State University Malcolm Field Theatre
0:00:00 Star Wars Medley – John Williams – Arranged by John Tatgenhorst
0:06:14 William Tell Overture – Gioachino Rossini – Mayhew L. Lake
0:14:58 Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral – Richard Wagner – Transcribed by Lucien Cailliet
0:22:25 First Suite in E♭ for Military Band – Gustav Holst
0:34:48 Old Scottish Melody (Auld Lang Syne) – Setting by Charles A. Wiley
0:38:40 Bandology – Eric Osterling
0:42:58 Irish Tune from County Derry – Percy Aldridge Grainger
0:48:51 Chorale and Alleluia – Howard Hanson
0:55:05 AuSable River Festival – David R. Gillingham
1:04:48 Coat of Arms – George Kenny
1:09:55 Belle Isle March – Leonard B. Smith
2025 Classic Legacy Band Winter Concert at Swan Valley High School Auditorium
00:00 Mambo Perro Loco (Crazy Dog Mambo) – Julie Giroux
06:11 Blue Water, Blue Sky – Catherine McMichael
Directed by Nancy Benjamin
16:32 Peace Dancer – Jodie Blackshaw
22:55 Tinker to Evers to Chance – Carolyn Bremer
Directed by Megan Corkey
30:03 The Bonsai Tree “Sandai-Shogun no Matsu” – Julie Giroux
Directed by Jennifer Griffiths
34:57 The Floral Dance – Katie Moss – Arrange by Simon Felder
38:54 Shania! – Shania Twain & Robert John Lange – Arrange by Ted Ricketts
46:19 Chasing Sunlight – Cait Nishimura
Directed by Shannon Goebel
50:46 Flight of the Dragon – Mollie Budiansky
55:50 Encore Salvation is Created – Pavel Chesnokov – Arranged by Michael Brown
The 2024 Christmas concert of a classic legacy band of Saginaw played at peace Lutheran Church
0:00:16 Christmas Legends – Gary P. Gilroy
0:07:35 Winter Magic – Pinkzebra
0:12:03 Son of Santa the Barbarian – Randall D. Standridge
Narration by Sara Beth Keough
0:19:16 A Fireside Christmas – Arranged by Sammy Nestico
0:29:15 Minor Alterations – David Lovrien
0:37:50 Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
0:42:35 A Christmas Festival – Leroy Anderson
0:51:33 Across the Alaskan Snow – JaRod Hall
Photos from Lonny Cruff & Dana Armbruster
0:58:23 Carol of the bells (Ukrainian Carol) – Arranged by Chip Davis – Band Arrangement by Robert Longfield
1:03:53 Christmas Sing-A-Long – Arranged by James D. Ployhar
Singing lead by Stephanie Bale
1:11:20 Special Thanks
1:18:50 The Polar Express – Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard – Arranged by Jerry Brubaker
1:28:38 Old Scottish Melody – Setting by Charles A. Wiley
2024 Classic Legacy Band Fall Concert at First United Methodist Church
0:00:00 Raging Machines – Brian Balmages
0:08:34 The 1982 World's Fair March – James Christensen
0:13:45 Nathan Hale Trilogy – James Curnow
I. Intrada
II. Intermezzo
III. Finale
0:21:58 Billy Joel in Concert – Billy Joel – Arranged by Warren Barker
0:32:12 Coast Guard Day March – Mark Ashley – Arranged by William Allen Myers
0:37:21 Music from Carmina Burana (Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi) – Carl Orff – Arranged by Jay Bocook
0:43:56 American Riversongs – Pierre LaPlante
0:51:51 Our Flirtation – John Phillips Souza
0:55:42 Galop – Dmitri Shostakovich – Transcribed by Donald Hunsberger
0:59:38 In the Hall of the Mountain King – Edvard Grieg – Arranged by Lloyd Conley
2024 Classic Legacy Band 19th Anniversary Concert at First United Methodist Church
0:00:00 March “The Southerner” – Russell Alexander – Arranged by Glenn Cliffe Bainum
0:04:59 Portrait of a Clown – Frank Ticheli
0:08:58 Escher Sketches – Andrew David Perkins
1. Tesselations
2. Relativities
3. Metamorphoses
0:16:55 The Penny - Whistle Song – Leroy Anderson
0:20:15 Australian Up-Country Tune – Percy Aldridge Grainger – Arranged by Glenn Cliffe Bainum
0:24:25 A Crazy, Mixed-Up Opera – David Shaffer
0:29:19 Excerpts from Appalachian Spring – Aaron Copland – Arranged by Robert Longfield
0:40:17 English Folk Song Suite – Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. March - “Seventeen Come Sunday”
II. Intermezzo - “My Bonny Boy”
III. March - “Folk Songs From Somerset”
0:59:00 Seventy Six Trombones from the Music Man – Meredith Wilson – Arranged by Philip J. Lang
1:02:47 Curtain Call – John Wasson
2024 Classic Legacy Band Spring Concert at First United Methodist Church
0:00 Fanfare for a New Era – Mark Williams
4:23 Jurassic Park Soundtrack Highlights – John Williams – Arranged by Paul Lavender
17:24 Blessed Are They – Johannes Brahms – Scored by Barbara Buehleman
25:16 The Quilting Party March – John Phillip Sousa
28:27 Our Land ( This Land is Your Land) – Timothy P. Howard
34:20 Chester Overture for Band – William Schuman
42:14 Manhattan Beach March – John Phillip Sousa
45:42 The Abduction from the Seraglio – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Transcribed by Robert Longfield
53:29 Encore Salvation is Created – Pavel Chesnokov – Arranged by Michael Brown
2024 Classic Legacy Band Winter Concert at Bay City Western High School
0:00:00 Pink Lemonade – Albert J. Weidt – Arranged by Nicholas J Contorno
0:04:37 Air for Band – Frank Erickson
0:09:42 Man of La Mancha – Frank Erickson – Music by Mitch Leigh
0:19:33 Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
0:27:17 Dedicatory Overture – Clifton Williams
0:37:13 Valdres – Johannes Hanssen
0:43:24 Before the Dawn – David Biedenbender
0:56:23 Sabre Dance – Aram Khatchaturian – Arranged by Andrew Balent
1:00:18 Pirates of the Caribbean – Music by Klaus Badelt – Arranged by John Wasson
1:10:35 Encore Sabre Dance – Aram Khatchaturian – Arranged by Andrew Balent
2023 Classic Legacy Band Christmas Concert at Peace Lutheran Saginaw
0:00 An American Christmas – Arranged by Robert W. Smith
5:22 Holiday Favorites – Arranged by Paul Lavender
13:37 Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen – Arranged by Michael Brown
18:06 Christmas Vacation – Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil – Arranged by Patrick Roszell
22:13 The Nightmare Before Christmas – Danny Elfman – Arranged by Michael Brown
29:52 Silver Bells – Jay Livingston & Ray Evans – Arranged by John Moss
34:28 In Thee is Gladness – Emmet Lewis
World Premiere
Commissioned by the Classic Legacy Band of Saginaw to honor the life of Kenneth J. Klages
48:38 Angels We Have Heard on High – Arranged by John M. Pasternak
52:00 Greensleeves – Arranged by Alfred Reed
59:08 A Cartoon Christmas – Arranged by Michael Story
1:04:37 Christmas Sing-A-Long – Singing lead by Stephanie Bale – Arranged by James D. Ployhar
1:12:43 Toboggan – JaRod Hall
1:20:17 Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
1:23:42 Old Scottish Melody – Setting by Charles A. Wiley
This is the Fall 2023 concert of the Classic Legacy Band of Saginaw performing At
Ascension Lutheran Church
0:00 The Star Spangled Banner - Orchestrated by John Phillip Souza - Harmonized by Walter Damrosch - Edited by Keith Brion
1:40 The Great Train Record - Robert W. Smith
7:13 Train Heading West - Timothy Broege
14:05 Hobo Train - John O’Reilly
19:57 The Polar Express - Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard - Arranged by Jerry Brubaker
29:48 The Great Locomotive Chase - Robert W. Smith
36:52 Runaway Circus Train - Erik Morales
42:04 Orient Express - Philip Sparke
54:29 Halcyon Hearts - Katahj Copley
This is the Spring 2023 concert of the Classic Legacy Band of Saginaw performing at Meridian Early College High School Auditorium
00:00 Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland Arranged by Robert Longfield
05:19 The Solitary Dancer - Warren Benson
14:48 Bugler’s Holiday - Leroy Anderson Transcribed by Michael Edwards
19:26 Gaelforce - Peter Graham
24:57 Amazing Grace - Arranged by William Himes
33:13 Broadway in the 90’s - Arranged by John Higgins
42:56 An American Elegy - Frank Ticheli
54:55 Globe and Eagle - John Philip Sousa
This is the winter 2023 concert of the Classic Legacy Band of Saginaw performing at First United Methodist Church of Saginaw
00:00 Black Granite -James L. Hosay
05:00 Joyant Narrative - W. Francis McBeth - Arranged & Scored by Eric Osterling
14:16 Two Excerpts from the Pathétque Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74
I. Andante from 1st Movement
22:03 II. March from 3rd Movement - Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky -Arranged for military band - by Percy E. Fletcher
26:40 The Immoveable Do - Percy Grainger
32:09 MSU Shadows
36:51 Rocky on Broadway - Arranged by Patrick Roszell
42:36 Coat of Arms - George Kenny
47:13 Sheltering Sky - John Mackey
53:03 Symphonic Dance No.3 “Fiesta” - Clifton Williams
2022 classic legacy band christmas concert at peace Lutheran Saginaw
00:00 The Proclamation of Christmas -Stephen Bulla
08:19 Away In A Manger -Arranged by Chip Davis - Adapted by Robert Longfield
18:22 A Fireside Christmas - Arranged by Sammy Nestico
28:32 O Holy Night - Adolphe Charles Adam - Arranged by Calvin Custer
35:20 Make Room for Joy - Eric M. Schroeder
44:01 A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
52:47 Greensleeves - Arranged by Alfred Reed
59:12 Rudolph’s Christmas Concert - Johnny Marks - Arranged & Scored by Eric Osterling
1:05:34 Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen - Transcribed by H. Robert Reynolds
1:16:43 Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
1:25:31 Old Scottish Melody - Setting Charles A. Wiley
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