The Golden Gate Park Band plays 25 free concerts a year and you can hear them every Sunday through October 6 at 1 p.m. Sundays.
It’s Sunday in the park with the Maestro, as members of the Golden Gate Park Band, in crimson jackets and caps, file onto the stage at the music concourse. During a brief rehearsal before the show, Maestro German Gonzalez moves gracefully between the podium and the microphone, his expressions changing fleetingly with the music, a radiant smile occasionally flashing across his face.
Talent, grit, beloved mentors, a willingness to take jobs from Minnesota to Oregon, but mostly a passion for a life in music – all were factors in his 50-year career. His expressive face creases into a deep smile. “That’s what all musicians do: the better you are, the more gigs you have. Everyone does the best they can to fill their time with as much music making as they can. “It’s a life very different from his father’s, who had two jobs: as a sausage maker at the Swift sausage factory, and in maintenance at the Olympic Club. Mom was a homemaker. They worked hard raising six kids, but there was no money for music lessons.
“At an outdoor concert in Eugene, Mom was in line for the bathroom when she turned to the lady behind her and declared loudly,Though he hadn’t followed his siblings into traditional lives: 9 to 5 jobs, marriage and kids, his parents GOT him.
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