February 2010
Internationally-renowned professional euphonium soloist Adam Frey will perform four solos with the YCB on the February 18 concert. Additional information about Adam Frey, who has performed to great acclaim with bands and orchestras throughout the world, may be found at his website.YCB is sponsoring a free clinic for middle/high school euphonium (and, space available, other low brass--trombone, tuba--players). Guest artist Adam Frey will be the clinician. The free clinic will be held 6-7 p.m., February 18, in Room 101 of the Morris Lawrence Building at Washtenaw Community College. Free pizza/pop/dessert will be provided at 7:00 to clinic participants (and those providing transportation for them).
In addition to guest artist Adam Frey, the YCB's February 18 concert, generously sponsored by Don and Barbara Chaffin, John Metzger, and Metzger's Restaurant, will include an appearance by EMU student guest conductor Brad Faryniarz and an evening full of family-friendly entertainment.
April 24, 2009
At last night's concert, the 2009 Ken Bowman Memorial Scholarship to Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp was awarded to Maura Ferrell, a trombone player at Ann Arbor Open School. Bill McFarlin, Vice President of Development for Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, and Isabell Salley, the 2008 scholarship winner, were on hand to assist with the presentation.
March 4, 2009
Video from the 2008 holiday concert and from the 30th Anniversary concert is online! Search for "Ypsilanti Community Band" on YouTube, or just follow the links from our multimedia page.
The two tributes we received for our 30th anniversary can now be viewed online: from State Representative Smith, from Governor Granholm.
December 16, 2008.
Ann Arbor's Community Television Network, Channel 17, has announced, for December 25 at 11:30 a.m., and 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, and 7:30 p.m., broadcasts of their recording of the performance of the Ypsilanti Community Choir and the Ypsilanti Community Band in Pease Auditorium at EMU on December 11.
December 15, 2008.
A tribute to Lorne Kennedy, with photo from our December 11 concert, may be seen on the December 15 issue of the Ann Arbor Chronicle at annarborchronicle.com.
December 12, 2008.
A YCB woodwind ensemble, under the direction of assistant conductor Pat Padilla, performed the prelude and played for the hymns for the funeral service of Lorne Kennedy, held at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Ypsilanti. YCB trumpeter Joe Burke played "Taps" at the cemetery.
December 8, 2008.
It is with enormous sadness that we announce the unexpected death, of a massive stroke, of Lorne Kennedy,charter and 30-year continuous member of YCB. Kennedy, a member of numerous ensembles in the area, was YCB's principal clarinet player and section leader. The December 11 concert will be dedicated to his memory. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 12 at 11 a.m. at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Ypsilanti.
December 1, 2008.
The Winter issue of the "Gleanings" of the Ypsilanti Historical Society contains a lengthy article, with a number of photos, about the "First 30 Seasons" of the YCB.This article can be accessed at ypsilantihistoricalsociety.org