The band has two concert seasons: an Indoor season and an Outdoor season.
The 32nd Season
2009 - 2010 Indoor Series
Washtenaw Community CollegeMorris Lawrence Building
Towsley Auditorium
September 30, 2009
YCB's "Town Band" ensemble, performing as part of a larger program on
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War 7:30 p.m. Free.
Student Center Auditorium
Eastern Michigan University
The Bruce T. Halle Library will help Eastern Michigan University mark
the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial (1809-2009) by hosting the traveling
exhibition "Lincoln: the Constitution and the Civil War".
Only twenty-five libraries nationwide will be hosting the exhibition
and Eastern Michigan University has the distinction of being the first
to receive it.
The exhibition originated at the National Constitution Center in
Philadelphia and has been made possible by a major grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
As part of this exhibit, YCB's Town Band will perform a program of
Civil War music.
October 22, 2009
7:30 p.m. Free.
Towsley Auditorium
Morris Lawrence Building
Washtenaw Community College
Music "From Grief to Rejoicing," with two special features. In memory
of (and dedicated to) Lorne Kennedy, charter and 30-season member of
YCB, Alan Singer will perform his original alto saxophone solo with
band. Later in the program, UM performance major Andrew Koeppe will
perform a movement of the von Weber Second Clarinet Concerto.
Announcement of the Band's Harold Goodsman Award will be made at this
time.
December 15, 2009
7:30 p.m. Free.
Pease Auditorium
Eastern Michigan University
YCB
continues a quarter-century tradition of a joint, joyous holiday
concert shared with the Ypsilanti Community Choir.
The Band's section of the program will open with Gigout's glorious
"Grand Chorus and Dialogue" for pipe organ and band, with assistant
conductor Dr. James Wagner at the console of the Pease organ.
The program will also include Reed's "Russian Christmas Music," fun
music for the season, and the Band and the Choir joining forces for a
grand finale!
February 18, 2010
7:30 p.m. Free.
Towsley Auditorium
Morris Lawrence Building
Washtenaw Community College
In
addition to a program of music never performed before by the YCB, the
concert will feature guest professional euphonium soloist Adam Frey of
Atlanta, GA, one of the great contemporary artists on that instrument.
In addition, YCB will continue its tradition of having a student guest
conductor from the Department of Music and Dance at Eastern Michigan
University.
March 21, 2010
2:00 p.m. Free.
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YCB's Fifth Annual Ensemble Concert.
Join
lovers of chamber music for an afternoon of small ensembles performed
by Band members and our friends -- everything from classical to jazz,
and even an appearance by YCB's vintage "Town Band" ensemble -- using
some old fashioned instruments to play music from the 1880-1920 period.
April 27, 2010 7:30 p.m. Free. Auditorium, Whitmore Lake High School. Joint concert with Whitmore Lake High School Band, Mike Kirby, conductor. Each band will play a short concert, concluding with both bands combined for great music!
May 2, 2010 2:00 p.m. Free. Novi Civic Center. Joint concert with Novi Concert Band. Each band will play a short concert, concluding with both bands combined for great music!
May 27, 2010
7:30 p.m. Free.
Towsley Auditorium
Morris Lawrence Building
Washtenaw Community College,br />
Marches, transcriptions, and new music for band--it's all on the
program.
A special guest conductor will be Dr. Max Plank, long-time Director of
Bands at Eastern Michigan University.
Announcement will be made of the winner of YCB's scholarship to the
2010 Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.
2010 Outdoor Series
June 6, 2010
Time TBA
Location TBA
For
the fourth consective year, the YCB's Pep Band (aka "The Balboas")
under the leadership of assistant conductor Pat Padilla, again performs
spirited music, including the always-popular "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky,
for the Dexter-Ann Arbor Run.
July 1, 2010. 8:00 p.m. Lakeshore Apartments, Ford Lake. Patriotic music for the holiday, followed by lively music during the fireworks show. In the case of rain on July 1--we've been rained out the two previous years--the alternative date is July 2.
July 15, 2010. 4-5 p.m. Manchester Chicken Broil, Manchester. YCB's vintage "Town Band," with period instruments and costumes, will provide music of the 1880-1920 period while lots of chichen dinners are being consumed.
July 29, 2010. 7:30 p.m., Free. Washtenaw Community College Community Park. Outdoor concert with great musical favorites for the entire family.
August 12, 2010 . 2:00 p.m., Free. Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, UA Completion Ceremony. The Band will provide a short pre-event concert, as well as ceremonial music during the occasion.