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.
Atrium, Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College,
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 22, 2010 9:00 a.m. Free. EMU Convocation Center. An ensemble from the Band will provide the music for the Washtenaw Community College Commencement Ceremony--a short pre-event concert, ceremonial music for the event, and post-event music.
May 27, 2010
7:30 p.m. Free.
Towsley Auditorium
Morris Lawrence Building
Washtenaw Community College,
Guest conductor Dr. Max Plank, long-time Director of Bands at Eastern Michigan University, will lead the Band in the "Suite of Old American Dances." The first-ever performance of the "Warsaw Concerto" for piano with band accompaniment will be presented, with Dr. James Wagner of the EMU keyboard faculty as piano soloist. Local artist and assistant conductor Pat Padilla (Lady Sunshine and the X Band) will give the world premier of his "Tumbao" composition for band and tenor saxophone. Other features of the program will include the complete "William Tell" overture and selections from the hit movie and musical "Mary Poppins."
2010 Outdoor Series
June 6, 2010
Time 8:30-11:00 a.m. Free.
Location North Main Street, Ann Arbor.
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.
7:30 p.m., Free.
Washtenaw Community College Community Park (south of the Business Education Building).
Bring your own chair and, if you like, a picnic basket. Hear "The Many Forms of 'March'"--marches from the movies, musicals, opera, symphonic music, celebration music, a funeral march, and, of course, favorite field marches ending with "Stars and Stripes Forever." Nathan Magyar, one of the world's outstanding male twirlers and featured twirler with the UM Marching Band, will perform.
July 2, 2010.
9:00 p.m., likely admission charge to enter the grounds.
Lakeshore Apartments, Ford Lake.
(Click here for map and directions!)
Patriotic music for the holiday, followed by lively music during the fireworks show.
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 15, 2010.
7:00-8:00 p.m.,
Wilson Park, Milan.
YCB'S vintage "Town Band", with period instruments and costumes, will provide music of the 1880-1920 period on a great summer evening.
July 29, 2010.
7:30 p.m.,Free.
Washtenaw Community College Community Park (south of the Business Education Building).
Bring your own chair and, if you like, a picnic basket. Highlights from the entire 32nd Season will be reprised--marches, show tunes, and light classics.
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.
The 33rd Season
2010 - 2011 Indoor Series
Washtenaw Community CollegeMorris Lawrence Building
Towsley Auditorium
Beginning with the 33rd season, players from the Ypsilanti Community Band and from Washtenaw Community College will perform together as the "Washtenaw Community Concert Band." The resulting band has two concert seasons: an indoor season and an outdoor season.
Thursday, October 21, 2010.
7:30 p.m., Free.
Towsley Auditorium, Washtenaw Community College
Special features of the program will include bassoon soloist Christian Green, a UM student, who will perform the "Hungarian Rondo" for bassoon by von Weber. Renowned area musician William R. Hayes, long-time orchestra/string teacher in the Ypsilanti schools, will conduct his own composition "Fanfare and March." Other features will include the Shostakovich "Festive Overture," the finale to "Pictures at an Exhibition," the brass choir fanfare "Stadt Wien," great show music from "Jersey Boys," and, of course, a Sousa march.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
7:30 p.m., Free
Pease Auditorium, Eastern Michigan University
Annual joint concert with the Ypsilanti Community Choir. Following the Choir's portion of the program, the Band will perform the Widor "Toccata," for organ and band, with Dr. James Wagner at the Pease organ console. Among other festive holiday pieces, the Band will perform Anderson's "Christmas Festival." The program will close with the two groups combined, conducted by YCC conductor Ariel Toews-Ricotta, concluding with the "Hallelujah" chorus.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
7:30 p.m., Free
Towsley Auditorium, Washtenaw Community College
With a theme of "Women in Music," the program will feature music by women composers, such as Julie Giroux' "Italian Rhapsody," a woman guest conductor (Dr. Amy Knopps, Associate Conductor of Bands at Eastern Michigan University), a nationally prominent woman soloist (Nan Raphael, from Washington D.C., on piccolo), and an ensemble consisting solely of the women musicians in the Washtenaw Community Concert Band.
Saturday, February 26, 2011 (if invited)
Red Cedar Festival of Community Bands, Free
Okemos High School, Okemos.
Selections to be announced.
mid-March 2011
Date and time TBA, Free
Sixth Annual Ensemble Concert.
Morris Lawrence Building, Washtenaw Community College.
A great afternoon of music from ensembles of all sorts--from classics to jazz.
Thursday, April 28, 2011. Grand Finale!
7:30 p.m., Free.
Towsley Auditorium, Washtenaw Community College
This concert will conclude Jerry Robbins' 13 years of service as conductor of the Ypsilanti Community Band and, through its partnerships with area higher education institutions, the Barnhill Band (EMU) and the Washtenaw Community Concert Band (WCC). The program will consist of his favorites from among performances of the 13 seasons--such pieces as "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral," "Les Miserables," "Lustpeil" overture, "Poet and Peasant Overture," Sousa's "Free Lance" march, and others.
Friday, May 13, 2011 or Saturday, May 14, 2011 (if invited)
Downtown Muskegon. Free.
"Town Band" performance in connection with the national Convention of the Association of Concert Bands.