Wed: CR Youth Flute Ensemble
Sun: Make Music Day

Join us this week for concerts featuring favorites from Pixar movies, a performance by our own Lisa Wissenberg on clarinet, and even a symphonic take on the music of Coldplay!

Music starts at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 17, at Kingston Yard with a performance by the Cedar Rapids Youth Flute Ensemble. The Muni Band follows at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 21, is Make Music Cedar Rapids Day! During the concert in Bever Park that evening, volunteers from the audience will have the opportunity to conduct parts of John Philip Sousa’s “Washington Post.” The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m.

You can also enjoy the performances on the band’s YouTube page.

Week three music:
Fanfare Prelude on “God of Our Fathers” (James Curnow)
Pixar Movie Favorites (arranged by Michael Brown)
Little English Girl (Davide delle Cese)
Washington Post (John Philip Sousa)
Audience volunteers will help conduct!
Barcelona Clarinet Concerto, Mvt. 1 (James M. Stephenson)
Lisa Wissenberg, Clarinet
Shepherd’s Hey (Percy Grainger)
Coldplay In Symphony (arr. Bert Appermont)
Leichtes Blut Galop (Johann Strauss, arranged by Glen Lienhart)

Exciting changes to concert locations!

This season, we’ll be at Kingston Yard most Wednesdays and alternate between Bever Park (starting 6/7) and Ellis Park (starting 6/14) on Sundays.

Exceptions:
Wed., July 1: Guthridge Park
Wed., July 8: The History Center

Details for the first two weeks of performances

The first Municipal Band concert of 2026 is on Wednesday, June 3, at Kingston Yard in downtown Cedar Rapids. Week one’s Sunday concert will be at Bever Park.

The Sunday concert will open with a performance by the CR Metro Wind Ensemble at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Muni Band at 7:30 p.m.

Week two finds the band back at Kingston Yard on Wednesday, June 10 with the Sunday concert at Ellis Park.

The Sunday concert will open with a performance by the New Horizons Band at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Muni Band at 7:30 p.m.

NEW: The band’s livestream is moving to YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@crmuniband/streams

Music for weeks one and two!

WEEK ONE

Five Seasons (Frank Piersol) 
English Folk Song Suite (Ralph Vaughan Williams) 
Aliens Landing (In Your Back Yard!) (John Prescott) 
     Audience Participation with Sound Tubes!
The Lark In the Clear Air (arr. Stephen Roberts) 
      David Lang, Euphonium
Star Wars Saga (John Williams, arr. Stephen Bulla) 
Horse and Buggy (Leroy Anderson) 
Malaguena (Ernesto Lecuona, arr. Sammy Nestico) 
Circus Days (Karl King) 

WEEK TWO

A Festival Prelude (Alfred Reed) 
Symphonic Highlights from “Frozen” (arranged by Stephen Bulla) 
Manhattan Beach (John Philip Sousa) 
Arabesque (Samuel Hazo) 
Reel Talk (Joshua DeVries) 
    The Corridor Ensemble
Americans We (Henry Fillmore) 
David Bowie: The Hits (David Bowie, arr. Roszell) 
Hurrah Storm Galop (Claudio S. Grafulla, arr. Nicholas Contorno)

The City Band Commission will meet at 5 PM on Friday, 27 March 2026, in the Washington High School Band Room. This will be followed immediately by a working session for auditions. Agenda is shown below.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a City program, service, or activity, should contact the Municipal Band Business Manager at 319-431-9649 or email business AT crmuniband.org as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the event.

Call to Order

Minutes of Previous Meeting

• Available at https://crmuniband.org/commission/commission-meeting-minutes/

Financial Report

• Fiscal 2026 (current year) including discussion of possible amendments.

Committee Reports (including current committee assignments)

• Community Engagement (Cunningham, Kraeplin, Swehla (chair), Shanley, H Haney, R Haney, Cline)
  • Friends of CRMB
• Compensation Committee (Collier (chair), Patrick, Shanley, H Haney, R Haney, L Vanderwiel (musician rep), W Carson (musician rep))
• Audition Committee (Cunningham, Kraeplin (chair), Swehla, Bennett, Shanley, H Haney)
• Assets Committee (Collier (chair), Patrick, Bennett, Young, R Haney)
• Budget Committee (Collier, Cunningham, Shanley, R Haney)

Old Business

• Venues.

New Business

• As suggested.

Public Comment

Adjournment

The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, a professional concert band that presents 18 free outdoor concerts every summer in Cedar Rapids metro area sites, will be holding its annual auditions on Friday, March 27 in the band room at Cedar Rapids Washington High School at 2205 Forest Drive SE.

Weekly substitute musician opportunities are possible on ALL woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments, so we encourage qualified musicians to audition.

Substitute musicians are hired on a full-week basis. All musicians are paid.

A typical concert week consists of a Monday evening rehearsal (7:20-9:45 PM) and concerts on Wednesday and Sunday evenings (7:30-8:30 PM). We encourage all qualified musicians to apply.

 Visit CRMB-Auditions-2026 or scan the QR code to submit an audition request. You will be asked to indicate all of the following:

• 1. The name of the person auditioning
• 2. The musician’s e-mail address
• 3. The musician’s phone number
• 4. The instrument(s) the musician will play
• 5. Desired date(s) for audition

In addition, a musical resume should be attached as a PDF to the audition request form or presented in person on the day of auditions. If you have conflicts with both audition dates but would still like to audition for the band, please indicate that on the request form.

Audition times will be assigned and communicated with applicants by Monday, March 23.

Audition Schedule:
Friday, March 27 beginning at 6:00 PM

Musicians will be evaluated primarily on sight-reading ability, but all are welcome to play an excerpt of one’s own choice (not to exceed 60 seconds) to warm up and get comfortable. The passage may be from a solo, etude, or piece of band music. More information about the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band and the 2026 concert schedule can be found at crmuniband.org.

The City Band Commission will meet at 7 PM on 1 February 2026 in Marquis 102 on the Coe College campus. Anticipated agenda below.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a City program, service, or activity, should contact the Municipal Band Business Manager at 319-431-9649 or email business AT crmuniband.org as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the event.

Call to Order

Minutes of Previous Meeting

• Available at https://crmuniband.org/commission/commission-meeting-minutes/

Financial Report

• Fiscal 2026 (current year)

Committee Reports (including current committee assignments)

• Community Engagement (Cunningham, Kraeplin, Swehla (chair), Shanley, H Haney, R Haney, Cline)
  • Friends of CRMB
• Compensation Committee (Collier (chair), Patrick, Shanley, H Haney, R Haney, L Vanderwiel (musician rep), W Carson (musician rep))
• Audition Committee (Cunningham, Kraeplin (chair), Swehla, Bennett, Shanley, H Haney)
• Assets Committee (Collier (chair), Patrick, Bennett, Young, R Haney)
• Budget Committee (Collier, Cunningham, Shanley, R Haney)

Old Business

• Venues.

New Business

• As suggested.

Public Comment

Adjournment

The City Band Commission will meet at 7 PM on 30 November 2025 in Marquis 102 on the Coe College campus. Anticipated agenda below.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a City program, service, or activity, should contact the Municipal Band Business Manager at 319-431-9649 or email business AT crmuniband.org as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the event.

Call to Order

Minutes of Previous Meeting

• Available at https://crmuniband.org/commission/commission-meeting-minutes/

Financial Report

• Fiscal 2026 (current year)

Committee Reports (including current committee assignments)

• Community Engagement (Cunningham, Kraeplin, Swehla (chair), Shanley, H Haney, R Haney, Cline)
  • Friends of CRMB
• Compensation Committee (Collier (chair), Patrick, Shanley, H Haney, R Haney, L Vanderwiel (musician rep), W Carson (musician rep))
• Audition Committee (Cunningham, Kraeplin (chair), Swehla, Bennett, Shanley, H Haney)
• Assets Committee (Collier (chair), Patrick, Bennett, Young, R Haney)
• Budget Committee (Collier, Cunningham, Shanley, R Haney)

Old Business

• Venues.

New Business

• As suggested.

Public Comment

Adjournment

The City Band Commission will meet at 7 PM on 14 September 2025 in Marquis 102 on the Coe College campus. Anticipated agenda below.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication, or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a City program, service, or activity, should contact the Municipal Band Business Manager at 319-431-9649 or email business AT crmuniband.org as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the event.

Cedar Rapids Municipal Band Commission Meeting for 14 September 2025.

Call to Order

Minutes of Previous Meeting

• Available at https://crmuniband.org/commission/commission-meeting-minutes/

Financial Report

• Fiscal 2026 (current year)
  • Revenue
    • Budget
      • $127,832.32
    • Actuals
      •  
  • Expenditure
    • Budget
      • $127,832.32
    • Expenditures
      •  
  • Account
    • No report.

Committee Reports (including current committee assignments)

• Community Engagement (Cunningham, Kraeplin, Swehla (chair), Shanley, H Haney, R Haney, Cline)
  • Friends of CRMB
• Compensation Committee (Collier (chair), Patrick, Shanley, H Haney, R Haney, L Vanderwiel (musician rep), W Carson (musician rep))
• Audition Committee (Cunningham, Kraeplin (chair), Swehla, Bennett, Shanley, H Haney)
• Assets Committee (Collier (chair), Patrick, Bennett, Young, R Haney)
• Budget Committee (Collier, Cunningham, Shanley, R Haney)

Old Business

• None.

New Business

• Communication during season

Public Comment

Adjournment

It is the final week of the Municipal Band’s 75th season!

Join us Wednesday evening in Hughes Park and Sunday evening in Bever Park. Moo Moo’s Ice Cream Truck will be on hand for both concerts with free ice cream for the kids!

Music starts each night at 7:30 p.m. If you can’t make it in person, you can watch the concerts live on Facebook.

Learn more about our week nine concerts in this edition of KCCK’s Cultural Crawl.

This week’s music:

The Klaxon (Henry Fillmore, ed. Fennell)

Jump, Jive, an’ Swing (arr. Paul Murtha)

Pasodoble (Victoriano Valencia)

Reflective Mood (Sammy Nestico)
Aaron Piper, trombone, Young Artist Competition runner-up

The Cowboys (John Williams, arr. Curnow)

Declaration Overture (Claude T. Smith)

How To Train Your Dragon (arr. Sean O’Loughlin)

The Circus Bee (Henry Fillmore)