We know the weather can be–and has been–unpredictable for our concerts. So, this week, we’re taking the shows indoors! Join us in the Washington High School auditorium on Wednesday, July 24, or at Kirkwood’s Ballantyne Auditorium on Sunday, July 28. Music starts at 7:30.

You can also catch the livestream here.

This week, the band enters its Taylor Swift era, performs music from Star Wars, and welcome Young Artist Competition runner up Aaron Piper to the stage for an impressive trombone feature!

PROGRAM
Windsprints (Richard Saucedo)
Grand Concerto for Trombone (Friedebald Grafe, arr. Scotty Shelsta)
Aaron Piper, Trombone, Young Artist Competition Runner-Up
Star Wars (Main Title) (John Williams, trans. Stephen Bulla)
Song for Lyndsay (Andrew Boysen, Jr.)
Neon Nights (Katahj Copley)
Taylor Swift In Concert (arr. Michael Brown)
Of Endless Miles and Empty Rafts (Michele Fernandez)
Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite (Karl King)

Wednesday night, the band plays for the very first time in Hughes Park!

There will be free ice cream from Moo Moo’s Ice Cream Truck for the first 50 kids!

Sunday night, the band will be in Bever Park!
(Okay, that’s maybe one more exclamation point than was strictly necessary!)

The concert will feature…well…check this out:

Join us this week on Wednesday, July 10, at Bowman Woods School and on Sunday, June 14, at Ellis Park. Music starts at 7:30 p.m. and both concerts will be streamed live on Facebook.

This week’s program includes music from the James Bond films and from Moana as well as a circus march by the great Frank Piersol and an impressive, if twitchy, solo by our principal clarinetist, Christine Bellomy.

PROGRAM:

Colas Breugnon Overture (Dimitri Kabalevsky, arr. Beeler)
River Shannon (Julie Giroux)
Selections from “Moana” (arr. by Jay Bocook)
Twitch (Nathan Daughtrey) featuring Christine Bellomy, Clarinet
Barbara Polka (Kovarik)
Volver a la Montana (Shelley Hanson)
Bond…James Bond (arr. Stephen Bulla)
Circus Days (Frank Piersol)

This week, the band celebrates Independence Day with the help of the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale. On Wednesday, July 3, the band will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Guthridge Park in Hiawatha. Then on Sunday, July 7, the band will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Bever Park.

PROGRAM:
National Game (John Philip Sousa)
Highlights from “Jersey Boys” (arr. Michael Brown)
Commando March (Samuel Barber)
Armed Forces Salute (arranged by Bob Lowden)
In the Miller Mood (arranged by Warren Barker)
America the Beautiful (Ward/Bates, arranged by Carmen Dragon) featuring the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr. Wilhousky) featuring the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
The Stars and Stripes Forever (John Philip Sousa)

This week, the band’s own Andy Harris will delight you with an exceptional horn performance on Gary Kuo’s ‘Wingspan.’ The band will also perform highlights from Frozen (perfect for a warm summer evening) and from Grease.

Concerts this week are at Noelridge Park on Wednesday, June 26, and Ellis Park on Sunday, June 30. The performances are also streamed live on the band’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CRMuniBand

PROGRAM:
Under the Double Eagle (Josef Wagner)
Incandescence (Adrian Sims)
Wingspan (Gary Kuo) featuring Andy Harris, Horn
Symphonic Highlights from “Frozen” (arranged by Stephen Bulla)
Four Scottish Dances (Malcom Arnold, arr. John Paynter)
King of Terror (W. Paris Chambers)
Selections from “Grease” (Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs, arr. Ricketts)
Slippery Hank Galop (Frank H. Losey, arr. Larry Daehn)

Sorry, but couldn’t get the rain to stop early enough. We’ll see you Sunday at Bever!

The band’s Wednesday night concert will be preceded by a performance by the Cedar Rapids Youth Flute Ensemble at 6:30 p.m. at the McGrath Amphitheatre. The Muni Band will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. in Bever Park. All performances will be streamed live on Facebook.

This week features our Young Artist Competition winner Emma Bennett performing Artie Shaw’s jazzy Concerto for Clarinet. Also, because the Force is strong with conductor Steve Shanley, the band will perform Suite from the Star Wars Epic, Part 1.

PROGRAM:
llumination (David Maslanka)
The Waltzing Cat (Leroy Anderson) Orchestral Version Referenced:
Concerto for Four Horns and Orchestra Mvt. III (Carl Heinrich Hübler, arr. Susan & Trevor Denyer)
Liberty Bell (John Philip Sousa)
Shepherd’s Hey (Percy Grainger)
Concerto for Clarinet (Artie Shaw, arr. Ted Parson)
Pas Redouble (Camille Saint-Saëns, trans. Arthur Frackenpohl)
Suite from the Star Wars Epic, Part 1 (John Williams, arr. Robert W. Smith)
Galop (Amilcare Ponchielli, arr. Larry Daehn)

This week, join the Municipal Band at Johnson STEAM Academy on Wednesday, June 12, or Ellis Park on Sunday, June 16 (or both!).

On Wednesday, the New Horizons Band will perform at 6:30 p.m. followed by the Muni Band at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday, the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. The concerts will also be livestreamed on the band’s Facebook page: facebook.com/crmuniband.

The Muni Band will feature Josh Duffee on drum set honoring the 100th birthday of Louie Bellson. Young Artist Competition runner-up Jace Whitham will perform on alto saxophone. And kids of all ages will feel like superheroes as the band play music from The Incredibles.

Eric Liang from Linn-Mar High School will sing the National Anthem and the Cedar Rapids Song of Dedication with the band.

Program:

Wedding Dance (Jacques Press, arr. Herbert Johnston)

Pequeña Czarda (Pedro Iturralde, arr. Roger Niese)
Jace Whitham, Alto Saxophone, CRMB Young Artist Competition Runner-Up

Music from “The Incredibles” (Michael Giacchino, arr. Jay Bocook)

Salute to American Jazz (arr. Sammy Nestico)
Josh Duffee, Drum Set

Entry March of the Boyars (Johan Halvorsen, arranged by Clifford Barnes)

Blue Goose Rag (Raymond Birch, arranged by Timothy Broege)

Thundering Drums (Louie Bellson)
Josh Duffee, Drum Set

Storming of El Caney (Russell Alexander, arranged by Andrew Glover)