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)

Due to excessive heat and humidity, tonight’s concert at Ellis Park is cancelled. Make your plans now to join us for the final two performances of the season–Wednesday at Hughes Park and Sunday at Bever Park.

Due to anticipated heat, the Wednesday concert is moving to Taft Middle School. We were fortunate to be able to relocate this concert, but will not be able to do so should the heat persist through Sunday. In that instance (or in the case of rain), the concert will be canceled rather than relocated.

Join the band this week in TAFT MIDDLE SCHOOL on Wednesday, July 23, and in Ellis Park on Sunday, July 27. Music starts at 7:30 p.m. both nights and also streams live on the band’s Facebook page. (Instructions for finding the livestream are here.)

On Sunday night, Moo Moo’s Ice Cream Truck will be on hand with free ice cream for the kids!

WEEK 8 REPERTOIRE

Flight (Claude T. Smith)

The Avengers (Alan Silvestri, arranged by Michael Brown)

Porro (Victoriano Valencia)

Opening Night on Broadway (arr. Michael Brown)

Clarinet Crazy! (George & Ira Gershwin, arr. Lars Erik Gudim)
Christine Bellomy, clarinet

Fugue on Yankee Doodle (John Philip Sousa, arr. Brion/Schissel)

Glenn Miller in Concert (arr. Wayne Scott)

High and Mighty (Fred Jewell, arranged by Andrew Glover)

Join us this week in two of our favorite venues. The band will be in Ellis Park on Wednesday, July 16, and in Bever Park on Sunday, July 20.

Music begins each evening at 7:30 p.m. The concerts can be streamed live on our Facebook page.
Instructions for enjoying the livestream: https://www.crmuniband.org/how-to-find-our-livestreams/

PROGRAM:
Exultate (Samuel Hazo)
When You Wish Upon a Star (Ned Washington & Leigh Harline, arr. Nestico)
Who’s Who in Navy Blue (John Philip Sousa)
Harvest Light (James Naigus) — Jacob White, horn
Pirates of the Caribbean: Symphonic Suite (Klaus Badelt, arr. Wasson)
Valdres (Johannes Hanssen, arr. Bainum)
Lerner and Loewe in Concert (arr. Warren Barker)
Banditen Galopp (Johann Strauss, arranged by David Shaffer)

This week, the band will perform two indoor concerts–which means neither rain nor heat can stop the music!

Join us on Wednesday, July 9, in the Marion High School auditorium. Music starts at 6:30 p.m. with the New Horizons Band and continues with the Muni Band at 7:30 p.m.

On Sunday, July 13, the band performs in Ballantyne Auditorium on the Kirkwood Community College campus. Music starts at 7:30 p.m.

Both concerts will be streamed live on our Facebook page.

PROGRAM:

Hands Across the Sea (John Philip Sousa, ed. Brion/Schissel)

Danzon No. 2 (Arturo Marquez, arr. Oliver Nickel)

Adoration (Florence Price, arr. Cheldon Williams)
Logan Vander Wiel, conductor

Chopsticks (Charles Owen)
Ben Hollinger, xylophone, Young Artist Competition runner-up

A Mere Moment (Michele Fernandez)

Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble, Mvts. 2 & 3 (Alan Theisen)
Rose Bishop, flute

Sinatra! (arr. Stephen Bulla)

Thunderbolt Galop (Fred K. Huffer, arr.  Andrew Glover)

Join the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band at Guthridge Park in Hiawatha on Wednesday, July 2, or at the McGrath Amphitheatre on July 6, for a performance featuring patriotic favorites and more. The band will be joined by the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale under the direction of Gerald Kreitzer.

The program includes “Back Your Boy,” a piece written during World War One by two Cedar Rapidians. Recently discovered by Coe College faculty member Bethany Keenan and arranged for the band and concert chorale by our own Dr. Shanley, the march brings patriotism and local history together. You can learn more here.

PROGRAM:

Galaxy March (Frank Piersol)
American Faces (David Holsinger)
The Six Service Songs (arr. Gordon Goodwin)
Ellington! (arr. Stephen Bulla)
The Stars and Stripes Forever (John Philip Sousa)
America the Beautiful (Ward/Bates, arranged by Carmen Dragon)
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
Back Your Boy (Henry S. Ely & Earnest A. Leo, arr. Steve Shanley)
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond, arr. Gene Cokeroft & Steve Shanley)
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale
Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr. Wilhousky)
Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale