This week features Czech music and composers in honor of our performance Wednesday at Sokol Park!  Come out for some great music with a beautiful view of the river and downtown Cedar Rapids.  Concert starts at 7:30!

This week’s program:

• Riley Anderson from Linn-Mar will sing the Star-Spangled Banner and the Cedar Rapids Song of Dedication.
• Mississippi River March (Julius Fucik)
• Dedicatory Overture (Clifton Williams)
• Ceska Muzika Pochod (Fr. Kmoch, arr. Grill)
  Featuring Todd Munnik, Accordion
• Music from “Jurassic Park” (John Williams, arr. Jay Bocook)
• High Plains (Vaclav Nelhybel)
• In the Miller Mood (arr. Warren Barker)
• Waltz from “Jazz Suite” (Shostakovich, arr. de Meij)
• March from “Jazz Suite” (Shostakovich, arr. de Meij)
• Clarinet Polka (arr. Bruce R. Smith) 2.0

Come on out tonight for another great Cedar Rapids Municipal Band concert at beautiful Ellis Park!  7:30-8:30.  Tonight’s concert includes favorites like Holst’s First Suite, selections from Mary Poppins and many more.  Bring your lawn chairs, kids, pets, and friends and enjoy the concert!

Tonight’s program includes:

• Star Spangled Banner performed with guest vocalist Katie Hancock, Central City High School
• Iowa Band Law (Karl King)
  Featuring Monica Vernon (CR City Council), Guest Conductor
• Selections from “Mary Poppins” (arr. Ted Rickets)
• First Suite in E-flat (Gustav Holst)
• Fandango (Frank Perkins)
• Fantasy on “Love Story” (arr. Andy Classen)
  Featuring Andy Classen, trumpet
  http://www.drake.edu/music/faculty/andrewclassen/
• Revival March (John Phillip Sousa)
• Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen, arr. John Krance)
• Great Moments in Cinema (John Williams, arr. Jay Bocook)
• Colossus of Columbia (Russell Alexander)
• Cedar Rapids Song of Dedication performed with guest vocalist Katie Hancock, Central City High School

The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band met for the first time last night to prepare for the upcoming season! Join us tomorrow night at Noelridge Park with your lawn chairs, picnic, and family and friends for the first of many evenings of great music!  Concert begin at 7:30. You can always visit www.crmuniband.org or find us on Facebook or Twitter for more information.

This week’s program includes:

• Star Spangled Banner performed with guest vocalist Katie Hancock, Central City High School
• Iowa Band Law (Karl King)
  Featuring Monica Vernon (CR City Council), Guest Conductor
• Selections from “Mary Poppins” (arr. Ted Rickets)
• First Suite in E-flat (Gustav Holst)
• Fandango (Frank Perkins)
• Fantasy on “Love Story” (arr. Andy Classen)
  Featuring Andy Classen, trumpet
  http://www.drake.edu/music/faculty/andrewclassen/
• Revival March (John Phillip Sousa)
• Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen, arr. John Krance)
• Great Moments in Cinema (John Williams, arr. Jay Bocook)
• Colossus of Columbia (Russell Alexander)
• Cedar Rapids Song of Dedication performed with guest vocalist Katie Hancock, Central City High School

CRMB’s own Blaine Cunningham invites all interested young musicians to participate in OI’s Low Brass Camp next weekend!

On Saturday June 6^th 1:30pm-5pm at Kirkwood, they’ll hold a series of masterclasses and clinics. There will also be an exhibit area which will include some instruments for the kids to try out.  The camp fee ($50) includes a free ticket to the Orchestra Iowa concert that Saturday night.  (Program is Flying Dutchman, Debussy Nocturnes, Fountains of Rome, and La Mer.)  Then on Sunday, they’ll having a group warm-up session and mass ensemble rehearsal from 9am to 11:30am in the Opus Concert Café.  After that, it’s off to the NewBo City Market for lunch and a public performance on the outdoor stage at 1pm.  It should be a great weekend!

If you or someone you know is interested, check out www.orchestraiowaschool.org or the poster link below. And if not, feel free to catch their show on Sunday afternoon!

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A very nice article by Diana Nollen about our 65th season and our quest for a new bandshell is here.

The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band Young Artist Competition is in only two weeks! This competition is open to all students in grades 9-12 who live in Linn County or attend high school in Linn County and participate in school band.

For details, please click the link at the top of the page, or here.

Columnist Todd Dorman wrote a nice article on the Iowa Band Law in the Cedar Rapids Gazette recently. Click HERE to read it!

The City Band Commission will meet in formal session at 5 PM on Friday, 27 March 2015, immediately before auditions for the 2015 season. The agenda will include:

• Minutes of previous meeting.
• Financial report, including proposed budget amendments for 2015 and 2016.
• Report on new equipment trailer.
• Report on capital campaign for bandshell.
• Report on publicity and preparations for upcoming season.
• Additional business raised by Commission or other attendees.
• Logistics for auditions that evening and Saturday afternoon. (This may occur outside the formal meeting as a working session.)

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The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, a professional concert band that presents 19 summer concerts in Cedar Rapids parks, will be holding its annual spring auditions on Friday, March 27th and Saturday, March 28th in the Cedar Rapids Washington High School Band Room.

One-season openings are known for: Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, and Percussion. Multiple-season openings are known for: Clarinet, Bassoon, Tuba, and Percussion. Other instrument openings are possible and substitutes are needed on all instruments, particularly Oboe and French Horn this year.

A typical concert week consists of a Monday evening rehearsal and Wednesday and Sunday evening concerts. This season, there is one atypical concert week with a Saturday morning concert included in the schedule.

More audition information can be found by e-mailing Scott Haney at [email]business@crmuniband.org[/email] , or by calling or texting Scott at 319-431-9649.

We encourage all qualified musicians to apply. To sign up for an audition, please e-mail, call, or text Scott Haney and leave a message indicating the following:

1. The name of the person auditioning
2. The musician’s e-mail address and/or phone number
3. The instrument(s) the musician will play
4. If auditioning on more that one instrument, whether you want the auditions back-to-back or with a break in between.

Audition Dates and Times:
Friday, March 27th 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Saturday, March 28th 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contact Scott Haney as needed regarding schedule conflicts.

In-person signup will begin at 6:00 PM on March 27th and at 12:30 PM on March 28th.

Auditions will be held in first-response order: those who called in advance will be auditioned first; everyone else will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.

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.

Please bring along a brief resume.

Scott Haney
Business Manager, Cedar Rapids Municipal Band
[email]business@crmuniband.org[/email] (preferred)
319-431-9649

There will be a short Commission meeting on 8 March 2015 at 7 PM in Marquis Hall, Room 105, at Coe College. This meeting is to formally reject the equipment trailer bids and elect a Chair and Vice-Chair.