Concert Details - Saturday April 11 at 3pm

The concert will be in the Paint Branch High School auditorium.
Address: 14121 Old Columbia Pike in Burtonsville.
Concert is free and open to the public, no tickets required
Donations will be requested - collection buckets at the door and QR code to donate online

Call time: 2:30pm
Concert dress: white shirt, black pants
Bring a music stand (if you have an extra stand, please bring it as percussion will need multiple stands)
Stage lighting should be good, so you won't need a stand light
Ushers will be available to hand out printed programs and monitor any donations collected
Steve Spitzer and Curt Hugo have agreed to usher, we could use one more volunteer

Schedule:

2:00pm - Percussion trailer will arrive - would like help unloading the trailer and setting up percussion
2:30pm - the rest of the band should arrive; after setting up, move cases to designated off-stage location
2:30pm - audience will start being seated; band warm up and tune
3:00pm - concert starts
4:00pm - concert ends, we need to pack up, load the trailer, and do a quick clean-up sweep of the auditorium
5:00pm - we need to be out of the building by 5pm, leaving it in the condition we found it

Music - concert order:

Please take time to listen to the links so we have a successful dress rehearsal on April 8.

Block M - Jerry Bilik - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfNRSmNLP7c      
Caccia and Chorale - Clifton Williams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYGIsvawo3U
Danse Bacchanale - arr. Jay Bocook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1wjEPaEgq4   
First Suite in Be - Gustav Holst - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb956sHnxY8 
Shenandoah - arr. Omar Thomas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08pxcDkBius&list=RD08pxcDkBius&start_radio=1
Billy Joel In Concert - arr. Paul Murtha - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0RGgENqlc   
El Gato Montes - Manuel Panella - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iyGRapUTgc

2026 Tentative Concerts

April 11 - Paint Branch High School
May 2 & 3 - Olney Days. We will perform both days (weather permitting). "Party in the Park" is on Saturday from 3pm-dark at Olney Manor Park. 
June or early July - Leisure World Clubhouse 1.
TBA - Maple Lawn (in Howard County) 
TBA - Maryland Community Band Day

2025 Performance Schedule

Howard High School - March 30
Olney Days - May 3 & 4
Strawberry Festival - June 7

Other concerts are not confirmed yet

March 30 Concert

  • The concert will be in the Howard High School auditorium.

  • Address is 8700 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, MD 21043

  • Call time is 5:30pm, so we have time to run through a couple of pieces with some of Joel's high school students who will be sitting in with us. 

  • The concert will start at 7pm. 

  • Concert dress is white shirts, black pants. 

  • Stands and chairs will be provided.

Concert order (and listening links)

2024 Schedule

Saturday Dec 14 - 2pm at Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown
Wednesday Dec 18 - 7:30pm at Leisure World Clubhouse 1

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