Community Band open rehearsals

Posted on September 2, 2014 in Community // 0 Comments

ARTS — The Kamloops Community Band invites interested musicians of all ages to bring their instruments and join them for open rehearsals for the month of September.

Directed by Cliff Noakes and Don Bennett, the band is made up of amateur players from secondary schools, university students, working adults and retirees: basically, anyone who plays a band instrument and wants to enjoy music making in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere.

(kamloopscommunityband.weebly.com)

The Community Band performs a number of public and benefit concerts throughout the season. For the 2014-15 season, shows will include a benefit for the Richard Dickens Music Scholarship Fund, a concert in Chase on behalf of the Chase Christmas Hamper Fund, a benefit for the Canadian Diabetes Association, and a performance at Art in the Park on Canada Day.

A possible exchange concert with the Salmon Arm Community Band is in the planning stage as well.

Music selections include concert band classics, traditional marches, popular music from movies, musical theatre, jazz standards and contemporary pop music.

Open rehearsals are Sundays, Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28, 7 to 9 p.m. in the music room at South Kamloops Secondary School on Ninth Avenue (directly across the parking lot from Sagebrush Theatre).

For additional information, call Cliff at 250-372-9918 (csn1943@gmail.com) or Loren at 250-579-5279 (emerald_cricket@yahoo.ca).