Rob Cline
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Aug 22
No live performance this week; rebroadcasts continue on KMRY
Due to the continuing impact of the August 10 derecho, we are pausing our Mini Muni Music concerts for a second consecutive week. But you can still hear music from the Muni Band as KMRY continues to rebroadcast the series on Sunday evenings. This Sunday (8/23) at 6 pm, KMRY will feature the horn octet …
Aug 03
Added performance! Woodwind Quintet on August 5 at 7:30 pm
The band is used to performing for you twice a week, and so it has felt weird to have online concerts on Sundays but not on Wednesdays. We’re fixing that this week with a Wednesday night edition of Mini Muni Music featuring a woodwind quintet! Same deal as the other performances to date. Watch on …
Jul 29
Announcing 4 more Mini Muni Music online concerts!
With two successful online events featuring online ensembles in the books, we are pleased to announce four more performances. All of these Sunday evening performances will begin at 7:30 and be streamed live on the band’s Facebook page. They will not be archived for future viewing, so be sure to tune in each Sunday. August …
Jul 24
Mini Muni Music — Online Small Ensemble Concerts
The second online concert in a series of small ensemble performances is set for Sunday, July 26 at 7:30 pm and will feature four of the band’s outstanding clarinetists as well as Steve Shanley and vocalist Lynn Rothrock in conversation. The concert will be live streamed on the Municipal Band’s Facebook page, but will not …
Jul 30
Last call! Join us for three concerts during the final week of our season
We’re wrapping up the 2019 season–but first, we’ve got three more concerts to play! Wednesday, July 31 at 7:30 pm — Noelridge ParkSaturday, Aug. 3 at 3 pm — Guthridge Park as part of Hiawatha Fun FestSunday, Aug. 4 at 7:30 pm (6:30 Prelude concert) — Bever Park At these performances:• We feature our own …
Jul 23
Just hear those sleigh bells…Wait.
This week, join us for spectacular nights of music at Bowman Woods (Wed.) and Ellis Park (Sun.) — including the cool and cooling sounds of Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride! Music gets underway at 7:30 pm. Also on the program: • The band features its own members as Nick and Josh Carlo perform a humorous clarinet/bassoon …
Jul 16
Week 7 is all about flutes. Well, and trombones. And other instruments, too. Like trumpets.
This week, the band returns to Cleveland Elementary School on Wednesday, July 17 and to Bever Park on Sunday, July 21. At this concert: • Iowa native Virginia Broffitt Kunzer, an Auburn University fluteprofessor, performs Faure’s “Fantasie” • Young Artist Competition runner-up Megan Bennett performs the Artunian trumpet concerto • Kennedy High School band director …
Jul 09
This week: Johnson STEAM Academy and Noelridge Park
On Wednesday night (7/10), we invite kids to become members of the band! Bring the kids to Johnson STEAM Academy at 6:15 to make their own instruments. The kids will get to play a song with the band during the performance! Also on Wednesday, students from Johnson STEAM Academy will perform at 6:30. Both the …
Jul 02
Celebrating the Fourth of July and more!
Wednesday, July 3, 7:30 pm: Guthridge Park in HiawathaSunday, July 7, 7:30 pm: McGrath Amphitheater At this concert:• Hear all of your patriotic favorites as the band celebrates the Fourth of July • Guest vocalist Amy Friedl Stoner sings from the Great American Songbook • Linn-Mar HS flutist Octavia Barbulescu, runner-up in the 2019 Young …
Jun 25
This week: Young Artist Competition winner Jaeden Hansen performs!
Wed, June 26, McGrath Amphitheater and Sun, June 30, Bever Park The winner of the 2019 Young Artists Competition, hornist Jaeden Hansen, is a recent graduate from Linn-Mar High School. He has been involved in many aspects of the music program throughout his high school career including Wind Ensemble, Jazz 1 (in which he plays …
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