CRMB Webmaster, musician (tuba & bass), business manager, and former member of the governing Commission.
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Sep 09
Positions available: Publicity Manager and Business Manager
The submittal period is closed. Resumes are under review. The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band has two positions open, one for Publicity Manager, the other for Business Manager. Click here for a description of the Publicity Manager position. Click here for a description of the Business Manager description. And if you have any questions, you can send …
Aug 20
Formal Commission Meeting
The City Band Commission will have a formal meeting on Sunday, 25 August, at 5 PM in Marquis Hall at Coe College. (This is the building on the back of Sinclair Auditorium. Signs will be posted to get you to the room, but you can start at room 105.) Agenda includes (but is not limited …
Jul 31
End of Season Blowout! Noelridge, Ellis, and HooverFest
We’re in our final week of the 2013 season, and we have some great music to see everyone off. Wednesday, we’re near the lagoon at Noelridge Park. Please note that some early copies of the schedule stated Bowman Woods, but that’s not available due to construction. This late in the year, it’s much cooler in …
Jul 28
Master Sergeant Susan Rider
We have a special guest for our final week of 2013: Trumpeter/cornetist Susan Rider of Cedar Falls, Iowa, who joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in July 1997. Master Sergeant Rider began her musical instruction at age 10. Upon graduating in 1985 from Northern University High School in Cedar Falls, she earned a …
Jul 24
Week 8: Sokol and Bever REDUX
We have another diverse program featuring many guests this week. Violinist Natalie Brown will be joining us for two pieces: one of the most haunting and beautiful movie melodies of all time, as well as some good old fashioned Irish fiddling. A number of talented musicians from our local high schools will perform–including a rising …
Jul 17
Week 7: Out of the Shadows
This week, we’re featuring instruments that don’t often get the spotlight. What’s more, our featured soloists are all members of the Municipal Band! But if you want to hear them, make sure you go to the right place: BEVER PARK on Wednesday at the usual time, and Sunday at Ellis. The original Wednesday venue was …
Jul 15
And the winner is … BEVER PARK!
OUR WEDNESDAY CONCERT IS AT BEVER PARK! As stated, we cannot play Washington HS as originally scheduled. This is due to delays to the construction at the school. Instead, we are playing at Bever Park, which is a mere mile from Wash. Tell your friends!
Jul 14
CHANGES OF PLANS!
We have a couple of late-breaking schedule changes for you. First, Die Tiefen Keller Kinder WILL NOT present a prelude concert on 14 July at Bever. We were informed on Friday that due to some other schedule changes, they cannot play this weekend. We apologize for the inconvenience. BUT THE MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT IS STILL …
Jul 09
Week 6: The Bringer of WAR!
As in MARS, from Holst’s famous “The Planets,” of course, conducted by no less a personage than Jason Weinberger, conductor of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra. We’ll be at Taft Middle School on the NW side on Wednesday, and it looks like the weather will be much more clement than it was the last time …
Jul 03
Week Five: A Hat Trick of Concerts!
Greetings, music lovers! This week, the Municipal Band is playing THREE events, all free. This Wednesday, we’ll be at Noelridge Park near the lagoon at 7:30. We have a bonus concert on Saturday, 6 July, downtown at the Farmers Market in Greene Square Park — downbeat is at 10:00 AM sharp. (Well, not sharp…we’ll play …