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The Concord Band, founded in 1959,
is a 65-member community band located in Concord, MA.
James O'Dell is the Music Director,
and Steven Barbas is the Assistant Conductor.
Recipient of the 2013 Sudler Silver Scroll Award, Amerca’s most prestigious award for community concert bands.
Read about it on the Concord Band Blog.
Welcome to our 63rd season!
We have a terrific schedule of concerts.
Please browse our extensive collection of on-line information.
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Upcoming Events
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2021 Holiday Pops Concert –
Saturday, December 11, 7:30 pm
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51 Walden, Concord MA.
This concert will start with a prelude and holiday arrangements by the jazz ensemble, followed by brass quartet and sextet, clarinet quartet, and sax quartet. Then each instrumental section will play with a holiday arrangement for woodwinds, two brass section pieces, and a percussion section number. The closing part of the concert will be the full band playing Overture to a Winter Festival that was written for the band, along with other holiday favorites including Sleigh Ride and Auld Lang Syne.
This concert is free admission, with open audience seating (without tables this year). Donations will be gratefully accepted. Please plan to come early, hear the jazz ensemble, and welcome back the full Concord Band!
Note: If this concert is snowed out, it will be rescheduled for
2:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, December 12.
Program |
| Jazz Prelude |
| Brass Quartet |
| Brass Sextet |
| Clarinet Quartet |
| Saxophone Quartet |
| Woodwind Ensemble |
| Christmas Carols |
arr. Anderson |
| Brass Ensemble |
| Fanfare pour Preceder La Peri |
Dukas |
| Canzon septimi toni No. 2 |
Gabrieli |
| Percussion Ensemble |
| Riverdance |
Bill Whelan |
| Full Ensemble |
| Overture to a Winter Festival |
James Curnow |
| Charlie Brown Christmas |
Vince Guaraldi |
| Jingle Them Bells |
Julie Giroux |
| White Christmas |
Irving Berlin |
| A Christmas Festival |
Leroy Anderson |
| Sleigh Ride |
Leroy Anderson |
| Auld Lang Syne |
arr. William Toland |
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2022 Winter Concert: Ralph Vaughan Williams 150 –
Saturday, March 5, 8:00 pm
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51 Walden, Concord MA.
This concert celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of infuential British
composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, notable for his fascinating renditions of folk
songs from the English countryside.
This is a free concert.
Donations at the door will be gratefully accepted.
Note: If this concert is snowed out, it will be rescheduled for
2:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, March 6.
Save this date!
In Memoriam
The Concord Band mourns the death of its principal flutist,
Barbara Weiblin, who succumbed to cancer on May 15, 2020.
Barbara joined the Concord Band in 1985.
In 2014, she played the solo in Flight of the Bumble Bee with the
Band, and together with her husband Bill, organized refreshments for
receptions at many of the Band's fall & winter concerts.
In addition to being in the Concord Band, Barbara led a flute choir
at St John's Lutheran Church in Sudbury and played for several years
in the Nashoba Symphonic Band in Bolton.
Looking for Substitute Players
The Concord Band is looking for musicians who would be willing
to be on our “call list” to fill in for absences
in rehearsals or performances.
If you'd like to play with us or know someone who might,
please get in touch with either Jim O’Dell, CBA Director or Dave Tweed, CBA Personnel or leave a message on the band’s answering machine at
978-897-9969.
We'll need your contact information, the instrument(s) you play,
and a brief synopsis of your background.
The Concord Band on TV
Since 2008, some of our concerts have been recorded and made
available by Concord-Carlisle TV.
See our Concert Videos page.
Current Press Releases
 The Concord Band at 51 Walden on May 19, 2014
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