Stay tuned for Eastern’s Concert Band
Eastern's concert band is scheduled to perform there first concert of the school year on Saturday, October 24th at 7:30pm in the Fine Arts Instruction Center in the concert hall. Eastern concert band joins in nationwide celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States with music by American Composers such as Samual Barber, Omar Thomas, Kathj Copley, Danielle Fisher, Pierre LaPlante, and Augustus Ward. Every Concert band performance held at Eastern is free and open to the public, and students of all majors are encouraged to attend!
Easterns Concert Band is a community band on average, over eighty musicians that includes Eastern students, alumni, faculty, or anyone who is interested in instrumental performance within the community of Eastern Connecticut region. Performance repertoire includes classic band literature as well as challenging works from contemporary composers. Eastern students have the option to take it as a course for one credit (MUS 103) that can be repeated across every semester or attend without taking it as a credit. This ensemble rehearses on Wednesdays from 7:00-9:00pm. Typically, Eastern concert bands present a fall concert as well as a holiday themed concert in the fall semesters. Then, there will be a spring concert later in the academic year.
The ensemble is conducted by Kelly Watkins, an accomplished musician and arts leader, with a dynamic career that spans performance, education, conducting, and administration. She is A graduate of Illinois State University and Northwestern State University of Louisiana; Kelly is currently pursuing a DMA in Conducting at the University of Connecticut. Eastern’s concert band is also conducted by Joespeh D’Aleo, A Masters graduate from the University of Michigan, where he studied with world-renowned saxophonist and pedagogue Donald Sinta. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Hartford. He currently is a Coast Guard saxophonist and an Endorsing Artist for Légère Reeds LTD.
The Eastern Concert Band is a wonderful way to be a part of a strong and enthusiastic community that comes together to create music.
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