Summary
Organization name
Boulder Concert Band
1978
Tax id (EIN)
84-0770963
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
P.O. Box 18405Boulder, CO 80308
Boulder County, CO, US
Your nationally award-winning community band consists of dues-paying volunteers, who range in profession from music teachers, engineers, medical professionals, business people, to one rocket scientist! This adult band ranges in age from 18 to senior citizens, all making beautiful music together. Your generosity helps us pay for instrument and music storage, our wonderful director, guest artists, and rehearsal and performance space rental.
Testimonials
"Whether it's a picnic concert in the park or an auditorium concert, hearing the Boulder Concert Band is an event we thoroughly enjoy. These gifted musicians bring the audience a wide variety of music and entertainment. What a terrific way to spend an evening!" Janice Sepe
"I'm really proud of the quality of our performances, and I'm really grateful that there is a group like this that is available to amateurs." Boulder Concert Band member
"These are volunteer musicians? Unbelievable!" Joan Lovell
Mission
The mission of the Boulder Concert Band is to provide our community with outstanding performances of traditional and modern concert repertoire and enrich the cultural experience of the audience and the musicians, and to provide a community organization for adults who wish to continue to play their instruments after completing high school or college.
Background Statement
The first records of a performing band in the city of Boulder date back to 1870. The ICC Silver Cornet Band, as it was known, performed weekly concerts in the pioneer town of Boulder. In the spring of 1897 a larger band organization was formed. This group, called the Boulder Band, was said to be the best organization of its type in Colorado. Several decades later, the Boulder Municipal Band was formed and was the first to include women musicians.
Today's Boulder Concert Band was reorganized in 1976 by the late Hugh McMillen, former Director of Bands at the University of Colorado. Now directed by Dr. Kenneth Singleton, the current organization has more than 60 volunteer musicians. Its members are drawn from the business, professional, and educational communities in the Boulder County and Denver metro area.
In 2020, the Boulder Concert Band was awarded first place in the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, in the band/wind ensemble performance-community division. In June, 2021, the Boulder Concert Band was selected was awarded third place in the American Prize in the Band Performance Community Division, with The Acadian Wind Symphony (Acadia, LA) winning first place, and The Allentown Band (Allentown, PA), taking second place.
In 2023, the Boulder Concert Band was again selected as a finalist in the American Prize National Nonprofit Competitions in the Performing Arts, in the Band Performance Community Division. We submitted “Black Dog” by Scott McAllister, featuring guest clarinet soloist Kwami Barnett, from our May 2022 concert, conducted by Dr. Kenneth Singleton.
In 2024, for the fifth straight year, the Boulder Concert Band was named a finalist in the American Prize competition in the Band/Wind Ensemble Performance—Community Division, 2024. For this contest, we submitted “Homage: Three Tapestries” by David R. Holsinger: “Tapestry One (allegro)”, “Tapestry Two (adagio moderato)”, “Tapestry Three (allegro vivo)” from our April 15, 2023 concert, under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Singleton.
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Boulder, CO 80308