1) December 2008 Concert Calendar
2) Discounted Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Tickets
3) Three Rivers Community Band Festival accepts applications from
individual musicians for the Festival Band
4) Newsletter Requests

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December 2008 Concert Calendar

Please visit: http://swpabandpartners.pghfree.net/calendar.html
for links to web pages, updates, and future concerts.

December 2008:
Fri, 5
Kiski Valley Community Band
Natrona Heights Presbyterian Church, Harrison

Fri, 5 6pm
Aeolian Winds of Pittsburgh
Giant Eagle Market District - Shadyside

Fri, 5 7pm
Delmont Concert Band
Redstone Highlands, North Huntingdon

Sat, 6 11am
Aeolian Winds of Pittsburgh
Whitehall Public Library

Sat, 6 7:30pm
Butler County Symphony Orchestra
Butler Area Intermediate High School Auditorium

Sat, 6 7:30pm
Allegheny Brass Band
St. Mary of the Mount Church, Mt Washington

Sat, 6
Washington Symphony Orchestra
Trinity High School, Washington

Sun, 7
Aeolian Winds of Pittsburgh
First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh

Sun, 7 2pm
Kiski Valley Community Band
Hebron Lutheran Church, Leechburg

Sun, 7 4pm
The Musicians Concert Band
Slippery Rock University's Miller Auditorium.

Sun, 7 4pm
Community Band South
St. Mark's Lutheran, Brookline

Sun, 7 6pm
Delmont Concert Band
Faith United Methodist Church, Delmont

Tue, 9 6:30pm
Scottdale Concert Band
Westmoreland Manor

Thu, 11 7pm
Delmont Concert Band
Redstone Highlands, Greensburg

Fri, 12 7pm
The Pittsburgh Philharmonic
Butler County Community College Succop Theatre

Sat, 13 7pm
The Pittsburgh Philharmonic
North Hills. Jr. High Auditorium

Sat, 13 7:30pm
Edgewood Symphony Orchestra
First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood

Sat, 13 7:30pm
East Winds Symphonic Band
Franklin Regional Middle School, Murrysville

Sun, 14 3pm
West Hills Symphonic Band
West Allegheny High School

Sun ,14 3pm
North Suburban Symphonic Band
Greater Pittsburgh Masonic Center

Sun, 14 3:30pm
Community Band South
Bethel Park Community Center, Bethel Park

Sun, 14 6pm
Delmont Concert Band
Faith United Methodist Church, Delmont

Sun, 14 6pm
Kiski Valley Community Band
Markle Fire hall, Allegheny Township

Sun, 14 7pm
Allegheny Brass Band
Christ Church at Grove Farm, Sewickley

Mon, 15 7:30pm
Scottdale Concert Band
C.U.M.C. Church, Scottdale

Tue, 16 7:30pm
Scottdale Concert Band
Greenwood Methodist, Connellsville

Fri, 19 7:45pm
Delmont Concert Band
Lutheran Church, Murrysville

Sat, 20 7:30pm
Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra
Upper St. Clair High School Theatre

Sun, 21 6pm
Kiski Valley Community Band
Holiday Park Baptist Church, Plum

Sun, 21 7pm
Jeannette Community Band
Jeannette American Legion


If you have a concert to be listed in the calendar, please send email
to: calendar@... with the subject "Concert
Calendar"

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Discounted Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Tickets

Discount tickets to The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Save these Dates - The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra welcomes
Southwestern PA Band Partner members! Join us December 5-6, 2008 for
Bernstein's West Side Story Symphonic Dances, string trio Time for
Three and Copland's Symphony No 3. Southwestern PA Band Partner
members enjoy discounted tickets and personalized service through
Marianne Haffey - call 412.392.3320 or mhaffey@...
for further information on these and any other PSO/Heinz Hall
performances. Just mention "Band Partners"!

** Please note this is a corrected phone number from past posts **

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Three Rivers Community Band Festival accepts applications from
individual musicians for the Festival Band

The sixth annual Three Rivers Band Festival will be held on Saturday,
May 2, 2009, at Upper St. Clair High School. Four area community
bands will perform, as well as a Festival Band comprised of community
players from greater western Pennsylvania.

We invite community players to apply for the Festival Band.
(They are welcome to participate whether their band performs or not.
Applications will be accepted until February 15, 2009.) We are
delighted to have Elisabeth Heath-Charles, Musical Director and
Conductor of the Butler County Symphony Orchestra, as this year's
Festival Band guest conductor. Participation in the Festival Band
does not require an audition. We would like to include players from
all over the region, and applicants will only be turned away when
sections are full. The Festival Band member application and other
details can be found at
http://www.ewsb.org/festival/2009/FestivalBandInformation.html.

If you have questions or would like to be mailed copies of the
applications, please email festival@... or leave a message at
412-741-4698.

Please distribute this information to the members of your group.
There are modest fees for participating in the festival, but admission
to listeners is free. We look forward to having you join us next May.

Sincerely,
Susan Craft
Three Rivers Community Band Festival Committee

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Newsletter Requests

Deadline for Winter Newsletter due out January 1st is December 20th.

Band Profiles
13 bands in our region have been profiled in our newsletter, that is
roughly half of our groups. We would like to profile the rest in
future newsletters. If your band has not yet been profiled and would
like to be, please contact newsletter@ swpabandpartners.pghfree.net
with the subject of your message "SWPABP: Profile in Newsletter"

New Music Corner
Are there any new pieces your group has played that think others would
be interested in. Please let us know and we will start including the
names of the pieces in this quarterly newsletter. A brief description
of the piece would be helpful. Please email
newsletter@ swpabandpartners.pghfree.net with the subject
"SWPABP: Music Suggestion for Newsletter"

Articles
We welcome article submissions from anyone on any topic pertaining to
community bands and community musicians. If you are interested in
writing and article or have one you would like to submit to the
newsletter, please email newsletter@ swpabandpartners.pghfree.net with
subject "SWPABP: Article for newsletter"

for past newsletters visit:
http://swpabandpartners.pghfree.net/newsletters.html

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Sarah McElfresh
Southwestern Pennsylvania Band Partners
http://swpabandpartners.pghfree.net
info@...