1) May 2009 Concert Calendar
2) Special Offer on subscriptions from the Pittsburgh Symphony
3) Two New groups forming in Westmoreland County
4) The 2009 Sousa National Community Band - July 10-12, 2009
New Orleans, Louisiana
5) North Central Ohio Adult Music Camp - Ashland Ohio, June 24/25-27, 2009
6) Association of Concert Bands
7) Newsletter Requests

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May 2009 Concerts
Please visit: http://swpabandpartners.pghfree.net/calendar.html
for links to web pages, updates, and future concerts.


Sat, 2 2:30pm
Three Rivers Community Band Festival
Upper St. Clair High School Theatre

Sat, 2 8pm
Washington Symphony Orchestra
Trinity High School, Washington

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

Mon, 4 7:30pm
South Hills Community Concert Band
Brentwood Presbyterian Church

Sat, 8 7pm
Allegheny Brass Band
First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sharpsburg

Sat, 9 7:30pm
Edgewood Symphony Orchestra
Woodland Hills West Junior High School

Fri, 15 7pm
The Pittsburgh Philharmonic
Butler County Community College Succop Theatre

Sat, 16 2pm
Scottdale Concert Band
Bethlen Home, Ligonier

Sat,16 7pm
The Pittsburgh Philharmonic
North Hills. Jr. High Auditorium

Sat,16 7:30pm
Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra
Upper St. Clair High School Theatre

Wed, 20 7:30pm
Community Band South
Upper St. Clair High School Theatre

Sat, 23 7:30pm
Allegheny Brass Band
St. Mary of the Mount, Mt. Washington

Sun, 24 7pm
Armstrong Concert Band
Free Methodist Church, Kittanning

Mon, 25 11am
Allegheny Brass Band
Indianola Twp. Memorial Day Ceremony

Sun,31 10:30am
Delmont Concert Band
Newlonsburg Church, Murrysville

Sun, 31 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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The last 3 concerts are here!

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is offering a very special discount
on subscription rates to Southwestern PA Band Partner Members, Family
and Friends. For the BNY Mellon Grand Classics Subscription (50% off)

To take advantage of the offers CALL: PSO Group Sales at 412.392.3347
and mention "SWPA Band Partners"

BNY Mellon Grand Classics Subscription!
Choose 3 or more concerts - for as little as $7 per concert! ( + one
$5 handling fee)

Honeck and Bronfman April 30, May 1, 2
Honeck, Mozart and Beethoven Jun 4, 5, 6
Honeck: Mozart & Beethoven Resurrection June 12, 14

For more information follow the link from the SWPABP new announcements
page at: http://swpabandpartners.pghfree.net/announcements.html
There is a flyer you may print out and distribute to fellow band members.

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Two New groups forming in Westmoreland County

Community Jazz Band
near Greensburg
Jason Hollar 724.689.8817 Cell -- cadillacjazz@...
See Previous Post to mailing list:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/swpabandpartners/message/51

"Civil War" era brass duet
seeks: cornet or trumpet player
Joel Cribbs jaybo45@...

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The 2009 Sousa National Community Band - July 10-12, 2009
New Orleans, Louisiana

Join us in "The Big Easy" for the inaugural Sousa National Community
Band. New Orleans is making remarkable progress in re-building and you
can do your part by bringing your talent and your tourist dollars to
one of the great historic cities of the United States. Come join a
world-class conductor and talented musicians from around the country
for a great weekend of music making. The band will be conducted by
Colonel John R. Bourgeois, USMC (Ret.), former director of the United
States Marine Band, "The President's Own."

The Sousa National Community Band registration fee is $60.00.

More information:
http://www.sousafoundation.org/Sousa-National-Community-Band.htm

Further inquiries may be directed to: Gerald Guilbeaux
windband@...

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The North Central Ohio Adult Music Camp
June 24/25-27, 2009

Sponsored by The Trinity Fine Arts Academy
Hosted by: The Department of Music of Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio

4- DAY CAMP Wednesday June 24 -- Saturday June 27 The first day is devoted to
Jazz(Big) Band or small ensemble performance. Flute, woodwind and brass
ensembles will be offered. Additional ensembles will be offered as
instrumentation allows. The next three days are identical to 3-Day Camp focusing
on Concert Band & Small Ensembles.

Tuition:
3-day camp: $160.
4-day camp: $200.


For more information:
http://www.trinityashland.org/getting-involved-101/trinity-academy-of-fine-arts/\
adult-music-camp/

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Association of Concert Bands
http://www.acbands.org

The Association of Concert Bands (ACB) is a national organization dedicated to
encouraging and fostering adult community, municipal and civic bands and
musicians. Membership has its privileges, with different levels of
membership—individual ($30/yr), family ($45/yr), life ($1000), organizational
($50/yr or $275/yr), and corporate ($150/yr). The more expensive type of
organizational memberships comes with the BMI/ASCAP Blanket licensing agreement
that keeps community bands legal with performance fees. All types of
memberships come with a subscription to the Journal, voting privileges, and
participation in the annual convention and convention band. The Journal is
published three times a year, and includes articles about community bands from
across the country; festivals, concerts, band camps, reviews of music and CDs
and other topics that would be of interest to a community band musician. (Half
year for half price begins July 1.) For more information, visit the web site or
contact Sarah McElfresh, Regional Membership Coordinator for Pennsylvania at
sarahmcelfresh (at) yahoo.com.

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Newsletter Requests for InConcert

Deadline for Spring Newsletter due out July 1st is June 20th.

Band Profiles
14 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