1) July 2009 Concert Calendar
2) Summer2009 Newsletter Now online
3) Interested in a Music Swap?
4) Three Rivers Community Band Festival accepting applications from bands to
perform
4) Associaiton of concert Bands - 1/2 price membership starts July 1st
5) Newsletter Requests

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July 2009 Concert Calendar

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


Wed, 1 7pm
Mon Valley Community Band
Kennywood Park, West Mifflin

Thu, 2 8pm
Allegheny Brass Band
Harmony Inn, Harmony

Fri, 3 7pm
East Winds Symphonic Band
Kennywood Park, West Mifflin

Fri, 3 7pm
Kiski Valley Community Band
Natrona Heights Presbyterian Church

Sat, 4 7:30pm
The Pittsburgh Philharmonic
Zelienople

Sun, 5 1pm
Pine Creek Community Band
Kennywood Park, West Mifflin

Sun, 5 1:30pm
Jeannette Community Band
Twin Lakes Arts & Heritage Festival

Sun, 5 2pm
Armstrong Concert Band
Smicksburg Independence Weekend, Eating House

Sun, 5 4:30pm
Lawrence County Community Band
Ewing Park, Ellwood City

Sun, 5 7pm
Scottdale Concert Band
On the Diamond in Ligonier

Sun, 5 7pm
Ohio Valley Community Band
Kennywood Park, West Mifflin

Thu, 9 7:30pm
The Musicians Concert Band
Slippery Rock University's Miller Auditorium.

Sat, 11 6pm
Lawrence County Community Band
St. Mary's Church, New Castle,

Sun, 12 12:15pm
Blairsville Community Concert Band
HoodleBug Festival, Homer City

Sun, 12 2:30pm
Community Band South
Bethel Park Community Center, Bethel Park

Sun, 12 3pm
East Winds Symphonic Band
Twin Lakes Park, near Greensburg

Sun, 12 6pm
Armstrong Concert Band
Concordia

Sun, 12 evening
Jeannette Community Band
Ascension Church Italian Festival, Jeannette

Sun, 12 7pm
Kiski Valley Community Band
On the Diamond in Ligonier

Sun, 12 7pm
Delmont Concert Band
New Alexandria

Tue, 14 7pm
Armstrong Concert Band
West Kittanning Firehall

Fri, 17 7pm
Scottdale Concert Band
Cedar Creek Park. Rostraver Twp

Sat, 18 7pm
Penn Trafford Community Band
Twin Lakes Park, Greensburg

Sun, 19 4pm
East Winds Symphonic Band
CCAC Boyce Auditorium, Monroeville

Sun, 19 7pm
Scottdale Concert Band
Scottdale Gazebo

Sun, 19
Allegheny Brass Band
Monroeville Community Park

Wed, 22 6:30pm
Lawrence County Community Band
Buhl Park, Sharon

Thu, 23 7pm
Delmont Concert Band
Redstone Highlands, Greensburg

Thu, 23 7pm
Jeannette Community Band
McKee Parking Lot – Jeannette Community Days

Thu, 23 7pm
Kiski Valley Community Band
Apollo Moonlanding Festival, Owens Grove

Thu, 23 7:30pm
The Musicians Concert Band
Slippery Rock University's Miller Auditorium.

Fri, 24 7:30pm
The Pittsburgh Philharmonic
Moon Park, Moon

Fri, 24 or Sat, 25
Allegheny Brass Band
St. Mary's Festival, McKees Rocks

Sat, 25 7pm
Armstrong Concert Band
Ford Cliff Firehall

Sun, 26 10:30am
Allegheny Brass Band
Bach, Beethoven & Brunch, Mellon Park, Shadyside

Sun, 26 2pm
Blairsville Community Concert Band
St's. Simon & Jude Church Bazaar, Blairsville

Sun,26 7pm
Penn Trafford Community Band
On the Diamond in Ligonier

Thu, 30 6:30pm
Kittaning Firemen's Band
Kittanning YMCA

Thu, 30 7pm
East Winds Symphonic Band
Cranberry Community Park


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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Summer 2009 Newsletter now online

PDF: http://swpabandpartners.pghfree.net/inconcertsummer2009.pdf
WEB: http://swpabandpartners.pghfree.net/inconcertsummer2009.html

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

for an index of articles visit:
http://swpabandpartners.pghfree.net/inconcertindex.html

If you have any updates for the next newsletter please send
them to newsletter@... by September 20, 2009

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Are you interested in an Unwanted Music Swap??

The idea has been presented by the president of one of the bands that we have a
music swap. A place to trade original full scores of music that are just taking
up space in your music library. Swap those pieces you will never play for one
reason or another for something else. Perhaps it is too easy or hard for your
group—might be just right for another. Perhaps it is a piece that your band
has overplayed—it may be brand new to another. Perhaps you just need to thin
out your library. There are many more reasons why you may no longer need or
want that piece of music, and it may be a gem for some other group.

If you are interested in participating in such an event, please contact Sarah
McElfresh at sarahmcelfresh (at) yahoo.com
Date and location will be set and announced after the schedules of those most
interested have been worked out.

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The 7th Three Rivers Community Band Festival will be held on Saturday May 1,
2010 at Upper St. Clair High School Theatre

The Organizing Committee is now accepting applications from bands who wish to
perform.
To apply, a band should submit an application form and an audio sample of the
band.

Applications should be received by November 6, 2009 for consideration.
More information can be found on the Festivals web site.
http://www.ewsb.org/festival click on "Apply to Perform"

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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. For
more information, visit the web site or contact Sarah McElfresh, Regional
Membership Coordinator for Pennsylvania at sarahmcelfresh (at) yahoo.com.

* * * * * Half Price membership begins July 1st * * * * *
so an individual membership is only $15 for the rest of 2009.

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Newsletter Requests for InConcert

Deadline for Spring Newsletter due out October 1st is September 20th.

Band Profiles
16 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 pieces (new or old) 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