Upcoming Events
Stay tuned!
The summer might be over, but that doesn’t mean our performances are! We’re working hard to bring you a wonderful holiday performance on December 10th.
Previous Events
10th anniversary celebration
10 years! It’s been a fun ride, we have enjoyed continued success in our community and are excited for another 10 years ahead of us. For this concert, we really wanted to look back and pick and choose the pieces that were memorable for whichever spoke to us at the time. We hope you enjoy our walk down memory lane and get caught up in our excitement over these pieces. The Essex Community Concert Band has been providing a place for musicians of all ages to practice and perform for the last 10 years. Started by our current director, Dee Shaw, the band has grown over the years to include musicians of all different ages and abilities. We now boast over 25 active members and continue to grow. If you are looking for a place to play, or want to brush off your old instrument, we would love for you to join us!
The Blues Brothers Revue – Various, Arr. Jay Bocook
Into the Raging River – Steven Reineke
Simple Gifts – Frank Ticheli (Directed by Colin Michano)
The Seal Lullaby – Eric Whitacre
Amen! – Frank Ticheli (Directed by Matt Lepain)
Pirates of the Caribbean – Klaus Badelt, Arr. John Wasson
Selections from Chicago – John Kander, Arr. Ted Ricketts
Steampunk Overture – Shirley Mier
Baba Yetu – Christopher Tin
Symphonic Suite from Star Trek – Michael Giacchino
Arr. Jay Bocook
ring in the holidays v
The Essex Community Concert Band is pleased to return to our holiday season tradition of music and celebration. This is our fifth edition of our Ring in the Holidays series, and we are pleased to bring you some new works as well as some trusted favorites. It is because of this community’s support that we have been able to continue acquiring and providing new music and entertaining for over 10 years! Thank you to everyone who has come out to support us again.
Fresh Aire Christmas – Arr. Calvin Custer
The Prayer – Carole Baver-Sager and David Foster, Arr. Neil Johnstone
The Nightmare Before Christmas – Danny Elfman, Arr. Brian Sadler
How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Albert Hague and Eugene Poddany,
Arr. Larry Clark
The Christmas Song – Robert Wells and Mel Torme, Arr. Unknown
A Christmas Tale (Beware the Krampus) – Randall D. Standridge
On This Day – Arr. Tom Wallace
The Little Drummer Boy – Katherine Kennicott Davis, Arr. Unknown
Secret Agent Santa – Jeff Simons
O Holy Night – Adolphe Charles Adam, Arr. Calvin Custer
Let the Bells Ring – Traditional, Arr. Robert Buckley
Sounds of summer
The Essex Community Concert Band is pleased to return to our holiday season
tradition of music and celebration. This is our fifth edition of our Ring in the
Holidays series, and we are pleased to bring you some new works as well as
some trusted favorites. It is because of this community’s support that we have
been able to continue acquiring and providing new music and entertaining
for over 10 years! Thank you to everyone who has come out to support us again.
Fresh Aire Christmas – Arr. Calvin Custer
The Prayer – Carole Baver-Sager and David Foster, Arr. Neil Johnstone
The Nightmare Before Christmas – Danny Elfman, Arr. Brian Sadler
How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Albert Hague and Eugene Poddany, Arr. Larry
Clark
The Christmas Song – Robert Wells and Mel Torme, Arr. Unknown
A Christmas Tale (Beware the Krampus) – Randall D. Standridge
On This Day – Arr. Tom Wallace
The Little Drummer Boy – Katherine Kennicott Davis, Arr. Unknown
Secret Agent Santa – Jeff Simons
O Holy Night – Adolphe Charles Adam, Arr. Calvin Custer
Let the Bells Ring – Traditional, Arr. Robert Buckley
kickin' it old school
For our first summer concert back since COVID-19, our assistant director, Matt Lepain,
put on a summer concert full of our favorite tunes from the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s, plus
some extra songs just for fun!
A fun musical outlet for local musicians
