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Forty years. The Plano Community Band has been making music for 40 years and is celebrating all season. We started rehearsals for our 2018-19 concert season, and I can’t remember the band ever sounding better at this point in the season. New music, new members, returning good friends and a line up of three exciting and entertaining programs has us all rehearsing with excitement and energy. The beautiful Eisemann Center for Performing Arts will again be our venue for these ...

We are currently getting ready for our November 22nd concert at the Eisemann Center. While the majority of this concert will feature transcriptions (original pieces written for orchestra or piano and orchestrated for concert band) we have one new piece that I am rehearsing with the band. “Music for Life” was composed in honor of Tommy Guilbert by Lew Buckley and the Association of Concert Bands. Lew, and the 2015 ACB Convention Band, premiered the piece in ...

The band had an amazing summer full of emotions that would put anyone through the ringer. After losing Tommy Guilbert (our conductor, artistic director and friend) shortly after our May concert, the band had many things to do. First, we had the honor of performing at Tommy’s memorial service that ended up being a who’s who of band directors. Almost a mini Band Director convention if you will…. We followed that up by performing at the John Paul II graduation ...