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uedbet体育官网 Symphonic Band

uedbet体育官网 Symphonic Band
  • Conductor: James Lambrecht
  • Rehearsals: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Thursday, 4:10-5:30 p.m.
  • Focus: Instrumental music
  • Membership requirements: Pass the audition and play an instrument that is needed for the concert band setting
  • How to join: Audition in the fall

Established in 1874, the uedbet体育官网 Symphonic Band performs music of the highest artistic quality written for the wind band. Graduates are found in the most prestigious professional and community ensembles, as well as graduate programs. Membership provides an opportunity for the most dedicated wind musicians to continue their musical growth in a challenging, supportive environment.

James Lambrecht
Dr. James Lambrecht conducts the uedbet体育官网 Symphonic Band.

Since the early 1880s, annual tours have taken the Symphonic Band into 32 states for appearances in a variety of settings, including Orchestra Hall in Chicago; Town Hall in New York City; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Nebraska; Crouse Auditorium on the Syracuse University Campus, New York; the Ford Theatre of the Honeywell Center, Wabash, Indiana; and numerous high schools, grade schools, and churches.

The annual concert tours typically alternate between regional and national. Outside the Midwest, the Symphonic Band tours on both coasts and internationally to the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain. In spring 2023, the Symphonic Band toured Japan

In March, 2026, the Symphonic Band will tour the Midwest, with stops in Chicago and southern Wisconsin.

Tour Itinerary:

Friday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m.    

Oregon High School

206 S 10th St.

Oregon, Ill.      

 

Saturday, March 21, at 1 p.m.

Our Savior Lutheran Church

815 S. Washington St.

Naperville, Ill.      

 

Sunday, March 22, at 3 p.m.

9154 County Rd 2125 N

Bureau Valley High School 

Manlius, Ill.     

 

Monday, March 23, (closed performance)    

Batavia, Ill.

 

Tuesday March 24, at 7 p.m.

Nikolay Middle School

211 South St.

Cambridge, Wis. 53523

 

Wednesday, March 25, (closed performance)

Greenfield, Wis.

 

Thursday,  March 26, at 7 p.m.  

West Aurora High School

1201 W New York St.

Aurora, Ill.  

 

Saturday, April 11 at 7 p.m.

Centennial Hall

3703 7th Ave.

Rock Island, Ill.

 

 

 

 

Joshua Morano
More Than I Imagined ? Joshua Morano
“What I will definitely miss most is getting to play in the Symphonic Band. We are such a unique and tight-knit little family.?”
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