Our Mission Statement
The mission of the Belle Valley Community
Band is
to bring
together area musicians to rehearse and perform quality band repertoire
for the enjoyment of area audiences. The band performs to entertain the
community and for the pure love of muisc.
Concerts
The band presents three formal concerts in December, March
and April or May of
each year, with ocassional concerts added. Concerts are presented on
Sunday afternoons. We usually perform for the Venture High School's
graduation every June, as well.
Rehearsals
The band rehearses on Tuesday nights from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m.,
usually
running from the third week of September through the Christmas concert
in December, and from the second week of January through the Spring
concert. Rehearsals are held in the Almont
High School band room,
Almont, MI, but please refer to the band's Members Only Page
for up-to-date locations and times.
Repertoire
A wide variety of repertoire is performed, from orchestral
transcriptions and standard band classics to marches and showtunes.
Music ranges from intermediate to advanced in level.
Membership
Membership is on a volunteer-basis and is open to qualified
players of
intermediate through advanced levels of playing, high school through
adult, on all wind and percussion instruments. Many of the band members
are professional performers and teachers. We also have several families
performing in the band. Wind players must provide their own
instruments, while percussion instruments are provided for rehearsals
and concerts.
Belle Valley Community Band Officers
Art Smith,
President
Donald
Davenport, Secretary-Treasurer
For
further information about the Belle Valley
Community Band,
contact the
band's Secretary-Treasurer, Donald Davenport at
bellevalleyband at yahoo.com
(in your email program, insert the @ sign
where the word "at" appears and remove the spaces;
please put "bandquest"
in the subject line). Thank-you.
