Community Band of Brevard

Music

Contact

http://www.CommunityBandofBrevard.com

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Description

The Community Band of Brevard exists to educate its members, to entertain its audiences, and to serve its community. For members, the Band will provide: * enjoyable and meaningful music experiences; * opportunities to utilize the members’ music performing skills and broaden their music horizons; and * opportunities to develop and improve the members’ music performing skills both as individuals and as an ensemble For audiences, the Band will provide entertaining concerts of music performed at the highest level of quality. For the community, the Band will provide its services (schedule permitting) when requested to satisfy the needs of the entire or a significant subset of the community.

The Community Band of Brevard will continually improve in satisfying its members, audiences, and community. Consequently, the time will come when the Band is a truly superior Community Band which has a waiting list of those who want to join, always plays to a packed house, and has the strength of a broad base of community support.

The Community Band of Brevard is a recipient of the "Sudler Silver Scroll", North America’s Most Prestigious Award for Community Concert Bands presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. The criteria for consideration for this honor includes the band having achieved and maintained particularly high standards of excellence in concert performances. They must have selected a high level of musical literature over a period of years. The conductor must be incumbent in his or her position for a minimum of five years including the current year. The band must have demonstrated a record of contributing significantly to the high standards of cultural environment in its community both by its performances and by involving a high percentage of community residents as performers.