2008-2009 Rehearsals
Rehearsals for the 2008 - 2009 season will begin August 11th
from 7:30pm - 9:30pm
CD Recording Project
The band will issue a 2-disc set entitled
"Marches and Musicals", available for sale at our October 12
concert.
We will also issue another Christmas CD, available at our
December 7th concert.
"Premieres and Anniversaries"
The theme of the 2008-09 season -- "Premieres and
Anniversaries".
This year the band will perform a number of brand new pieces, several
being given their first-ever performance by the MCCB. Among these is a new
medley of patriotic tunes written especially for the Air Force Band of
Flight in Dayton, and given its first performance this past 4th of July
weekend with Mr. Bierschenk conducting. The piece is dedicated Mr.
Bierschenk's father-in-law, Paul Roush, a Korean-War
era Air Force veteran. Photo below is of Mr. Roush, band commander Lt.
Col. Alan Sierichs, and Mr. Bierschenk.
The band also performs music this year commemorating some
significant anniversaries, such as the 90th anniversary of Armistice Day,
which ended World War I; a special new arrangement honoring the legacy of
Charleton Heston; and
next spring we celebrate Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday with a concert
of all-American music.
