CONCERTS

SEASON 6: 2009-2010

We currently have two Fall 2009 concerts, both at Rider University (Yvonne Theatre, Fine Arts Building), both donation-based:

• Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 5pm. Featuring various soloists and exciting new pieces.
  
  
• CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR: Sunday, December 13, 2009. Concert starts at 2pm.
  
  

Our Spring/Summer 2010 line-up is currently as follows:

• Tuesday, April 6, 2010 (time tbd)
  Nicholas Music Center, Douglass Campus of Rutgers University. A special joint concert with the Rutgers Symphonic Band (MD: Professor Darryl Bott) featuring the world premiere of a Euphonium Concerto with Steve Allen as soloist, and the band playing their NABBA program including 'Triumphant Rhapsody' by Gilbert Vinter.
  
  
• Thursday, April 15 to Sunday, April 18, 2010
  The NABBA Championships in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Go to www.nabba.org for further details.) NOTE: BOOKING YOUR HOTEL ROOM FOR THIS EVENT IS EXTREMELY URGENT DUE TO OTHER EVENTS IN RALEIGH THAT WEEKEND.
  
  
• Monday, July 19, 2010 (7-8pm)
  Central Bucks High School/South, 110 Folly Road, Warrington, PA, 1897. Open air festive concert.
  
  

Further information regarding Rider concerts in the Spring will be forthcoming.

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you.

Past Concerts

• Friday May 2, 2008, 9 AM
  
  Kendall Hall, The College of New Jersey.
  
  Opening concert of the 2008 New Jersey Band Conference. Admission Free.
  
  
• Sunday June 29, 2008, 6 PM
  
  Yvonne Theater, Rider University.
  
  Summer Concert and Season Finale.
• March 28 and 29, 2008
  
  North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) Championships (http://www.nabba.org/)
  
  Louisville, KY
  
  
• March 16, 2008 at 6 pm
  
  Rider University, Yvonne Theater
  
  
• February 28, 2008 at 7 pm
  
  Mendham Twp. Middle School at 7:00pm
  
  
• December 6, 2007 at 7 pm
  
  "A Christmas Spectacular"
  
  St. Michael's R.C. Church, West End NJ 07740
  
  
• December 2, 2007 at 6 pm
  
  Holiday Special!
  
  Rider University, Yvonne Theater
  
  
• Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 2pm
  
  Yardley Community Centre
  
  
• Thursday, April 12 through Sunday, April 15, 2007
  
  North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) Championships (http://www.nabba.org/)
  
  Louisville, Kentucky
  
  
• Wednesday April 4th, 2007 at 7.30
  
  Annual pre-NABBA concert and open rehearsal
  
  Yvonne Theater, Rider University
  
  
• Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 7 pm
  
  Christmas Concert
  
  Rider University, Yvonne Theater, Lawrenceville, NJ
  
  
• Saturday, December 9, 2006 at 7pm
  
  Canal Walk, Franklin Township, Somerset, NJ
  
  
• Sunday, November 19, 2006 at 6pm
  
  Rider University, Yvonne Theater
  
  
• Saturday, November 4, 2006 at 7pm
  
  Princeton University, University Chapel
  
  
• Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 4-6PM
  
  'At Home', Princeton Church of Christ
  
  (corner Rte. 27 and River Road just South of Kingston, NJ).
  
  
• Thursday, June 1, 2006 at 6-8PM
  
  Princeton Shopping Center, Harrison Street, Princeton.
  
  
• Saturday, April 1, 2006
  
  North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) Championships (http://www.nabba.org/)
  
  Louisville, Kentucky
  
  
• Sunday, March 26, 2006 at 6 PM
  
  Yvonne Theater, Rider University.
  
  
• Sunday November 20, 2005, 6 PM.
  
  'Music Box Series', Yvonne Theater, Rider University.
  
  
• Sunday October 23, 2005, 4-6 PM
  
  'At Home', Princeton Church of Christ (corner Rte. 27 and River Road just South of Kingston, NJ).
  
  
• Thursday June 2, 2005, 6-8 PM
  
  Princeton Shopping Center, Harrison Street, Princeton.
  
  
• Sunday May 1, 2005 at 4-6 PM
  
  'At Home', Princeton Church of Christ (corner Rte. 27 and River Road just South of Kingston, NJ).
  
  The 'First Birthday' celebration of the Princeton Brass Band. The band gave three premieres:
  
  
  • Peter Meechan's 'Purcell Variants' (2004) - completed two days after the PBB's foundation last May - given its US premiere (and, according to the composer, the first performance outside Manchester, UK, where it was premiered by Black Dyke conducted by Nicholas Childs, the dedicatee)
    
    
  • Derek Bourgeious' march 'Stanshawe' (2005) given its US, if not World, premiere
    
    
  • Music Director Steve Allen's 'Heroes' given its World Premiere in brass band form
    
    
• Sunday April 3rd at 4 PM (to 5.30)
  
  Rider University - Music Box Series
  
  Lecture Theater, Bart Luedeke Center, Rider University
  
  
• November 21, 2004 5-6:30 PM
  
  The Princeton Brass Band: First Public Presentation
  
  Princeton Church of Christ