Check out our schedule for a listing of all events during the Spring and Summer season.
We are wrapping up our summer season with a concert at Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford, PA on July 15th. We will meet to gear up again on September 2nd. We would love to have new members join us then. A huge thank you to our patron's who have supported us both with attendance at our events and financially this year. See you in the fall. Our first concert will be a 9/11 Patriotic Salute at Hart's Amphitheater south of North East on Route 272 at 6:00 PM on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Come enjoy the beautiful view, good music, and food will be available.
The UCCB is looking for an Assistant Director. This is a volunteer position in which he/she serves as the Musical Director whenever the UCCB's Director is unable or unavailable for rehearsals or concerts. The Assistant Director will most likely be invited by the Director to conduct one or more concerts a year. The candidate should have or be working toward a degree in music. Some experience in conducting a musical organization is preferred. Also the person should be proficient on at least one wind instrument and have experience playing in a band. Please contact us through our contact page on this site, or call 410-658-4534 if interested.
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The Upper Chesapeake Community Band was founded sixteen years ago. We are an all-age, all-volunteer organization whose purpose is to provide concert music for the surrounding community, and to give adult musicians a way to continue performing after leaving school. Our band plays year-round for local nursing homes, retirement centers, civic functions, parades, Fourth of July celebrations and Christmas concerts. We are supported in part by grants from the Cecil County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council, and by the Rising Sun American Legion. The band has also appeared in concert at the Milburn Stone Theater four times doing two Christmas Concerts, "Showtime Spectacular" with the Showtime Singers of Ellicott City, MD. and celebrating our 15th anniversary.
The Upper Chesapeake Community Band is always looking for new musicians to join us. We especially need clarinet, oboe, alto sax, and trumpet, and French Horn, but can use more musicians in every area. We have members from ages12 to senior citizens. They are of all walks of life and levels of musical ability (must be able to play grade 3 music), and there is no audition. If you play an instrument, or once played an instrument, and would be interested in joining us, send an e-mail from the contact us link or call our director at 410-658-4534 for more information.
We are also looking to increase our color guard and front for the parades that we will be doing this year. We need people to march in front of the band and carry our banner, flags and "guns". Any person, male or female, young or older, may help us in this area. You must obtain a uniform. Also, they need not attend any rehearsal, just be present for one parade practice and parades.
If you are interested in filling any of these open positions, go to the contact us link, and call or e-mail us to ask questions or to signup.