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Recipient of the 2007-2008 John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Silver Scroll |
Above: Ric Best conducts the band at Carnegie Hall
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Our next Full Band Rehearsal is Tuesday, September 7th at Farragut Middle School. Usual time (7:00 pm).
For a map and directions to Farragut Middle School, please click here.
Please note that the Campbell Station Road entrance to the high school has been closed until November 2010 due to the widening of Campbell Station Road. It is recommended that you approach the school from Lovell Road if coming from the East.
This home page last edited Tuesday, 31 August 2010 09:30 PM Eastern |
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Next Engagement Loudon Celebration / Fiddler's Convention @ The Loudon Tate & Lyle Performing Arts Center September 12, 2010, Time 7:30p ET Location: Loudon, TN For further details and further engagements, click here or on the Calendar tab at the top of the page. To receive email reminders of upcoming concerts, click here. |
The East Tennessee Concert Band (ETCB) was founded in 1991. It presents a year-round series of concerts in a wide range of venues. It is dedicated to excellence in symphonic band performance and to providing quality band music to the people of East Tennessee. The band is under the direction of Dr. Ric Best. For information about him, click here.
In addition to a regular schedule of concerts in the East Tennessee area, the ETCB has performed in Washington, DC, London, England and at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, and has received numerous awards and acclamations. ETCB was the 2007-2008 recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Silver Scroll, North America's most prestigious award for community concert bands (for details of the Presentation Concert in February 2008 click here).
The band typically provides admission-free concerts, being a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation chartered in the State of Tennessee, and funded entirely through corporate sponsors, donations, and membership. The bylaws can be viewed by clicking here. For a list of our supporters, click here, where you'll also find details of various suggested donation packages. If you would like to make an individual donation for any amount using Paypal or your credit card, click the Donate button at the bottom of this screen, or write a check (click here for details).
If you play a band instrument to a reasonably good standard and you're interested in becoming a member of the band, please get in touch with us by clicking here or on the Contact button at the top of this page: you can be sure of a warm welcome. Equally, contact us if you would like to schedule a concert; we can tailor the music and band size to your tastes.
The band is guided by an Executive Board, which is elected by the membership. The current Board positions are as follows:
| President | Bryan Massengale |
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| Vice-President | Jeff Budge |
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| Treasurer | Jeff Lambdin |
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| Secretary | Janet Reinholz |
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| Librarian | Kathleen Sullivan |
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| Personnel Manager | Michelle Laing |
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| Publicity Coordinator | Sophie Kershaw |
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Each year, the band designates one of its concerts as a Rising Star concert featuring one or more superiorly talented high-school musicians from the East Tennessee area. The musicians are selected by members of the band. Watch our Calendar for our next Rising Star concert.