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"My sons and I were attending NMC at the same time...and we were all playing in the NMC community band. Mr. John Campbell was our director that sememster and we were each playing a trumpet. I was close to last chair and they held the first few chairs. We attended weekly practices together and rehearsed at home as well. My husband came to the concert and ours eyes met during the applause...I saw the pride!"
CARON ALPERS
Community Concert Band
2010 summer concert series
The 2010 summer program will include Broadway musicals, marches, patriotic pieces, and other popular works. The public is invited to bring a lawn chair and join the band for four evenings designed to appeal to audiences of all ages.
- July 1 - Music House Museum, Acme, 7:30 p.m.
- July 5 - National Cherry Festival Heroes Day Concert, Main Stage, Traverse City, 7 p.m.
- July 15 - Hull Park, Traverse City, 7:30 p.m.
- July 22 - On the Green at Grand Traverse Pavilions, Traverse City, 7 p.m.
ABOUT the conductor
John W. Beery earned a Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Arts degrees from Central Michigan University. He was awarded a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship to attend the Teachers Performance Institute at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He has served as principal tuba with, among others, the Saginaw Symphony Orchestra, West Michigan Wind Ensemble, West Shore Symphony Orchestra, Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra and Manchester Symphony Orchestra. He served as director of the Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble at Manchester College for 14 years. He also taught music at the Pathfinder School, and has been a member of the Interlochen Arts Camp staff for more than 26 years. He has commissioned two works for concert band, and has conducted several premiers of new works. He has conducted the NMC Summer Community Band for the past 12 seasons.