Nepean Concert Band

Nepean, Canada
February 18, 2007
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Nepean Concert Band (NCB) are Wednesday evenings, 7:30to 9:30 PM, at the Nepean Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Road, Ottawa, Ontario. The NCB is always open to new members. The NCB is a provincially-registered non-profit organization and depends upon membership fees, concert revenue, and sponsorship from patrons in the public and private sectors, to pay for the necessities such as conductor's honorarium, rehearsal space rental, equipment maintenance and the purchase of quality concert band arrangements.
Band/artist history
The NEPEAN CONCERT BAND, INC. (NCB) has provided musical entertainment in the National Capital since 1975, when it began as a night-class offered by the Carleton Board of Education. The NCB's current membership comprises 60 volunteer musicians who enjoy playing classical, blues, marches, big-band, Broadway/Film/TV and contemporary concert band selections.
Have you performed in front of an audience?
Formal concerts are performed throughout the year and the NCB presents a bi-weekly "Summer Sounds" series (at Andrew Haydon Park), alternating Wednesday evenings, from June to August. You can often catch the band at community and civic events within the Ottawa region and numerous Senior Citizens' Residences.
What equipment do you use?
Wind Instruments: Flutes Clarinets Oboes Bassoons Saxophones Horns (as in French Horns) Euphoniums (a.ka. Baritones) Trombones Tubas String Bass (electric) Trumpets Percussion
Anything else?
Visit the official NCB site: The not so official facebook page: Our Brass Quintet here on SoundClick:
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