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2007 Season Begins on June 7!
Join the Kankakee Municipal Band for their first concert of the 2007 season on Thursday, June 7 at 7:30 pm.

Our conductor is Dr. Neal McMullian.
Serving as just the fifth director in the history of the band, Dr. McMullian is a music professor at Olivet Nazarene University.  He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Georgia.

  Audition Information  
 
  The Kankakee Municipal Band is interested in recruiting outstanding musicians from the Kankakee area.  Per board policy, the conductor selects all performers in the band while the elected board selects which performers become voting members of the group. 

Musicians interested in joining the band must play an audition.  Please note that openings are anticipated in tuba, percussion, and clarinet.  However, all interested musicians should audition.

CLARIFICATION: Past performers who are classified as "regulars" do not need to reaudition.  Past performers who were "subs" will need to play an audition for the new director.

The band performs a weekly series of ten summer music concerts.  The band rehearses on Tuesday evenings and performs on Thursday evenings.   Performers must attend the rehearsals in order to perform. Musicians receive an honorarium for their services.

Because the band plays a new concert program each week, qualified musicians must be excellent sight-readers.  They must be available on Tuesday and Thursday evenings during the summer.  They are eager to perform on their instrument and look forward to preparing quality musical performances.

The 2007 auditions have been scheduled for Thursday, May 24, 2007 at Larsen Fine Arts Center at Olivet Nazarene University.  Musicians must perform a prepared selection which should display the musician's tone quality, expression, and range.  Musicians will also be asked to perform two major scales from memory.  A sight-reading test will also be conducted.  The conductor and band officers will evaluate the auditions.

Please contact president@kankakeeband.org to schedule an audition.

 

 

 

 

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