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The Burlington Municipal Band plays a one hour concert each week during the summer. Most of our concerts take place at the band shell in beautiful Crapo Park, overlooking the Mississippi River. While the band concerts begin at 7:30 PM, there is sometimes other entertainment preceding the concert, and families are encouraged to come early to enjoy the fine summer evening in the park. The concerts are broadcast on KBUR AM 1490 via "immediate delay," from 9:00 until 10:00 P.M. on Sunday nights. |
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Occasionally inclement weather forces the cancellation of our concerts. News of concert cancellations is broadcast on a number of local radio stations. Concert cancellations will also be posted here on this web site. |
Each year, the band has openings for a few musicians. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Burlington Municipal Band, contact Mark Eveleth by telephone at (319) 753-6900 or by e-mail at evelethm@mchsi.com. |
About the Band |
The Burlington (Iowa) Municipal Band is a community concert band which has served and enriched the life of this city for eighty years. The band's first concert was presented in Crapo Park in May of 1927 after the citizens of Burlington had expressed the desire that such a band be formed. The band's roots extend back to the nineteenth century; it was formed through the combining of the existing Orchard City Band and the privately operated Fischer's Band under the leadership of J. Henri Fischer, a prominent musician of the era. |
The band today enjoys a membership from a wide variety of backgrounds. The band contains homemakers, physicians, music teachers, business men and women, ministers, retired people, college students, and a few outstanding high school musicians. All share the common enjoyment of playing their instruments and providing the community with a wholesome family activity. |
With continued support from the City of Burlington, the Municipal Band performs free Sunday evening concerts in Crapo Park during the summer months. These concerts are presented from 7:30 until 8:30 P.M. at the Crapo Park Bandshell, located on Grandview Drive within the park. This site provides concert goers a magnificent view of the Mississippi River and the Illinois farmlands spread below, and a wide lawn where listeners can choose to sit on park benches provided near the bandshell, or bring their own lawn chairs or blankets, perhaps to sit near the illuminated Foehlinger Fountain. The concerts are well attended by people of all ages, and many visitors to Burlington make it a point to return each summer to hear at least one concert. |
This website is now maintained by members of the Burlington Municipal Band. We thank the staff at the Burlington Public Library for the original site design. |
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We hope that you will take the opportunity to support live music provided by many musical organizations in the Burlington Area. Members of the Municipal Band participate in or direct many of these groups, and we would love to see you. These groups include the school bands, orchestras and choirs in Burlington and surrounding communities as well as the Southeast Iowa Symphony, Southeast Iowa Band, Bel Canto Chorale, South Hill Brass, Southeast Iowa Brass Quintet, and the Southeast Iowa Woodwind Quintet. You may often find band members directing or participating in the pit bands of the Players Workshop and/or area school musical productions as well. |
Welcome to muniband.org, the official web site of the Burlington Municipal Band of Burlington, Iowa! |
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The summer concert season of 2007 has come and gone. Before the memories of each concert fade it seems appropriate to mention those whose collective efforts and support make the band a reality. These are the individuals and organizations to whom we offer our sincere thanks: |
The City of Burlington and the Henry and Elsie Starker Memorial Trust which provide rehearsal facilities, space for our music library and financial support |
The Burlington Fine Arts League for their grant enabling us to purchase new music |
Phil Collier and the staff of the Burlington Parks Department for maintaining the band shell and keeping Crapo Park a beautiful place to have our concerts |
Don Fitting and the staff of Burlington's wastewater treatment facility for graciously allowing us to use one of their trucks each week to haul equipment to and from concerts |
Diane and Debbie of the Finance Department at City Hall who keep the band's finances in good order |
Bill, the custodian at Memorial Auditorium who sees that the Auditorium is always ready for our Monday evening rehearsals there |
Band member Jennifer Hexom (trumpet/euphonium) who takes care of the band's personnel and payroll work |
Jennifer's daughter Bethany Hexom who is the band's music librarian |
Band members Gerry Runyon (trombone), Nathan Fritz (bass clarinet), Gerhardt Lachnitt (trumpet) and Michael Salino-Hugg (percussion) who load, haul, and set up equipment for each week's concert |
Band member Tom Bell (trumpet), who handles the traffic barricades for each concert and who, along with band member Jim Priebe (trombone), maintains this web page for the band |
Band member Mark Eveleth (trumpet) who keeps the media informed of the band's activities and is the band's main contact person |
Band member Dave Scott (percussion) who provides his labor and his truck to haul and set up the percussion equipment for rehearsals and concerts, manages the percussion section personnel, sets up and runs the PA system and records each concert |
John Roth, owner of the beautiful antique fire truck who allowed the band to ride in the Steamboat Days parade when, through a miscommunication, our regular truck was unavailable, and The Burlington Civic Music Association which had sponsored the fire truck in the parade |
Band member Alisha Orth's (saxophone) mom Carrie Orth for often making delicious cookies and offering them to band members after our concerts Yum! |
Radio station KBUR and announcer Steve Hexom for broadcasting our concerts each week |
Radio station WIUM/WIUW and announcer Jeff Holtz for mentioning our concerts on their Community Calendar program |
The Hawk Eye newspaper for their coverage and previews of our concerts each week |
All of the individuals and groups who have contributed to the band for the purchase of new music and other items |
And last but certainly not least, thank you to all who attended our concerts this past summer. Without you there would be no band. We give you our best wishes for the year ahead and look forward to seeing you next summer. |
