Christmas Concert

Holiday ConcertThursday, December 18 at 7:00pmNortheast United Methodist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Join us for a free holiday concert! Selections include "Let It Go" from Disney's Frozen, "Silver Sleigh," "Bashana Haba 'Ah," "Grownup Christmas List," "Sleigh Ride," “The Christmas Song,” “O Holy Night,” plus many others....including guest vocalist, Shannon McGuire.

Give to the Max Day!

Band Members: Don’t forget Today is Give to the Max Day an easy way to pay your dues. 

Remember dues are $60 a year and they are used to pay our director buy music and hopefully percussion, or other  needed, equipment. 

Yes they take a few cents from each donation but any online giving or mobile banking does. 

The more money we give on Give to the Max day the bigger cut we get from the match.

Just go here and click donate.

https://givemn.org/organization/Northeast-Community-Band

You do not have to be a member of the band to donate, any funds donated are tax deductible as we are a 501c charity corporation.

We rehearse at Edison High School and are in our 18th season.

Fall Concert - October 30, 2014

Come have some candy and listen to some free music! 

Dress up in costume even! 

Songs include: "Chillers and Thrillers" 

(Themes of Suspense by John Williams) 

including 

 "The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)," 

"Theme from Jaws,"

 "The Face of Voldemort;" 

"Whitacre's "October;" 

Join us in some Halloween fun!!

Thursday, October 30th, 7:00pm at

Edison High School 

Auditorium, 

700 22nd Ave NE. 

Minneapolis, MN

The season is starting soon.

Get ready, it's around the corner.

Our special guest singer has been revealed...

Shannon McGuire: former instructor at North East Middle School and North High School.

So come on our and support YOUR Northeast Community Band!

When: Thursday, May 22
Where:Como Park Lakeside Pavilion, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55117
What time: 7:00 pm

Join us at our Annual Como Park Performance featurning a mix of songs from the season and band members choices over the years.

We have a special guest singer who will be some classic Gershwin tunes and "Over the Rainbow."

Some of our other music will include "Peter and the Wolf," Sousa's "Liberty Bell March," a Gershwin medley, and some of our Saucedo pieces from our March concert.

Free music, fresh air, and lovely lakeside view. Come join us!!

More Bandwidth Photos

Thanks to our resident Bass Clarinet player (Will) - we have additional photos:

This is a view of the NECB taken from above

And of course - fearless leader!

Flutes in row 1, behind you can see the Bass

Clarinet and saxophones.

This is a beautiful building 

And the NECB stands to take a bow!

Some photos from Bandwidth 2014

We are posting some photos taken at the Bandwidth 2014 concert this past Sunday.

If anyone has any other photos that you want to share on this blog, let us know.

This is a view taken from our location

Tim is watching the other group finish up

as the rest of us get ready to play

Outside the Landmark Center

Another outside shot

A shot of the upper levels where people

stood to watch us play.

Bandwidth 2014

Here is a short video from Bandwidth 2014 at the Landmark Center in St. Paul.

Click here for Video 

This video will start just before we played 

Our next Concert - April 06, 2014

Northeast Community Band to debut at Bandwidth 2014 on Sunday April 6 

Northeast Community Band will perform Sunday, April 6 at 3:50 PM as part of BandWidth 2014 community band festival in the magnificent cortile of Landmark Center,     75 W. 5th Street, in downtown Saint Paul. BandWidth 2014 runs from 12:00 to 5:30 PM.  Admission is free and family friendly. Enjoy an afternoon of listening to marches, concert band classics, pop, Broadway, and jazz music performed by 6 volunteer-based ensembles in one location:
12:30 Capital City Wind Ensemble
1:20 Brio Brass
2:10 Fridley City Band
3:00 Century College Concert Band
3:50 Northeast Community Band
4:40 Lex-Ham Community Band

www.BandWidthMusicFest.org

https://www.facebook.com/events/674537542605554/

Spring Concert!

Join Us!! 

The Northeast Community Band 

and

The Edison High School Band 

Present

A Spring Concert featuring the Music of

Richard Saucedo!

And...

The Northeast Community Band will be premiering 

a piece that was especially commissioned for them:

William H. Fry's 

"Symphony for  Dying  Soldier" 

(Arranged by Steve K. Gerber Adj. Professor from George Mason University)

When:   Thursday, March 20th

Time:     7:00 p.m.

Where:  Northeast Middle School Auditorium, 2955 Hayes St NE, Mpls.

Cost:     Free

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