Columbia Bands, non-profit community organization based in Columbia, Maryland

Entertaining Maryland audiences since 1983

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Upcoming Performances
Saturday, April 18, 2015 Private Event Sunday, April 19, 2015 Evening Concert Sunday, May 17, 2015 1:00 - 2:30pm Spring concert Wednesday, August 12, 2015 7:30 - 9:30pm Summer concert Sunday, August 23, 2015 Private event TENTATIVE DATES Saturday, May 16, 2015 3:00 - 4:00pm Spring concert Saturday, May 16, 2015 Evening Tandem concert	Jazz Band Reston, VA Flute Cocktail Christ Memorial Presbyterian Columbia, MD Jazz Band St. Paul's Lutheran Fulton, MD Jazz Band Columbia Lakefront Columbia, MD Jazz Band Sherwood Forest Club Sherwood Forest, MD Concert Band River Hill High School Columbia, MD Jazz Band / Columbia Orchestra Jim Rouse Theatre Columbia, MD

Columbia Bands is a non-profit community organization that gives non-professional musicians the opportunity to rehearse and perform challenging band literature while educating and entertaining the public in Howard County and other Maryland communities.

Michael Blackman directs the Columbia Concert Band and Pete BarenBregge directs the Columbia Jazz Band. Both groups rehearse year-round and play a variety of styles within their respective genres. Len Morse directs Flute Cocktail, which rehearses during the school year.

Participation in music ensembles and related activities is open to all. Qualifications for membership include interest and cooperation in organizational activities along with musical instrument proficiency. Members participate in band activities on a voluntary basis; however, small annual dues and donations are collected to help fund ongoing organizational expenses.

For more information on membership, please contact the director/manager of the group you are interested in: Concert Band, Jazz Band, Flute Cocktail.

Donating to Columbia Bands will help us provide our fans and the public with more great performances, and will support the arts as a whole. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity, which means your donation is tax-deductible. Receipts are available upon request.

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The Columbia Concert Band performs contemporary and traditional band music at three school-year concerts and usually two outdoor summer concerts, and is directed by Michael Blackman. Learn more...	The Columbia Jazz Band performs contemporary and traditional swing, Latin, and other jazz styles at public and private venues and events throughout the year, and is directed by Peter Barenbregge. Learn more...	Flute Cocktail performs original flute repertoire and arrangements of orchestral, folk, swing, and world music at public and private venues and events throughout the year, and is directed by Leonard Morse. Learn more...

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