Waukegan Municipal Band recordings, with guest and featured musicians
The Legal Stuff: The Waukegan Band does not monetize their audio and video recordings of the current and predecessor ensemble. Copyright claimants may place ads onto our YouTube videos. We maintain ASCAP and BMI Certificates of Compliance through Association of Concert Bands membership. These recordings are intended for our audience, on whom we depend and for whom we honor the community band movement. As a seasonally-performing wind ensemble, we are interested in maintaining and extending brand interest. The recording quality of live music outdoors is subject to equipment, microphone and background noise variability.
The Legal Stuff: The Waukegan Band does not monetize their audio and video recordings of the current and predecessor ensemble. Copyright claimants may place ads onto our YouTube videos. We maintain ASCAP and BMI Certificates of Compliance through Association of Concert Bands membership. These recordings are intended for our audience, on whom we depend and for whom we honor the community band movement. As a seasonally-performing wind ensemble, we are interested in maintaining and extending brand interest. The recording quality of live music outdoors is subject to equipment, microphone and background noise variability.
From the Northshore Concert Band website, 2007 newsfeed:
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Saturday, June 16, 2007 at Stiner Pavilion Waukegan**
2:00pm - 3:00pm - Great Lakes Navy Band
3:15pm - 4:15pm - Kenosha Pops
4:30pm - 5:30pm - Illinois Brass Band
5:45pm - 6:45pm - Chicago Brass Band
7:00pm - 8:00pm - Waukegan Municipal Band
8:15pm - 9:30pm - Northshore Concert Band
**The full audio files for this day are at: http://new.ctrout.com/WBF2007 Thanks to Curt Trout for preserving and sharing this gem. Enjoy!
June 16, 2007: The Waukegan Municipal Band at the "Battle of the Bands," Stiner Pavilion, Waukegan Lakefront
Thanks to Tom Gillette for preserving and sharing the following recordings from his Waukegan Municipal Band tenure.
August 1, 2000 Concert Selections - Lincoln Courtyard, Lake County Courthouse
August 7, 2001 Concert Selections - Dedication of the Stiner Pavilion, Waukegan Lakefront
June 8, 2002 Concert Selections, Jack Benny Statue and Plaza Dedication
July 4, 2003 Concert Selections, including the commissioned trilogy "Summer Music" by Joseph Laird
July 15, 2005 Waukegan Municipal Band Selections, from the Wheaton Band Festival
July 25, 2006 Concert Selections, including "Hawk Creek" composed and conducted by Emma Joy Jampole
June 26, 2007 Concert Selections
July 4, 2008 Concert Selections
July 4, 2009 Concert
July 14, 2009 Concert Selections
Waukegan Harbor, summer concert Stiner Pavilion backdrop Photo credit unknown
** Wind ensembles demonstrate that collaboration within a team produces a rich and textured blend of group work product, which is why community bands endure. Cultural resources, institutional enrichment and community treasures are best when shared in this hectic life.
Stay tuned for further additions!