NCSB History

The North Coast Symphonic Band is your band!

• Wind players encouraged formation of the band in 1979.
• The band consists of musicians of all ages from high school students to retired seniors and from all walks of life. There are music professionals in the group as well as students, teachers and a principal, doctors and nurses, contractors, businessmen, and a fireman – all of whom have made music a life-long avocation.
• The North Coast Symphonic Band presents low-cost musical entertainment for audiences in the greater North Coast community and Southwest Washington and provides an opportunity for instrumental musicians to improve their skills.
• New members are welcome. There are no dues or fees. Contact Dennis Hale (503 325-3891) or Janet Bowler (503 325-2431). Tuition-paying students can receive college credit.

The North Coast Symphonic Band sets high musical standards and creates quality musical opportunities for musicians and audience alike.

• Dick Boberg returns for a third season as Conductor of the North Coast Symphonic Band. Past conductors include Art Vaughn and James Smith.
• Guest conductors and composers have been lavish in their praise of the North Coast Symphonic Band and include: Theodore Bloomfield, Elliot del Borgo, Francis McBeth, David Holsinger, David Becker, Aldo Raphael Forte, Thom Ritter George, Larry Johnson, and Carolyn Vian.
• “The North Coast Symphonic Band proved to be one of the finest community bands I have heard, complete with strong players and a strong season musical plan. The NCSB is a jewel in Astoria’s cultural life.” Guest Conductor Thom Ritter George, May 2003

The North Coast Symphonic Band begins its third year as a self-supporting organization.

• Clatsop College sponsored the band from 1979 to 2003 and still supports the band with instruments, rehearsal facilities, publicity, programs, and box office.
• Donors saved the band from demise when it lost major funding from Clatsop College in 2003-04. Substantial financial support came from Jack Mayfield and friends in Texas, the Autzen Foundation, and our numerous local friends and supporters.
• The NCSB is a 501(c)3 organization and donations to the NCSB are tax-deductible.
• Expenses still exceed ticket revenue; we need your support and contributions. Please consider making a donation and becoming a patron today.

North Coast Symphonic Band July Concert 2005

RSVP if you plan to play this season!

Conductor Dick Boberg asks that musicians RSVP if they intend to play the 2005-06 season. Please send a brief message to Janet (you have the e-mail address) and she will compile the list to forward to Dick.

Letter from the Director Richard Boberg - August 30, 2005

Dear NCSB members,

Welcome back to the 2005-2006 season of NCSB. I heard many good reports of the summer concert series conducted by Terry, and extend congratulations to all for a job well done. My student’s parents loved Jeff’s tenor solo and Terry’s great sense of fun during the concerts.

We are planning to expand on the success of last year with a widely varied program of music that I believe will be pleasing to the audience and enjoyable for you to play. I am continuing to look for (and finding!) music that will be new and challenging to the band. This fall, we will perform a concert of music from Britain, including Holst’s Second Suite, Adam Gorb’s Over Hill and Dale, a newly composed Suite of English Folk Dances by Ernest Tomlinson, an archive march from historical British military band literature, Regimental Band (1912) and The Campbells, a Scottish quickstep. Of course, a concert of British Isles music would be incomplete without Percy Grainger, so we will put the woodwinds to the test with Molly on the Shore. A little frosting on the cake will be a medly of Music of McCartney and an encore march.

The December holiday concert will feature traditional Scandinavian tunes along with some lighter American holiday songs and perhaps some Alfred Reed. How about a little caroling with the band and the audience?

The March guest conductor concert will be firmed up shortly. We will announce the conductor and program in October.

Spring pops will be a classical pops concert once again, with music from The Mikado, Finlandia, and, hopefully, soprano soloist Debbie Benke from the Oregon Repertory Singers. She will perform a suite of her favorite Gershwin songs with the band, which I will arrange, and Ellington’s Come Sunday. Add to that Adam Gorb’s Yiddish Dances, and we have a program that I am sure will delight both the audience and the band.

I am planning a summer concert in the style of Sousa, featuring the Cubaland Suite, Gottschalk’s Night in the Tropics, Cousins, a cornet and euphonium duet, and a couple of rarely heard marches performed by the Sousa band.

I am always open to input on literature from the band. There is some flexibility in the programming after the first concert. Your suggestions are appreciated, and I will be happy to consider them.

This season gives us the opportunity for continued musical growth. Our expanding audience is evidence of our success. I look forward to seeing all of you on September 12^th.

Richard Boberg, conductor

North Coast Symphonic Band

Rehearsal Schedule

All dates are Mondays unless otherwise marked.

Sept 12 – rehearsal 7 PM

Sept 19 – rehearsal 7 PM

Sept 26 – rehearsal 7 PM

Oct 3 – rehearsal 7 PM

Oct 10 – rehearsal 7 PM

Oct 17 – rehearsal 7 PM

Oct 24 – rehearsal 7 PM

Sunday, October 30 – 1 PM – rehearsal 3 PM concert

Oct 31 – NO rehearsal

Nov 7 – rehearsal 7 PM

Nov 14 – rehearsal 7 PM

Nov 21 – rehearsal 7 PM

Nov 28 – rehearsal 7 PM

Dec 5 – rehearsal 7 PM

Sunday, December 11 - Holiday concert – 1 PM –rehearsal 3 PM - concert

Dec 12 – NO rehearsal

Dec 19 – NO rehearsal

Jan 2 – NO rehearsal

Jan 9 – rehearsal 7 PM

Jan 16 – rehearsal 7 PM

Jan 23 – rehearsal 7 PM

Jan 30 – rehearsal 7 PM

Feb 6 – rehearsal 7 PM

Feb 13 – rehearsal 7 PM

Feb 20 – rehearsal 7 PM

Saturday, February 25 – guest conductor rehearsal 12 AM – 4 PM

Sunday, February 26 – Guest Conductor Concert 2 PM

Feb 27 – NO rehearsal

Mar 6 – rehearsal 7 PM

Mar 13 – rehearsal 7 PM

Mar 20 – rehearsal 7 PM

Mar 27 – NO rehearsal; Oregon spring break

Apr 3 – NO rehearsal if this is Washington spring break

Apr 10 – rehearsal 7 PM

Apr 17 – rehearsal 7 PM

Apr 24 – rehearsal 7 PM

May 1 – rehearsal 7 PM

May 8 – rehearsal 7 PM

Sunday, May 14 – Pops Concert – 1 PM rehearsal 3 PM concert

May 15 – NO rehearsal

May 22 – rehearsal maybe 7 PM

May 29 – NO rehearsal, Memorial Day

Jun 5 – NO rehearsal, graduation

Jun 12 – rehearsal 7 PM

Jun 19 – rehearsal 7 PM

Jun 26 – rehearsal 7 PM

Monday, Jul 3 Concert – 4^th of July, Liberty Theater, 7 PM

Tuesday, July 4 Concert – 4^th of July, Cannon Beach, 2 PM

THIS IS A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE YEAR. PLEASE READ E-MAILS REGULARLY FOR UP-DATES.

North Coast Symphonic Band Concert Season 2005-06

Music from the British Isles

Sunday, October 30, 2005

3 PM, CCC PAC

Winter Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 11, 2005

3 PM, CCC PAC

High School Concert

Mid-February, 2006

TBA

Guest Conductor Concert

Sunday, February 26, 2006

2 PM, Liberty Theater, Astoria

Pops Concert - Tentative

Friday, May 12, 7 PM

TBA Washington

Pops Concert

Sunday, May 14, 2006

3 PM, Liberty Theater, Astoria

Old-Time American 4^th of July

Monday, Jul 3, 2006

7 PM, Liberty Theater, Astoria

Old-Time American 4^th of July

Tuesday, July 4, 2006

2 PM, Cannon Beach City Park