Take Two

Welcome to the new home of the Milwaukee Community Music blog. The blog has been in place since the beginning of the 2007-08 season on another hosting site, but it was recently gagged and edited by the hosting site because of advertising (the site forbids advertising). What I learned was that, in their mind, listing the different concert dates and locations for community bands and orchestras in the Milwaukee area was considered advertising. I felt that the best way to pass on information about community music groups was to include concert information, and so I had to move the blog to this hosting site which allows concert dates.

Some of the information that was removed from the post included the concert calendar for the spring. I've rebuilt most of that calendar and will post it here for all. Unfortunately I had a brain cramp and did not have a backup copy of the calendar, so please add any missed dates in your comments. Together we'll have a more complete Milwaukee Community Music Calendar.

February

• 8th and 9th: The Menomonee Falls Symphony present their annual concert / dinner at the Silver Spring Country Club. This year's theme is Neopolitan Love, featuring Italian music. Dinner service begins at 6:30 PM. For more information or to purchase tickets, call Delores Chrzan at 262-679-0779.

March

• 16th: The Milwaukee Festival Brass presents The Luck of the Irish at 3 PM at the Schwan Concert Hall on the campus of Wisconsin Lutheran College. More on this concert in a future post.
• 30th: The Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Concert Band presents Look To The Sky, at 3 PM also at Schwan Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College.

April

• 5th: The Lakeshore Symphonic Band performs at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center at 7:30 PM
• 6th: The Knightwind Ensemble, the area's only community band awarded the Sudler Silver Scroll by the Sousa Foundation, presents Heroes at the Schwan Concert Hall on the campus of Wisconsin Lutheran College. Much more on this concert in a future post.

May

• 18th: The Lakeshore Symphonic Band performs at the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center at 7:00 PM.
• 26th: The Knightwind Ensemble performs its annual Memorial Day Pops concert at the Milwaukee County Zoo's Peck Welcome Center at 1 PM.
• 26th: The Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Concert Band performs a special Memorial Day concert at Memorial Hall at the Milwaukee War Memorial

June

• 7th: The Milwaukee Festival Brass performs Prime Time Brass at the Whitefish Bay United Methodist at 7:30. More on this concert in a future post.

And there you have it...a nice calendar of Community Music Events for this spring ready for your referigerator door!

And so, the Milwaukee Community Music blog is back up and running. Comments welcome!