Band Performs Annual Spring Concert

Westfield, NJ. - The band will present its annual Spring Concert on FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. at the Roosevelt Intermediate School auditorium, 301 Clark Street, Westfield, NJ. The band will perform classical and contemporary selections, featuring the music of Leonard Bernstein, Gilbert & Sullivan and others. Masks and social distancing will be observed, if required.

The band highlighted its 2023 concert season (the band's 111th season) with a special performance at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The band performed the complete Robert Russell Bennett arrangement of "Porgy and Bess" by George Gershwin, and Clare Grundman's "An Irish Rhapsody". The band's performance was part of the Symphonic Series for Bands and Orchestras.

The band returned to Mindowaskin Park in 2023 for its historic summer concert series. The band first performed in Mindowaskin Park in 1918 when the park first opened to the public.

All of the band's concerts are free to the public.

The band encourages experienced area musicians to consider joining the band, which rehearses each Wednesday evening from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Westfield Municipal Building, 425 East Broad Street, Westfield. For further information, please contact the band at info@westfieldcommunityband.com or contact band manager Barry Rosenberg at 908-337-9073.

The Westfield Community Band is sponsored in part by the Westfield Recreation Department, Megan Schaffer, Director. This concert is also made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.