Executive Board

NEXT PERFORMANCE

Saturday, July 19, 2008 - Our Lady of the Light Festival - Our Lady of the Light Band Club - Times TBA

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Due to unfortunate circumstances and a lower than minimum interest, this summer's Chorus will cease to meet. We will try to pick up and restart the group next summer. Perhaps with a little more word of mouth and a few more interested vocalists, we can continue with our plans to rejuvenate the program! Thanks you to those who came to the rehearsals and showed such great enthusiasm for the program. I hope to see you again next summer!

David M. Marshall, Director

The East Bay Summer Wind Ensemble is celebrating its 32^nd Anniversary Summer Season of Music. This season the ensemble will rehearse on the stage at Somerset High School in Somerset, Massachusetts where I am the current Director of Bands. Our first rehearsal of the season will take place on May 21, 2008 from 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. in the Somerset High School Auditorium. Please see the Directions Page for directions to the school. Parking is available in the teachers’ lot adjacent to the south (Auditorium) entrance to the school. Additional updates will be made available on the website throughout the season and remember to join the forum to be able to ask questions and converse online with other EBSWE members regarding the ensemble. Additionally, pictures and performance recordings from previous seasons are on-line as well.  Additional updates will be made available on the Current News Page throughout the season and remember to join the forum to be able to ask questions and converse online with other EBSWE members regarding the ensemble. Additionally, pictures and sounds from previous season are on-line as well.

Again this year, in order to cut down on the amount of time that registration sets us back at the first rehearsals, I am going to offer a pre-registration option. Attached to this email is a form that you can send back to me to pre-register for the season (please mail to EBSWE - 17 Naomi Street - Bristol, RI 02809). The fee will be $30 and you can pre-purchase EBSWE Folios ($15) and Performance Polo Shirts ($25) as well. Please remember, that you still can register at the first rehearsal and you will have the first two rehearsals in which you can order your folio and polo. With this option however, I foresee us spending less time on logistics and more time on rehearsing as our first concert is on June 23^rd at Independence Park in Bristol for the Bristol 4^th of July Concert Series. (New location due to Colt School construction!)

I would also like to extend an invitation to any of you that are interested in helping out the The East Bay Summer Youth Ensemble by performing with and assisting the group at rehearsals and performances. Many members perform with the group on secondary instruments as a way to enhance their music skills. No additional fee is charged for this participation, so if you are interested in joining us, please let me know at the first EBSWE rehearsal as the youth group does not begin rehearsing until the next week.

Additionally, we will once again be offering advertisement space and patrons acknowledgements in our annual program booklet. This fundraiser was very successful in its first year and I have high expectations for it once again this year. We are very close to having enough funds to purchase our own trailer. I would also like to build the EBSWE library and purchase equipment to be owned by the organization in the future. This is one of the ways I can foresee these kinds of things happening. Your efforts last year were overwhelming and I once again ask that you help by seeking out businesses and individuals that are interested in supporting our goals. Attached to this email are Program Ad Information Sheets, Order Forms and 3 Program Advertisement Sample Sheets (1/8 Page, 1/2 Page and Full Page). If you have any questions regarding this fundraiser, please feel free to contact me!

David M. Marshall, Director

East Bay Summer Wind Ensemble

Is looking for a few excellent musicians for our

32^nd Anniversary Concert Series!

Rehearsals take place on Wednesday Evenings during the summer from 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. beginning May 21^st, 2008 at

Somerset High School

625 County Street

Somerset, MA 02726

Audition Requirements for High School Students:     

1. All Major Scales (1 octave)  

2. Full-Range Chromatic Scale

3. Technical Etude or Solo of your choice.

(MEMBERS are Adults, College Students and RIMEA All-State / SEMMEA District Caliber Musicians)

High School Students should contact David M. Marshall, Director at marshalld@somerset.k12.ma.us for an audition time.

Calendar and Current News Pages

are updated on a weekly basis during the summer months!!!

Please Visit our New Patrons and Business Sponsors Page

Pictures and Sounds from

our 31st summer concert season

are available on the

2007 Pictures Page

and the

Multimedia Page!

30 Years of Music Culminated in one extraordinary

concert despite the weather conditions!!!

Click Here to see pictures from the 30th Reunion Concert at the

Bristol Town Common on Thursday Evening

Dear Members (Past and Present),

            After an afternoon of searching the old offices of the East Bay Association for the Arts (which is located in the basement of Lt. Col. Grimo's mother's basement in Bristol), Lt. Col. Grimo and I found decades worth of pictures, programs, instruments, equipment and records associated with the many ensembles that made up the E.B.A.A. during the late 1970's and early 1980's. These priceless historical items are now on display here on our web-site. I hope that after reviewing our past, we have found a new direction for our ensemble's future. This legacy of community music that has survived 3 decades, thanks to the efforts of our past directors, and it is my hope that it will continue to expand and evolve. Many new ideas will be explored, concert venues scheduled, guest artists invited to join us and ensembles created or reinstated over the next few years. Stay tuned to this site throughout the upcoming months for updates as to our direction and progress! The future holds no bounds!

David M. Marshall

President and Director of the EBSWE

FEATURED PAGES: Please visit our History Page for a more expanded description of the ensemble's past as well as our Pictures Page and Multimedia Page for an extraordinary amount of photographs and audio files from our past!

IT'S BACK!!!

Visit the NEW Web-site for the

Click below to read the following Clinic Column by Lt. Col. Steven Grimo

Mission Statement: To provide community musicians (amateur, student and professional) with a quality summer music experience while providing first-rate traditional and contemporary band music performances to neighboring communities.

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