Southwest Community Concert Band 2013

The Southwest Community Concert Band performs four seasonal concerts, Summer Park Concerts and hosts Winter Band Day and Summer Band Camp for student musicians throughout the season. See our Events Calendar Page for our current calendar of events.

 

CURRENT NEWS

  

Registration is NOW OPEN!
Summer Band Camp

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Monday - Friday, June 24 - 28

Join us for Summer Band Camp 2013! The Southwest Community Concert Band in conjunction with NazArts is offering a Summer Band Camp open to first year school band students, junior high, middle school and incoming freshmen band students.  The instructors are dedicated, highly qualified music educators / performers from the Chicago area.  The goal of our Summer Band Camp program is to promote music education through a positive experience structured to help students develop their musical talents.  Band Camp will culminate with a Camp Finale Concert held on Friday evening. More information


Congratulations to our Scholarship winners!

    Eric Healy  Memorial Scholarship
              Payton Casey

    Southwest Community Concert Band
    Summer Band Camp Scholarships
              Allison Hankins
              Phillip Baggio
              Hakeem Jones

Gift Cards Now Available

The Southwest Community Concert Band now has gift cards available for purchase for any 6th – 9th grade student to attend our Winter Band Day or our 7th Annual Summer band Camp. You may purchase a Gift Card for full payment or desired amount ($15 minimum).  A Gift Card may also be purchased to sponsor a needy student to attend either event in your name, company name or anonymously.

Gift Card Form


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Become a Standing Ovation Contributor

The funds raised through this program are earmarked for our music library expansion and offering additional educational events like Winter Band Day and Summer Band Camp, for music students.  More information

Upcoming CONCERTS

*Southwest Community Band Concerts are all FREE and open to the public. A free-will donation will be requested during the concert but is not an obligation.

June 9, 2013
Evergreen Park Parks & Recreation Concert

Klein Park

Sunday, 6:00 PM

97th & Homan Avenue

Bring your blanket / lawn chairs

June 13, 2013us flag
Flag Day Celebration

Sponsored by the Crusaders Council
Knights of Columbus

Thursday at 7:00 PM

Palos Park Village Green

8901 West 123rd Street; Palos Park

June 24 - 28, 2013
Summer Band Camp - 2013

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October 20, 2013
Fall Concert

Sunday at 2:00 PM

Concert theme to be announced in August


December 15, 2013
Home For Christmas
Concert and Food Drive

Sunday at 6:00 PM

Concert will feature a sing along portion and collect non-perishable food items for the Lemont area food pantries

Mission Statement

Pursuit of Excellence

The mission of the Southwest Community Concert Band is to foster the musical talent and education of its members, provide quality musical entertainment to the community and promote the value of musical education to the students and adults of the community.