As an ongoing part of its music program, Nashoba High School is pleased to offer the opportunity for adults and students from the Nashoba family and surrounding communities to rehearse and perform with the Nashoba Symphonic Band. Now in its fifth season (a year late), the ensemble is under the direction of David Bailey.
The Nashoba Symphonic Band typically plays four to five concerts each season at Nashoba Regional High School and occasional off-site locations. The 2021-2022 Season will celebrate special “Moments” :
Saturday, October 30, 2021, 3 p.m. Nashoba High School Auditorium, An American Moment. which includes Robert Russell Bennett’s Suite of Old American Dances, Chester Overture by William Schuman, Charles Ives’s Variation on America, and marches by Sousa and Goldman.
Saturday, February 2, 2022, 2 p.m. Mechanic’s Hall, Worcester, 5th Anniversary Concert, with Gavin Klein, organ soloist. Program includes Vincent Persichetti’s Psalm for Band, Polka and Fugue from ‘Schwanda, the Bagpiper‘ by Jaromir Weinberger, Edwain Frank Goldman’s setting of J.S.Bach’s Fantasia in G, the Finale from Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony, as well as marches by Sousa, Goldman and Bowles.
Sunday, May 1, 2022, 3 p.m. Nashoba High School Auditorium, A Symphonic Moment, featuring original works for symphonic band, including George Washington Bridge, by William Schuman, Variations on a Shaker Melody by Aaron Copland, Vincent Persichetti’s Divertimento for Band, the glorious Symphony No.3 by Vittorio Giannini and marches by Sousa and Fillmore.
Thursday, June 16, 2022, 7:30 p.m. Nashoba High School Auditorium, A Senior Moment, celebrating the graduating class of 2022. The program will include William Walton’s Crown Imperial, the iconic Suite in E-flat by Gustav Holst, Inglesina by Davide delle cese, and featuring performances by graduating members of the Nashoba Symphonic Band.
The Nashoba Symphonic Band welcomes new players at the beginning of each season and at rehearsals immediately following each concert. There are no auditions, but adult membership is limited to a certain number within each section. Students (grade 8 and above) are required to present a recommendation from their school instrumental director or private instructor.
Rehearsals of the Nashoba Symphonic Band are held 7-9 p.m on Thursdays in the Instrumental Music Room of Nashoba Regional High School, Route 117, about a mile west of Bolton town center (GPS address in 12 Green Road, Bolton MA).
FIRST REHEARSAL for the 2021-22 Season will be THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2nd at 7 p.m.. REGISTRATION for ALL new and returning members will begin at 6 p.m. There is no longer on-line registration.
Those wishing to become members should contact the director, David Bailey, baileydavidwayne@gmail.com, OR Joe McCarthy, Nashoba Regional High School Instrumental Music Director, jmccarthy@nrsd.net. Please contact either for further information.Nashoba Symphonic Band is a program of the Nashoba Friends of Music and is supported in part by grants from the Cultural Councils in Bolton, Harvard, Hudson, Lancaster, and Stow, local agencies supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. All performances of the Nashoba Symphonic Band are free and open to the public.
