Novice Band
For Introductory/Novice Players
Click to hear us play "Jazzy Brown Jug"
Performed at the RDCBS Spring Concert 2006
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Click to hear us play "Jazzy Brown Jug" Performed at the RDCBS Spring Concert 2006 |
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Red Deer's adult community concert bands are active Sept through to May and there's something for everyone! Study after study has pointed to the personal benefits of active involvement in one of the fine and performing arts.
Make it a personal goal to further round out your life by joining one of the community bands in Red Deer! Community band is about making great music in a relaxed, non-threatening and fun atmosphere.
The Novice Band at their Spring Concert, April 2006
Mission & General Information:
For the 'never evers' and the long, long agos'. Focused toward the adult beginner who has little or no experience on a brass, woodwind, or percussion instrument. This band consistently attracts 15 to 30 beginning players year after year over the past decade.
Director :
Lillian Traquair. Phone 403-342-0601Lil has lived in Red Deer for the past twenty-eight years. She has made a career of specializing in teaching beginning bands for the Red Deer Catholic School system. Lil has also served as band director at G.H. Dawe Community School and founded the band programs at St. Patrick Community School, École La Prairie and École Camille J. LeRouge School. Before moving to Red Deer, Lil taught in Saskatchewan for four years. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education-Composite Music Major from the University of North Dakota at Dickinson as well as a Master of Distance Education at Athabasca University. Lil has always had a love for the community band movement since playing, traveling and competing with the Moose Jaw Lions Community Band as a school age musician. She has directed adult church choir, community musicals and continues to work as a low brass and double reed clinician in Central Alberta. This year marks her sixth year as a conductor of the Adult Novice Band.
Time and Place :
Meets weekly, Monday evenings from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Location Holy Family School, (69 Douglas Avenue, Red Deer)
For more information on any of these groups, please call Rob Goring,Director of Bands
403-343-2079 (evenings/weekends) info@reddeerroyals.com
All out for Band - and bring a friend! New members are always welcome!!
