Tuesday Night Band
For Intermediate Players
Click to hear us play Disney Movie Magic
Performed at the RDCBS Spring Concert 2006
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Click to hear us play Disney Movie Magic 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 Tuesday Night Band at the Red Deer College Arts Centre
Mission & General Information:
For the developing musician with one or two years experience, or for the somewhat experienced musician who had just dusted off the horn and is trying to get up to speed again. There are about 25 players in the group.
Director : Rob Goring. Phone403 343 2079ROB GORING - Rob Goring has been directing bands in Alberta for the past thirty-four years, first as a school band teacher and later as a community band director. Bands under his direction have achieved Gold Medals in Canada's national concert band festival. Rob was the founding director of the Red Deer All-City Band, a community youth band who were repeat national Gold Medalists and national champions. Rob directed the Red Deer Community Band Society's flagship community adult band from 1991 until 2001. Rob became Director of Bands for the Red Deer Community Band Society and Director of the Red Deer Royals in May 2001. He and his staff have led the Royals to Silver and Gold Medals at the World Music Contest and the World Championships for Marching Show Bands in Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. In recent years the Royals have also received many awards and prizes here at home, including being selected in 2008 as Musical Grand Champion at both the Calgary Stampede parade and Edmonton’s Capital Ex parade. Rob has been a teacher, vice-principal, and principal with the Red Deer Public School District and a college and university instructor with Red Deer College and the University of Alberta. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education and a Master's degree in School Administration from the University of Alberta. In 2005 Rob was a recipient of the provincial government’s Alberta Centennial Medal for “outstanding service to the people and province of Alberta”. In 2007 he was inducted into the international bandmasters’ fraternity Phi Beta Mu.
Time and Place :
Meets weekly, Tuesday Nights from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Notre Dame High School (50 Lees Street, 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!!
