The El Segundo Concert Band operates a
variety of programs in our community
variety of programs in our community
The Community Band has performed at several community events, including:
Two or three times a year, the Band puts on its own concerts, developing a reputation for surprising audiences with the unusual kinds of talent and special capabilities we can assemble from nearby artists and other companies. Click here to see the list of our band members.
The Band rehearses on Thursday evenings at 7:00 pm in the El Segundo High School Band room. To attend, call 424-242-ESCB (3722) WORKSHOPTo help other musicians like us, we conduct a bi-weekly workshop for former musicians who would like to play again but need some brushing up before joining the Band.  The free workshops are held every other Thursday evening at 6:00 pm. Check our calendar page for specific dates.
SPECIALTY CLINICSPeriodically, we find performing or education groups that stand out or have a special expertise that we know will be invaluable to the music students in our community. We finance them to put on shows or clinics for students. An example is the Synergy Brass Quintet, who puts on "a veritable fireworks display of outstanding
 musical ability combined with superb showmanship." The quintet travels across the country, putting on 300 performances annually and conducting more than 500 education programs for public schools. | ELEMENTARY BAND PROGRAMIn the fall of 2006, we began operating the Elementary After-school Band Program for Center Street and Richmond Street students. Until that time, the School District employed one teacher who taught band at both schools.  We were able to hire three teachers and one assistant, and supplement that with four volunteer members of the Community band and six volunteer students from the high school band.
The high school students are enrolled in our mentoring program and learn how to teach the younger musicians. About a third of these high school volunteers began their musical career in the elementary band program. Forty to sixty-five students typically enroll in the band program. MUSIC SYMPOSIUM
The Music Symposium is a specialized, annual, two-week summer camp in which students learn breathing exercises for working on their tone, rhythm exercises for
 performing solos in auditions. Students receive individual attention, small-ensemble experience, as well as large group experience.
Education Director Edie Rice and Music Director Steve Fox use the California State Curriculum Standards for Music Education to create the content for the camp. Other Los Angeles area music professionals are hired for special performances and clinics. The Symposium is open to all band students in the South Bay.
The El Segundo Concert Band
is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit
corporation in the State of California.
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