CONCERT PROGRAMS

The Ashland City Band presents eight Thursday evening concerts each summer at the Butler Band Shell in Ashland, Oregon's Lithia Park. The concerts usually last approximately an hour. In addition, the band leads Ashland's Independence Day Parade and presents a concert in the park following the parade. Concerts are free and provide a varied range of musical genres. Essentially, the band prepares each performance during one two-hour rehearsal, usually the evening prior to the concert. This requires that band members be excellent sight-readers, not only being able to play the notes on the pages with little rehearsal, but to play them musically in the process. The City of Ashland's Charter requires the band to perform a minimum of twenty services per season: ten rehearsals and ten performances. For 2005, the band expanded their season by two services (one rehearsal and one concert) and presented nine Thursday evening concerts, the Independence Day Parade, and Independence Day concert. In 2006 the band returned to its normal schedule. In 2008, the band will present another "extended season."

Concert programs for each performance generally get posted on the website late the evening prior to or early the morning of the date of the concert for those who would like to know what will be presented. These program listings will probably remain for a period of several years. Among the projects being developed for future inclusion on the website is a compilation of programs from concerts even earlier in our history, some dating back to 1930. Blue font indicates the concert program is presently available: