Upcoming Concerts
Pops in the Parks Concerts
The Boulder Concert Band is eager to present free concerts in various Boulder Parks on Monday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Bring a picnic supper and invite family and friends to enjoy this old-fashioned summer activity. Donations are welcome, of course!
- May 24 – Sunday, 10:00 am to Noon - Memorial Weekend Remembrance Concert, North Boulder Park, 800 Dellwood Ave., Boulder, 80304
- June 15 – Martin Park, 36th Street & Eastman Avenue, Boulder, 80305 The Sweet Cow MooMobile will be there!
- June 22 – Foothills Community Park, 800 Cherry Ave., Boulder, 80304
- June 29 – with the 101st Army Band - Harlow Platts Park/Viele Lake, 1360 Gillaspie Dr., Boulder, 80305 (between the lake and Gillaspie Dr.). The Sweet Cow MooMobile will be there!
- July 4 – Saturday, 7:15 pm until fireworks begin - Coal Creek Golf Course, 585 W. Dillon Rd. Louisville, 80027, Louisville 4th of July Fireworks Show.
- July 13 – Scott Carpenter Park, 1505 30th St., Boulder, 80303
- July 20 – East Palo Park, 4340 Corriente Dr., Boulder, 80301 The Sweet Cow MooMobile will be there!
- July 27 – Chautauqua Park, Baseline Rd. & 9th St., Boulder, 80302
- ⭐️ August 10 – 6:00-8:00 pm Boulder Concert Band summer potluck picnic - former and current band members and their families are invited. Foothills Community Park, 800 Cherry Ave., Boulder, 80304
2025-2026 Symphonic Season in Review
October 18, 2025 - “The American Mosaic”
We performed music that represents the ideal of Unity Through Diversity: the synthesis of various ideas, cultures, styles, and experiences into a magnificent whole.
We were inspired by the patriotic narrations of Boulder Mayor, Aaron Brockett, during Liberty Fanfare and A New Birth of Freedom, touched by the memories of Del Pakiser and Cody Jackson as the brass section played Ave Maria, and dazzled by Katie Hughes’s virtuosic rendering of Rhapsody in Blue. Sheri VandeRiet shared a couple of colorful quilts to complete the mosaic.
December 6, 2025 - “A Season of Joy”
The Boulder Concert Band was thrilled to present "A Season of Joy," with fun and exciting music evocative of this festive holiday season.
Dr. Ryan Gardner, Professor of Trumpet at the University of Colorado at Boulder, was featured in brilliant solo performances of L’esprit de la trompette and Concierto de Aranjuez. Dr. Jennifer Grice, Director of the Thornton Community Band, was Guest Conductor on Morton Lauridson’s O Magnum Mysterium.
The audience joined us in singing The Twelve Days of Christmas! and our concert was made complete with Leroy Anderson’s Sleigh Ride and a snowball fight!
February 21, 2026 – “Fanfare and Funk”
Our challenging February concert featured Fanfare and Funk, a very fun piece by Oliver Waespi, as well as Vesuvius by Frank Ticheli, Bugs by Roger Cichy. We also performed Bernard Herrman’s “North by Northwest” arranged by Tory Markiewicz, and Ola Gjeilo’s “Lake Isle” arranged by Mike Taylor, both members of the Boulder Concert Band. We were joined by special guests, SAFONIA, a treble choral ensemble dedicated to the synergy of music, passion, and excellence, for the performance of Psalm & Alleluias for Wind Band and Treble Chorus, composed by band member Sheri A. VandeRiet.
Safonia with the Boulder Concert Band
April 18, 2026 – “Celebrations!”
We concluded our Symphonic Season with music that dances and evokes literary themes, including Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Marquez, Of Sailors and Whales by W. Francis McBeth (based on Melville’s Moby-Dick), and Riften Wed by Julie Giroux. Also featured were Andrew Snyder and Sam French, a Smith-Corona-Marchant manual typewriter and a Service Bell on Leroy Anderson’s The Typewriter. The Firefly Winds opened the concert with some fun music.
We were happy to see you in the audience, and hope you enjoyed the concert!
Congratulations to Ian Markiewicz for winning the Celebrations candy Silent Auction! Thank you to everyone who placed bids. We are so grateful for your support.
In case you missed the concert, here is the digital program!
Thanks to Mr. Jon Borodach (program notes) and Marilyn Kroner (newsletter content) for their contributions to this page.