Hackettstown Community Band

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Bushel 0' Brass  Quartet of Eb alto horns (peckhorns: four pecks = one bushel) Note: Although the music is usually scored for four parts, the number of players ranges from 3 to 8 (A peck-shy-of-a-bushel up to two full bushels.)  The sound of the group is suited for background music at any small, not-too-formal gathering.  Much of the music (all of which is arranged specifically for the group) is done in the barbershop style and includes tunes from the era associated with the origins of barbershop, however the ever-growing repertoire includes a wide range of styles and tunes.  Requests for specific tunes can be honored if sufficient advance notice is given.   We've performed at private dinner parties, a town park opening, a nutrition center, nursing homes, Christmas caroling in various communities.  (We will also do wakes, supermarket openings, dogfights, etc., virtually any venue that will not include the throwing of overripe fruit.)    Membership is by invitation (interested persons should inquire).  Ages of group now range from 18 to 65, and include a wide range of career and musical backgrounds.   Originally founded in 1996 with 3 peck horns and one baritone.  After a period of inactivity, it has now grown into an all-peckhorn group that practices and performs regularly.
Website: http://www.bushelobrass.com Email: topbrass@bushelobrass.com (listing updated 05-2009)

The Colonial Musketeers Senior Ancient Fife and Drum Corps of Hackettstown, NJ is a traditional ancient fife and drum corps with members ranging in age from 19 years old to  ???  Our uniforms represent the Revolutionary War era, and we play standard traditional fife and drum music.  We play fifes, rope tension snare drums, and barrel bass drums, and we have a color guard.
Website:http://www.fifedrum.org/cmsa/ Email: mailto:cmsa.drummer@gmail.com (listing updated 06-2009)

Community - Music e-mail List Email-list supports topics of interest to community band and orchestra musicians; web resources include a compiled list of Community Bands in the US and around the world. Bill Anderson is the list owner; Jim McIntyre and John Williams are co-administrators.
Website: http://www.c-m-online.org Email: c-m-owner@yahoogroups.com (listing updated 05-2009)

The Franklin Band is NJ's oldest community band (organized 1870) and has continued to perform traditional and contemporary concert and march music for over a century. Our membership is comprised of volunteer musicians from talented eighth graders through senior citizens residing in Sussex County, NJ and beyond. There are no auditions or membership dues, and all instrumentalists are welcome. We rehearse every Tuesday evening from 7:30 - 9:00 pm in the music room at Wallkill Valley Regional High School. Whether you would like to perform with the concert band or on the street with our marching band (or both!), we have a place for you.
Website: http://www.franklinband.org Email: franklinband@embarqmail.com (listing updated 06-2009)

Roxbury Arts Alliance, since 1997,  has actively promoted an appreciation of the arts in Roxbury Township and the surrounding areas.  During this time, we have hosted coffee houses, cocoa houses (for elementary & middle school aged performers), poetry readings, fine arts festivals, and  childrens concets. For the past 5 years, in cooperation with the Recreation Dept we have sponsored  a free Summer Concert Series.  We award scholarships every year to graduating high school seniors who pursue an arts-related education in college. On June 5th 2009 we will open the Investors Savings Bank Theatre at the Roxbury Performing Arts Center aka RoxPAC. The Roxbuy Arts Alliance will operate this venue located at the Horseshoe Lake complex as "road house" inviting musical and dramatic artists to perform. In addition we hope to sponsor childrens and adult dramatic classes.   
Website:whttp://www.roxburyartsalliance.orgEmail: president@roxburyartsalliance.org (listing updated 05-2009)

Slate Belt Band  The Slate Belt Band is devoted to the Slate Belt, Pennsylvania area, and aims to provide concerts for non-profit organizations and celebrations that are held within that community. It is a concert band that plays indoors and out, as well as a marching band that marches parades. The band plays various styles of music such as John Philip Sousa-style concerts that include many marches as well as jazz and other styles of music. Rehearsals are every Wednesday night from 7:30-9:00pm at the Lookout Fire Company Hall, 44 West Bell Avenue in Pen Argyl, PA 18072. Everyone is welcome to drop by and take part in our rehearsals.
Website:  http://www.slatebeltband.com Email:  band@slatebeltband.com (listing updated 05-2009)

Stone Soup Symphony  The Stone Soup Symphony is an open community orchestra based in Hackettstown, New Jersey. We provide local musicians a fun, non-competitive environment where they can learn, grow, and perform music together for their community.  If you are interested in joining us, please email and tell us your name, what instrument(s) you play, a contact phone number, and email address. If you prefer, you can also call George Akehurst at (908) 475-4885.
Website:  http://www.stonesoupsymphony.org Email: music@stonesoupsymphony.org (listing updated 05-2009)

Warren County Community Singers The Warren County Community Singers is a non-audition adult and high school community chorus along with a children's chorus. They rehearse in Washington on Tuesday evenings and perform in both Washington and Hackettstown in December and May. Rehearsals begin in September and January respectively. They award two $500 scholarships in May to Warren County students pursuing an education in music.
Website: http://www.wcsingers.org Email: singers@goes.com (listing updated 05-2009)

The Westfield Community Band, under the direction of Dr. Thomas Connors, is a 65 piece ensemble of musicians from the greater Westfield, NJ area. One of the oldest community bands in NJ, the Westfield Community Band was established in 1912, and has been a fixture for performances in Westfield through their concerts in the park and other area performances.  
Website:http://www.westfieldcommunityband.com/Email:info@westfieldcommunityband.com (listing updated 06-2009)

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