The popularity of community bands can be attributed to the participation of ordinary citizens and the patriotic appeal of the musical performance.
This concert is a chance to bring your friends and family and treat them to grand musical entertainment and social opportunities with others in the community.
Back by popular demand, the Penn Yan Community Band will deliver a performance that any listener will find heart warming and get a sense of community belonging and identity.
This featured performance will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Yates County courthouse lawn located at Court and Main Streets in Penn Yan.
Under the direction of Jeff Stempien, the band will perform a variety of music including patriotic, Broadway, big band and specialty acts by some of the members.
Stempien brings over 30 years of experience as a director of local school bands, director of symphonic band at Keuka College, and band professor at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, he has also played principal trumpet for the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, and the Seven Tier All Jazz Band.
The camaraderie shared among the band members is essential to the pursuit of the final performance.
Rehearsals are held on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in the Penn Yan Middle School after school ends in June. They invite and encourage anyone to brush off those old high school instruments and join the band.
The concert is free. Bring your own lawn chairs, as this is an outdoor concert.
In case of inclement weather, the concert will be held indoors at the adjoining Baptist Church. The Intermission sales will be sponsored by the Shelter of Hope. There’s plenty of free parking and hospitality.
Dundee Concert
On Thursday, July 29, banjo player Mike Brooks will be joined by fiddlers and other string players who perform together as 43 Main Street for the Dundee Concerts in the Park Series.
The music plays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Secneca Street Park (next to the Baptist Church) and refreshments are available.
