Upcoming Concert Performances

Great Falls Municipal Band Fall Concert Season
Great Falls Community Band	Great Falls Jazz Band
"Autumn Colors" Highlights from Exodus arr. Alfred Reed Third Suite - Jared Spears As Summer Was Just Beginning - Larry Daehn Waltzing Matilda March arr. Eric Leidzen Special Guest Clarinet Quartet "A Klezmer Wedding" Satiric Dances - Norman Dello Joio Funiculi-Funicula Rhapsody arr. Yo Goto Merry-Go-Round - Philip Sparke	Flying Jazz  The Great Falls Community Jazz Band presents its fall concert; Friday, November 20th at 7:00 pm, at New Hope Lutheran Church, 32nd Street and 5th Avenue South. The theme is “Flying Jazz” , with tunes that evoke the birds and the bees and any other creatures that can really take off. Music by Count Basie, Steely Dan, Keith Jarrett, the Tonight Show Band, and a surprise hit TV theme will be featured. Foo Birds, Poor Butterfly, What a Beautiful World, Raven Speaks, Lullaby of Birdland, Ladybird, Kissing Bug, Fowl Play, Flamingo, Jetsons Theme, Fly Me/Moon, Magic Flea
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The Great Falls Municipal Band, originally known as the Black Eagle Band, embarks on its 132nd consecutive season in 2025.  Although sponsored in its infancy by the Boston and Montana Smelter Company, the band reorganized in 1905 and acquired its current name.

Over the years, the Municipal Band has been in demand to play for assorted dignataries, special events, and dedication ceremonies.  In the late 1930;s the band played at the dedication of Fort Peck Dam which was attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.  Dedication ceremonies in Great Falls have included the dams on the Missouri River, the Warden Bridge, and both the old and new airports.  The band also performed for the visits of John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.

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Tributes to Bud Nicholls

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