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Clarington Concert Band

Now in it’s 31st year, The Clarington Concert Band for all of its existence, has been a volunteer community band and is the principal community wind ensemble in the Clarington area. The band was formed in 1992, and continues a 144-year-old town band tradition in the Clarington area that dates from the earliest documented band concert in Bowmanville in 1848.

In a resolution passed at City Council on December 7, 2009, permission was granted to the Clarington Concert Band to use or present itself as the Official Town Band of Clarington.

The Band is a 35-player strong ensemble of brass, woodwind and percussion players and comprises both amateurs and seasoned professional musicians who hail from all parts of Durham Region, as well as surrounding areas in and around the GTA.

The band performs a wide repertoire of music that includes transcriptions of classical music, original compositions, big band arrangements, movie scores, Broadway musicals, traditional marches and the occasional Strauss waltz.

Rehearsals are held every Thursday from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM at St. Stephen Catholic Secondary School, 300 Scugog Street Bowmanville, ON L1C 3K2 

H. GERALD MURPHY JR.

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Gerry began his music studies at age five in Germany where his family was stationed with the R.C.A.F., learning the accordion, organ and, as soon as he was old enough to join, playing euphonium with the Volunteer Band on the Air Base. 

 Gerry went on to master tuba and graduate from Queen's University with honours in Conducting, Music Education, Composition and Arranging. He has performed with the Canadian Forces Bands on tuba and euphonium and taught at public and private elementary schools in addition to directing the Belleville Municipal Band and The Concert Brass.

Gerry has performed with many orchestras and chamber ensembles and currently holds the position of Music Director for the Clarington Concert Band.

LYNDA SHEWCHUK

ASSOCIATE MUSIC DIRECTOR

Lynda graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a bachelor of music and a bachelor of education. 

She has several years of teaching experience in high school music as well as many years as a private music teacher of flute, clarinet, saxophone, piano, theory and history. Lynda directs   two flute ensembles, The Wildwind Flute Choir and Toot Sweet. and she has also coached the flute section for La Jeunesse Youth Orchestra

Lynda played flute and piccolo in the Oshawa  Symphony for about twenty-five years. She also played flute, clarinet and saxophone in the pit orchestra for approximately fifteen musicals with Oshawa Little  Theatre

In addition to being a member  of the Clarington Concert Band, Lynda has been the Associate Director of Music for the concert band since 2011.

CLARINGTON CONCERT BAND

FLUTES

Natalie Bartley

Marika Beaumont

Linda Procunier

Lynda Shewchuk

Alison Showalter

Anita Van Drunen

OBOE
Kathy Beatty

CLARINET
Tom Box
Katherine Carleton
Tory Morwood
Heather Rademacher
Laura Tillart
Katie Tremblay

BASS CLARINET
John Beirness
Kathleen Goodman

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Ted Brankston
David Tegtmeyer

TENOR SAXOPHONE
Brian Munro

BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Jeanette Hull
Chris Jones

TRUMPET
Doug Church
Steve Hanson
Arnold Johnson
Jeff Mitchell
Gary Phillips
Larry Procunier
Candace Richardson

FRENCH HORN
Jill Baker
Lawrence Horwood

TROMBONE
Roger Chong
David Climenhage
David Fernihough

EUPHONIUM
Frank Corcoran
Donald Gordon

TUBA
Avi Jacobus
Mark Plummer
Elliott Tremeer

TIMPANI
Bob Taylor-Vaisey

BELLS
Natalie Bartley

DRUM SET
John Missons