2011 Batavia Concert Band Season
The Batavia Concert Band’s 87th season of music-making and free public concerts begins June 22 in Batavia’s Centennial Park. Additional concerts and parades will feature the Band at other locations and times including Batavia’s popular July 4 Picnic In The Park.
The Batavia Concert Band’s repertoire is wide-ranging in origin, period and style: marches, big-band and swing numbers, popular songs from musicals and movies, classical adaptations, rock favorites arranged for band, fun songs for kids of all ages … and everything in between.
The Band consists of about 50 brass, woodwind and percussion players ranging from talented local high school students to 60-year veterans. Many have professional experience; the rest are advanced amateur musicians. All love to play.
The conductor’s podium will be shared by veterans Phil Briatico, Wayne Burlison, Jane Haggett, Brad Meholick and Josh Pacino. Derek Reiss and Dizzy will again (tentatively) cap this year’s Concerts in the Park on August 10, as a benefit fundraiser for the Batavia Concert Band.
Founded in the early 1920s, the Batavia Concert Band has brought musical pleasure to the region every year except during WWII. The Band currently enjoys financial support from GO-ART, concert sponsors, program advertisers, and individual patrons. The Band also sponsors a “Sample of Western New York” gift certificate raffle from selected area restaurants and retailers, 50-50 raffles at every concert, bake sales and other low-key fundraisers.
Downbeat for regular season concerts is 7:00pm, Wednesday evenings, in Centennial Park*, Batavia, except a July 6 at the VA Medical Center, in honor of our veterans. (* In the event of rain, concerts will move to Genesee Community College’s Stuart Steiner Theater. Notices will be posted at the NW corner of Centennial Park and announced on WBTA.)
All concerts are free to the public of all ages. Light refreshments are usually available. Bring the family, some friends, lawn chairs or a blanket… and enjoy!
Summer 2011 concert season
| Date | Venue | Sponsor | Conductor |
| June 22 | Centennial Park, 7:00pm* | Kiwanis Club of Batavia | Wayne Burlison |
| June 29 | Centennial Park, 7:00pm* | United Memorial Medical Center (UMMC) | Brad Meholick |
| July 4 | Centennial Park, 12:00 noon | GO ART! - Picnic in the Park | Brad Meholick |
| July 6 | VA Medical Center, 7:00pm | Genesee Veterans’ Club | Phil Briatico |
| July 13 | Centennial Park, 7:00pm* | Rotary Club of Batavia | Wayne Burlison |
| July 20 | Centennial Park, 7:00pm* | Genesee/Orleans Council on Alcoholism & Substance Abuse (GCASA) | Jane Haggett |
| July 27 | Centennial Park, 7:00pm* | H.E. Turner & Bohm-Calarco-Smith Funeral Homes | Josh Pacino |
| Aug. 3 | Centennial Park, 7:00pm* | Jane Haggett | |
| Aug. 10 | Dizzy - Centennial Park, 7:00pm* | Dizzy (tentative) | Derek Reiss |
