Coe College Bands
Cedar Rapids, IA
Concert Band is directed by Dr. William S. Carson, Director of Bands
Jazz Band is directed by Steve Shanley
Upcoming Event:
Touring Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band
Farewell Concert
Sunday, August 3, 5:30 pm
Bever Park
(rain location: Sinclair Auditorium)
Come cheer on our students, faculty, alumni, and community band members, as they prepare to represent Coe in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany!
August 4-14 2014 Band Tour Information, click here
Old Town Square, Prague (photo
by William Carson)
Warsaw, Krakow, Prague, Berlin
Poland, Czech Republic, Germany
Music Scholarship Information HERE,
(Including Full-Tuition Marshall
Scholarship)
Click HERE for today's rehearsal schedule
For information on Dr. Carson's classes,
please click HERE.
For information on the Coe College Bands, please click
HERE.
Fall
Concert Poster - Fall
Concert Program
Current
band members, click
HERE
for course information
Prospective
students, click here for more information about the Coe
College Bands
Click
here for more information about Music at Coe
Click
HERE for CONCERT
BAND REPERTOIRE 2011-2012
Click
HERE for CONCERT
BAND REPERTOIRE 2010-2011
Click
HERE for CONCERT
BAND REPERTOIRE 2009-2010
Coe College Concert Band involved in Daniel Kallman
commissioning project.
Hear Coe's premiere of the new piece as demo recordings on Kallman's
website.
 The original 1933 band version
of Spoon River by Percy Grainger, edited by Dr.
Carson and Mr. Naylor, now available from Southern
Music.Listen to a recording by the "President's Own" United State Marine Band HERE! Click here to read Dr. Carson's article about the discovery of the original hand-copied parts. |
Click HERE for
information
about
our August 2011 tour to Nashville,
New
Orleans, Memphis, and a 7-day cruise
in
the Western Caribbean!
Click HERE for Coe College Concert Band and Jazz Band Audio/Video files, YouTube Links
Click here for a slideshow of China tour photos!
Click here to see a picture of the band at the 1949 inauguration of President Harry S. Truman
New
Horizons Band of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
hosted by Coe College
Alan Lawrence, conductor
alawrenc@coe.edu
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Need to borrow music? |
 |
| Check out our Band Library |  |
| our March Size Library |  |
| our Jazz Band Library |  |
| or our
Small Ensemble Libraries
Click here for the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band Library |
Click HERE
for information
about FRIENDS
OF MUSIC AT COE: |
The bands administered by Dr. Carson include the Coe College Bands:
Coe College Concert Band (see the pic) :
Coe College Concert Band in Rehearsal - click here for photos
Coe
Gold Jazz Ensemble (Big Band) directed by Steve Shanley
Coe Crimson Jazz Ensemble (Jazz and Improvisation
Laboratory)
Coe College/Cedar Rapids Symphony School
Senior Honor Band
Coe College/Cedar Rapids Symphony School
Junior Honor Band
Coe
College/Cedar Rapids Symphony School Elementary Honor Band
As well as the:
Bill Carson Big Band
Other instrumental ensembles at Coe College include:
The
Coe College Drumline
The
Coe College Orchestra
The Bands annually present several major festivals:
COE
COLLEGE JAZZ SUMMIT
COE COLLEGE FESTIVAL OF BANDS
Coe's Professor of Art, Peter Thompson, is known for his
paintings of musicians.
See his paintings of members of the Coe College Bands. 
Coe College Bands | Coe College Instrumental Music Schedule |
| Dr. William S. Carson | Carson Biographical Information |
| Coe College Bands History | Coe College Honor Bands |
| Coe College Jazz Summit | Coe College Festival of Bands |
| Cabaret Information | Cedar
Rapids Municipal Band |
Coe College, 1220 First Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52402
Comments? Questions? Suggestions?
Send e-mail to the Coe Band Program
In April 2004, Coe College's instructor of Low Brass, Bill Behrens, was killed in a tragic automobile accident.
Click here for a Bill Behrens tribute site.
Click here for Information on the Low Brass Day in his memory, January 29, 2006.