Updated09/23/09 02:25:43 PM
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Cedar
Rapids, Iowa
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Music Scholarship Information HERE
(Including Full-Tuition Marshall Scholarship)
For information on Dr. Carson's classes, please click HERE.
Hear
an
interview
with
Dr.
Carson
HERE.
Click HERE for today's rehearsal schedule
Click
HERE
for information about our August 2011 tour to Memphis, New Orleans and
a
7-day cruise in the Western Caribbean!
Current band members, click HERE for course information
Click HERE for CONCERT BAND REPERTOIRE 2009-2010
Learn about the Coe College Bands' long and distinguished
of
success!
Click here to learn more about our August 2008 tour to Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Shanghai!
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
Click here for Coe College Concert Band and Jazz Band Audio/Video files
Recent Accomplishments
►December,
2008: Jazz Band
featured in Quartet of Happiness
You-Tube
publicity video
►November, 2008: Ten Coe students selected for the 2008 Iowa College All-Star Band.
►August, 2008: Touring Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band's trip to TAIWAN, HONG KONG, AND SHANGHAI
►March, 2007: two students (Sara
Johnson, trumpet, David Neff, euphonium) were
selected for the National Honor Band of the
College Band Directors
National
Association, ranking Coe among the finest college band programs in the
nation.
►November, 2006: Twelve
Coe Band Members were selected for the 2006 Iowa College All-Star Band,
ranking
the Coe College Concert Band as one of the finest college bands in Iowa.
►May, 2006: The Coe Mozart Ensemble performs at the Iowa Bandmasters Convention
►March,
2006: Two students were selected for the 2006 College Band Directors
National
Association North Central Regional Honor Band,
ranking the Coe College
Concert
Band as one of the finest college bands in the Midwest.
►November, 2005: Ten Coe students selected for the 2005 Iowa College All-Star Band.
►August, 2005: Touring Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band perform in HAWAII and SOUTH KOREA.
►August, 2003: Touring Wind Ensemble and
Jazz Band's trip to ENGLAND and SCOTLAND.
Click HERE for photos
and video clips.Click HERE for
itinerary information on the trip.
Click here for a large version of this picture
of the Touring Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Carson,
Director of Jazz Studies Steve Shanley directs the Coe College Touring
Jazz Ensemble at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
during the Bands' tour to England and Scotland in 2003.
2007 Festival of Band Grand Finale Concert - Shostakovich Festival Overture
| Departmental
Administrative Assistant: Bernadette Tiede (btiede@coe.edu)
Student
Assistants:
Chelsea Dunn (ckdunn@coe.edu) For more infomation on Instrumental Music Faculty, click HERE |
Click HERE for information
about FRIENDS OF MUSIC AT COE (FOMAC)
New
Horizons
Band
of
Cedar
Rapids,
Iowa
hosted by Coe College
Alan Lawrence, conductor
alawrenc@coe.edu
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.
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 |
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Dr.
William S. Carson |
Carson
Biographical Information |
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Coe
College Bands History |
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College Honor Bands |
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Coe
College Jazz Summit |
Coe
College Festival of Bands |
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Cabaret Information |
Cedar Rapids
Municipal
Band |
This Web Page was
designed by Dr.
William S. Carson
Coe College, 1220 First Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52402
Copyright © 2010-2011, Coe College. All rights reserved.
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.
