Updated 08/21/08 02:37:38 PM
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COE COLLEGE BANDS Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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Departmental Administrative Assistant: Bernadette Tiede (btiede@coe.edu)
Student Assistants: Melissa Andersen (maanders@coe.edu) Heath Long (halong@coe.edu) James Watson (jawatson@coe.edu)
For more infomation on Instrumental Music Faculty, click HERE
Music Scholarship Information HERE
(Including Full-Tuition Marshall Scholarship)
CONCERT BAND / WIND ENSEMBLE
Click here to learn more about our August 2008 tour to
Taiwan and Hong Kong!
Click here for a slideshow of photos!
Current band members, click HERE for course information
Click
HERE for CONCERT BAND REPERTOIRE
2007-2008
Learn about
the Coe College Bands' long and distinguished 
of
success!
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
►August, 2008: Touring Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band's trip to TAIWAN, HONG KONG, AND SHANGHAI
March, 2007: two students were selected for the National Honor Band of the College Band Directors National Association, ranking Coe among the finest band programs in the nation.
►November, 2006: Eleven 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, performing in South Korea
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.
For information on Dr. Carson's other classes, please click HERE.
Click HERE for an updated SCHEDULE OF CONCERTS FOR 2006-2007
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. 
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.
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 |
This Web Page was designed by Dr. William S. Carson
Coe College, 1220 First Avenue Northeast, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52402
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