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Spring Concert Like You’ve Never “SEEN”
Monday, May 18th, 2026
The Wauwatosa Community Band will be presenting their Spring Concert on May 19th, 2026 at 7:30pm at our usual venue at Longfellow Middle School.
But you have never SEEN a concert like this.
The main attraction will be Pictures at an Exhibition, by Modeste Mussorgsky, which is a multi-movement work where each section is based on a different work of visual art. Oboist and graphic design genius Charlie Marsh has created an interactive media experience to accompany the band’s performance, which mean we actually WANT you to bring your phone or device, and WATCH them during our concert! You’ll SEE the paintings, PROMENADE thru the hallways, and READ tidbits of information about the paintings and music throughout our performance. So bring your phones or tablets with you! We’ll have some tech experts to help if you’ve never scanned a QR code before, but you can always just type in the address.
The Black Horse Troop by John Philip Sousa
ed. Frederick Fennell
Star-Spangled Salute! by George M. Cohan
Pictures at an Exhibition by Modeste Mussorgsky
- Promenade
- Gnomus
- Promenade
- The Old Castle
- Promenade
- Tuileries
- Bydlo
- Promenade
- Ballet of Unhatched Chicks
- Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle
- The Market at Limoges
- Catacombs
- The Hut on Hen’s Legs (Baba Yaga)
- The Great Gate of Kiev
The Irish Washerwoman by Leroy Anderson
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Band Member Online Registration Tutorial
Friday, August 29th, 2025
The Wauwatosa Rec Department online system can be a bit challenging. Here are instructions to help you get signed up so you can send membership payments online. PLEASE NOTE that you can only register for the full year of band through the online portal. If you need to register for just one semester, you will have to contact the rec department directly.
Click the read more link to view the tutorial.
[Last updated: 8/29/2024]
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Comedy Tonight! (Well, actually it’s next week)
Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
Our Spring Concert, titled Comedy Tonight! is less than a week away! Come out for a thoroughly enjoyable night with pieces truly showing the full gamut of what this band is capable of. We have some absolutely hilarious pieces by P.D.Q. Bach, and some Disney favorites. At the other end of the scale, we have Circus Franticus, and Holst’s Jupiter!
You have never been to a concert like this. If you think concert bands only play serious music, get ready to laugh out loud. If you’ve ever wondered what a trumpet mouthpiece sounds like by itself, you are in for a treat. If you think that a group of “amateurs” can’t play anything difficult, we’re about to blow you away.
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Pirates of the Caribbean (Symphonic Suite)
Klaus Badelt
arr. John Wasson
March of the Cute Little Wood Sprites (S. Onesy Twosy)
P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?)
charmingly edited by Peter Schickele
Circus Franticus
Julie Giroux
Highlights from Brave
arr. Sean O’Loughlin
The Muppet Show Theme
Sam Pottle & Jim Henson
Clarinet Choir
The Comedians’ Gallop
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Flute Choir
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Holst
transcribed Clark McAlister
edited Alfred Reed
Moana
arr. Jay Bocook
Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion
P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?)
tastefully adapted to the modern concert band by Peter Schickele
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