Band Performs Annual Spring Concert

Westfield, NJ. - The band will present its Annual Summer Concert Series on Thursdays, June 26, July 3, 10 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Westfield's Mindowaskin Park, East Broad Street. The band will perform traditional, popular and contemporary selections, featuring the music of Clare Grundman, Robert Russell Bennett, Frank Tichelli, George Gershwin and others.

The band highlighted its 2025 concert season (the band's 113th season) with its annual Spring Concert in Edison School, Westfield, featuring "Sun Dance", "From Every Horizon", "Hebrides Suite", "Spring Song", "Suite of Old American Dances" and "Dance of the Comedians". The band also joined the Edison Intermediate School Broadway Singers for its 35th annual Holiday Concert in December, 2024.

The band first performed in Mindowaskin Park in 1918 when the park first opened to the public. This season, the band celebrates the 21st anniversary season for the band's conductor and music director, Dr. Thomas N. Connors.

All of the band's concerts are free to the public.

The band encourages experienced area musicians to consider joining the band, which rehearses each Wednesday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the Westfield Municipal Building, 425 East Broad Street, Westfield. For further information, please contact the band at info@westfieldcommunityband.com or contact band manager Barry Rosenberg at 908-337-9073.

The Westfield Community Band is sponsored in part by the Westfield Recreation Department, Megan Schaffer, Director. This concert is also made possible by funds from the Union County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.