Band Performs 35th Annual Holiday Concert

Westfield, NJ. - The band will present its 35th Annual Holiday Concert on Friday, December 13, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. at the Edison Intermediate School Auditorium, 800 Rahway Avenue, Westfield, NJ. The band will perform traditional, popular and contemporary holiday selections, featuring the music of John Rutter, Lawrence Kursar, Claude Smith and others. The band will be joined by guests, the Broadway Singers.

The band highlighted its 2024 concert season (the band's 112th season) with its annual Summer Concert Series in Mindowaskin Park, featuring performances of Bernstein's complete "Candide Suite" and Broadway favorites, "Fiddler On the Roof", "Lion King", "Miss Saigon", "South Pacific, "Les Miserables" and "South Pacific".

The band first performed in Mindowaskin Park in 1918 when the park first opened to the public. This season, the band celebrates the 20th 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 9:30 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.