ly: Arial;">Greater Windsor Concert Band

Conductor: Ric Moor
Contact: Karen Barnes
519-726-6723; greaterwindsorconcertband@gmail.com
www.greaterwindsorconcertband.ca
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:20 to 9:30 at St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Windsor
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

Guelph Concert Band

Conductor: Selection in progress, to be completed by Dec '06
Contact: Terry Gillespie, President
519-824-9504; info@guelphconcertband.org
www.guelphconcertband.org
Rehearses: Sunday 7:00 at Guelph Youth Music Centre (75 Cardigan St.)
Who Can Join? All can join

Haldimand-Norfolk Concert Band

Conductor: Selection in process
Contact: Douglas Campbell, President
905-768-3969;

Rehearses: Thursdays 7:30 to 9:30 pm at Hagersville Secondary School, 70 Parkview Rd.
Who Can Join? All welcome ages 16 years and up.

Hamilton Concert Band

Conductor: Gerald Stephenson
Contact: Dave Pearson
905-772-5205; dpearson@ionsys.com
www.hamiltonband.org
Rehearses: Wednesdays, 7:30 at Emmanuel United Church, Upper Ottawa & Mohawk., Hamilton
Who Can Join? Call first

Hannaford Community Band

Conductor: Anita McAlister
Contact: Anita McAlister
905-847-7682; hannafordyouth@yahoo.ca
www.hssb.ca/YOUTH/community_opener.htm
Rehearses: Saturdays, 10:00-11:30am at Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. West (3rd floor)
Who Can Join? Call first

Hannaford Junior Band

Conductor: Anita McAlister
Contact: Anita McAlister
905-847-7682; hannafordyouth@yahoo.ca
www.hssb.ca/YOUTH/junior_opener.htm
Rehearses: Saturdays, 9:00-10:00am at Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St. West (3rd floor)
Who Can Join? Call first

Hannaford Youth Band

Conductor: Darryl Eaton
Contact: Darryl Eaton
905-847-7682; hannafordyouth@yahoo.ca
www.hssb.ca/YOUTH/youth_opener.htm
Rehearses: Saturdays, 10:00am-12:00noon at UofT Faculty of Music, Boyd Neel room
Who Can Join? Call first

Hart House Symphonic Band

Conductor: Roger Mantie
Contact: Zoe Dille
416-978-5362; zoe.dille@utoronto.ca
http://hhsb.sa.utoronto.ca
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 6:30 to 9:30 pm at Great Hall at Hart House
Who Can Join? Hart House members, auditions required, call first

Highlands Concert Band

Conductor: Glen Carter
Contact: Ken Loney
705-754-4074; kashaja@sympatico.ca

Rehearses: Friday 1:30 to 3:30 at St. George’s Anglican Church, Haliburton
Who Can Join? All welcome

Highlands Wind Symphony

Conductor: Glen Carter and Laurie Reddering
Contact: Glen Carter
705 457-2862; kashaja@sympatico.ca

Rehearses: Mondays 7:00 to 9:30 at Archie Stouffer Public School, Haliburton
Who Can Join? Age 12 and up, call first.

Holland’s Glorie Band

Conductor: Lois Dix
Contact: Gus Jonker
905-934-7712;

Rehearses: Fridays September to June 7:30 to 9:00 at Lake Street Armouries, St. Catharines
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

Intrada Brass

Conductor: Bram Gregson
Contact: Doug Field
905-849-0728; intradabrass@cogeco.ca
www.intradabrass.ca
Rehearses: Monthly, Saturdays 9:00 to 11:00 and 12:00 to 2:00 at Woodlands School, Mississauga
Who Can Join? Brass and percussion, membership by audition, call for information.

Kitchener Musical Society Band

Conductor: Paul Schalm
Contact: Cathy Baer
519-571-0677; cathy_baer@wrdsb.on.ca
www.kmsb.org
Rehearses: Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 pm at Victoria Park Pavilion, Kitchener
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first

Koffler Concert Band Resa's Pieces

Conductor: Resa Kochberg
Contact: Resa Kochberg or Adrienne Cohen
905-731-4845 or 416-636-1880 ext. 228; kofflermusic@bjcc.ca
www.kofflercentre.com
Rehearses: Mondays, 5:30 at Koffler Centre, 4588 Bathurst St., Toronto
Who Can Join? Age 10 +, membership fee required.

Lambton Concert Band

Conductor: Dave Parkes and Blake Stevenson
Contact: Norm Sutherland, Manager
519-882-1816; nesutherland@hotmail.com
www.lambtonconcertband.com
Rehearses: Thursdays 7:30 to 9:00 at Northern H. S., Sarnia
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

LaSalle Community Band

Conductor: Mr. Chris Alfano
Contact: Chris Alfano
613-546-1737;

Rehearses: Mondays and Thursdays 9:30 to 11:30 am at LaSalle Secondary School, Kingston
Who Can Join? Adult beginners' classes are held Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30 to 9:30 am

Lincoln Concert Band

Conductor: Brenda Fairchild-Green
Contact: Richard Rybiak, President
905-892-2105; rrybiak@hotmail.com
www.lincolnconcertband.ca
Rehearses: Thursdays 7:30 to 9:00 at Bennett Hall, Mountain Street, Beamsville
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

Lindsay Kinsmen Band

Conductor: Lisa McEntee
Contact: Michael Warren
705-328-3212; info@ lindsaykinsmenband.ca
www.lindsaykinsmenband.ca
Rehearses: Mondays and Thursdays 6:30 to 9:00 at Lindsay C.V.I.
Who Can Join? Ages 13 to 18 all welcome. Instruction provided. Instruments available to rent.

London Concert Band

Conductor: Robert Kennedy
Contact: Robert Kennedy
519-439-4757; rjken@sympatico.ca

Rehearses: Tuesdays 7:15 to 9:30 at A. B. Lucas S. S., 656 Tennant Avenue, London
Who Can Join? Intermediate level (level 3,4 Band repertoire), call first.

Lydian Wind Ensemble

Conductor: Mike Onyschuk
Contact: Jacqueline Boufford
905-666-1909; dboufford@rogers.com
www.lydianwindensemble.ca
Rehearses: Thursdays at 7:30 at 4040 Anderson St., Whitby
Who Can Join? Call first

Malta Band Club

Conductor: Selection in progress
Contact: Sam Caruana
416-290-6444;
www.maltagozo.com/maltabandclub/
Rehearses: Fridays 8:00 to 10:00 at Malta Band Club, 5745 Coopers Avenue, Mississauga
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

Maple Leaf Brass Band

Conductor: David Druce
Contact: Nick Reilly, Band manager
613-592-5502; nreilly@magma.ca
www.mapleleafbrassband.org/band/
Rehearses: Thursdays 7:30 to 9:30 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church at Fourth Ave and Percy St. Ottawa. (in the Glebe )
Who Can Join? Brass and percussion players, call first.

Markham Concert Band

Conductor: Doug Manning
Contact: Rob Wells
416-464-0135; mcband@rogers.com
www.mcb.on.ca
Rehearses: Mondays, 7:30 to 9:30 at Markham Community Centre, Hwys. 48 & 7, Markham
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first

Metropolitan Silver Band

Conductor: Fran Harvey
Contact: Michele McCall
416-480-0725; metband@hotmail.com
www.metunited.org
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 7:45 to 10:00 at Metropolitan United Church (corner Queen St. and Church St.) downtown Toronto
Who Can Join? Call first

Mississauga Pops Concert Band

Conductor: Colin Clarke
Contact: David Jordan
905-279 -2571; info@mississaugapops.com
www.mississaugapops.com
Rehearses: Wednesdays, 7:30 at Eden United Church, NW corner of Winston Churchill & Battleford, Mississauga
Who Can Join? Call first

Muskoka Concert Band

Conductor: Neil Barlow
Contact: Roger Bolt, President
705-687-0253; bolts@surenet.net

Rehearses: Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 at Utterson Community Hall, Utterson
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

National Capital Concert Band

Conductor: Stanley H. Clark
Contact: Stanley H. Clark
613-256-9783; stanley.clark@sympatico.ca
www.nccb.ca
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 at Dominion Chalmers Church, Cooper Street, Ottawa
Who Can Join? Serious musicians and students, call first.

Nepean Concert Band

Conductor: Terry Duncan
Contact:
613-825-9310; ncb@nepeanconcertband.com
www.nepeanconcertband.com/about.php
Rehearses: Wednesdays 8:00 to 10:00 at Creative Arts Centre, 35 Stafford Rd. Nepean
Who Can Join? Call first.

Newmarket Citizens' Band

Conductor: Les Saville
Contact: Catherine Zilli
905-713-2961; ncband@rogers.com or catherine.zilli@sympatico.ca
http://ca.geocities.com/ncband@rogers.com
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 8:00 at Sir William Mulock High School, Columbus Way and Mulock
Who Can Join? All welcome, high school age and above

Niagara Falls Concert Band

Conductor: Brenda Fairchild-Green
Contact: Bob Durst, President
905-935-3276;

Rehearses: Mondays, 7:30 to 9:30 at Legion on Spring St., Niagara Falls
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first

No Strings Attached Community Band

Conductor: Sandra McMillan
Contact: Sandra McMillan
705-523-5627; slkmcmillan@yahoo.ca.
www.nostringsattachedband.org
Rehearses: Thursdays 7:00 to 9:00 at Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School, 275 Loach's Road, Sudbury
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

North Durham Millennium Band

Conductor: Helen Biffert
Contact: Sandy Weeks
905-852-1927; sandra.weeks@sympatico.ca or biffrh@sympatico.ca

Rehearses: Wednesday 7:00 to 9:00 at Music Room, R. H. Cornish P. S., 494 Queen Street, Port Perry
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

North Toronto Community Band

Conductor: John McGuigan
Contact: John Krongold
416-787-5193; krongold@rogers.com
www.ntcband.ca
Rehearses: Mondays, 7:15 at Lawrence Park C. I. Auditorium, Lawrence Ave & Avenue Rd
Who Can Join? Call first

North York Concert Band

Conductor: John Edward Liddle
Contact: Sydney Gangbar
416-781-6728 eve, 905-470-0272 day; sydneygangbar@rogers.ca
www.northyorkconcertband.ca
Rehearses: Thursdays, 8:00 at William Lyon McKenzie C. I., 20 Tillplain Road Downsview
Who Can Join? Call first

Northdale Concert Band

Conductor: Stephen Chenette
Contact: Dixie McMorran
416-466-7409; northdaleconcertband@hotmail.com
www.northdalemusic.com
Rehearses: Sundays 7:30-10:00, starting Sept 10 at Scarborough, call for directions
Who Can Join? Call first

Oakville Wind Orchestra

Conductor: Chris Arthurs
Contact: Via pager or E-mail
905-466-9306 (Pager); info@owo.ca
www.owo.ca
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 8:00 to 10:00 at Iroquois Ridge S. S., Glenashton Rd., Oakville
Who Can Join? Call first

Orillia Silver Band

Conductor: Jim Ferris
Contact: Steve Sanderson, President
705-326-7926; steves@signaturememorials.com

Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 at OPP Headquarters auditorium, Orillia
Who Can Join? Brass and percussion players, call first

Orillia Wind Ensemble

Conductor: Roy Menagh
Contact: Anna Proctor, administrator
705-487-6724; info@northsimcoenews.com
www.orilliawindensemble.com
Rehearses: Mondays 7:30 to 10:00 at Park Street Collegiate in Orillia.
Who Can Join? Call first

Oshawa Civic Band

Conductor: Barrie Hodgins
Contact: Bill Askew
905-579-2220;
www.oshawacivicband.com
Rehearses: Mondays, 8:00 to 10:00 at Memorial Park Band Shell, Simcoe St. South in Oshawa
Who Can Join? All brass players welcome, call first

Ottawa Community Concert Band (OCCB)

Conductor: Jim Glover
Contact: Jim Glover
613-824-4294; jglover4294@rogers.com
http://web.295.ca/~occb/index.html
Rehearses: Thursdays 7:15 to 9:30 at Bronson Centre, Mac Hall, 211 Bronson Ave., Ottawa.
Who Can Join? New players welcome where a vacancy exists.

Ottawa Fire Department Band

Conductor: Paul Casagrande
Contact: Paul Casagrande
613-831-5834; paulcasagrande@sympatico.ca

Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 at Call for details.
Who Can Join? Firefighters and former firefighters, call first.

Owen Sound City Band

Conductor: Bob Bell, Bandmaster
Contact: John Dickson, President
519-376-3789; info@owensoundcityband.org
www.owensoundcityband.org
Rehearses: Mondays 7:30 to 9:30, Oct to Jun at Owen Sound C.V.I., 8th Street E., Owen Sound
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first

Oxford Breeze

Conductor: John Ransom
Contact: Ron Bailey
519-537-7871; info@oxfordwinds.ca
www.oxfordwinds.ca
Rehearses: Wednesdays 6:00 to 7:00 at Woodstock C. I.
Who Can Join? Anyone who can read music ages 8 and up, call first.

Oxford Winds

Conductor: Wesley Ferreira
Contact: Ron Bailey
519-537-7871; info@oxfordwinds.ca
www.oxfordwinds.ca
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:00 to 9:00 at Woodstock C. I.
Who Can Join? Intermediate to senior level, call first

Pembroke Legion Band

Conductor: Gordon Tapp
Contact: Barbara Blackstein
613-638-1994; gord@tappsnotes.net
via www.tappsnotes.net
Rehearses: Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 at Pembroke Legion
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

Perth Citizens’ Band

Conductor: Brian Tackaberry
Contact: Max MacDonald, President
613-257-8099; btacka@trytel.com
www.geocities.com/perthband/index.html
Rehearses: Tuesdays 7:30 to 9:30 at Perth Town Hall, 80 Gore Street, Perth
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

Petawawa Legion Community Band

Conductor: Eric Tanguay
Contact: Sheila Blore, Secretary
613-584-2636;
www.petawawalegion.ca/band
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 Band school 6:30 to 7:30 at Legion Hall Petawawa
Who Can Join? Anyone over age 10 welcome, call first.

Peterborough Concert Band

Conductor: Peter Sudbury
Contact: Verne Hope, Band manager
705-742-8193; lindaverne@auracom.com

Rehearses: Tuesdays 7:30 to 9:30 at Adam Scott C. I., Hilliard Street, Peterborough
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

Pickering Community Concert Band

Conductor: Andrew Locker
Contact: Charlotte Kimball
905-509-2459; info@concertband.ca
www.concertband.ca
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 7:15 to 9:30 at South Pickering Seniors Centre, 910 Liverpool Rd., Pickering
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first

Plumbing Factory Brass Band, The

Conductor: Dr. Henry Meredith
Contact: Dr. Henry Meredith
519-659-3600; drhank@uwo.ca
www.plumbingfactorybrassband.com
Rehearses: Wednesday evenings, 7:00 – 9:00 at McGarrell Place, 335 McGarrell Drive, London, Ontario
Who Can Join? Players of a brass band instrument, from amateur to professional level, ages 18 to 85. Instruments can be supplied if necessary (cornet, E-flat alto horn, euphonium, Eb tuba, etc.)

Port Colborne Concert Band

Conductor: Brenda Fairchild-Green
Contact: Brenda Fairchild-Green
905-685-1242; bjmusic@gmail.com

Rehearses: As required at Port Colborne
Who Can Join? By invitation, call first.

Regimental Band of The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)

Conductor: Henry Verschuren CD
Contact: Henry Verschuren
416-564-3126; henryver@sympatico.ca

Rehearses: Monday 7:30-10:00 at Brampton Armouries, 2 Chapel St. Brampton
Who Can Join? All welcome

Royal Canadian Legion Concert Band

Conductor: Danny Wilks
Contact: Ted Winick
416-537-2299; tedwinick@rogers.com

Rehearses: 1, 3 & 4 Tuesdays each month 8:00 to 10:00 at Legion Branch 344, 1395 Lakeshore Blvd. W, Toronto
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

Scarborough Community Concert Band

Conductor: Andrew Chung
Contact: Ellen Faretis
416-724-8989; admin@sccb.org.
www.sccb.org
Rehearses: Mondays 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Samuel Hearne Sr. P.S., Scarborough
Who Can Join?

Seaway Winds Concert Band

Conductor: Barb Hunter
Contact: Barb Hunter
613-534-2111; bbhunter@sympatico.ca
http://www.seawaywinds.com/Membership.htm
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:00 to 9:00 at St Lawrence Intermediate School, 1450 Second Street East, Cornwall.
Who Can Join? Intermediate level players welcome.

South Simcoe Concert Band

Conductor: John Meyers
Contact: Major Ron McKay
705-792-0071; 705-730-3861 Cel; ronlouise@rogers.com

Rehearses: Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 at Woods Park Care Centre, 110 Lillian Crescent, Barrie
Who Can Join? All welcome

Stratford Concert Band

Conductor: Nigel Evans
Contact: Nigel Evans
519-673-3594; info@stratfordconcertband.com
www.stratfordconcertband.com
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:45 at Stratford Northwestern Secondary School, 428 Foreman Ave., room 118
Who Can Join? Call first

Swansea Community Concert Band

Conductor: Frank Evans
Contact: Michelle Springer
416-286-1045; michellespring68@hotmail.com (Swansea Band in subject line)

Rehearses: Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 (starting Sep 14) at Music Room, Western Technical & Commercial School, 123 Evelyn Cres. Toronto
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first

Telephone City Musical Society

Conductor: Mark Gadsby
Contact: Mark Gadsby
519-754-4312; markgadsby1@yahoo.ca
comdir.bfree.on.ca/tcms
Rehearses: Mondays 7:15 to 9:15 at Harmony United Church, 268 Marlborough St., Brantford
Who Can Join? All welcome, instrument rentals available, call first.

Thornhill Community Band

Conductor: Denny Ringler
Contact: Joan or Lawry Sax
416-223-7152; tcband@rogers.com
www.tcband.ca
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 7:30 to 10:00 at Westmount C.I., Bathurst & New Westminster, Vaughan
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first

Thorold Reed Band

Conductor: Brian Williams
Contact: Brian Williams
905-227-0150; gbwilliams@cogeco.ca

Rehearses: Wednesdays, 7:30 at St. Charles Elementary Catholic School, 25 Whyte Ave. North, Thorold
Who Can Join? All welcome

Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra & Concert Winds

Conductor: Colin Clarke
Contact: Adrienne Pluim
416-481-9099; manager@tywo.ca
www.tywo.ca
Rehearses: Sunday afternoons at St. Michael's College, 1515 Bathurst St. at St. Clair
Who Can Join? Call for audition information

Trenton Citizens’ Band

Conductor: Major Don Embree
Contact: Moe Jeffery, President
613-392-8366;

Rehearses: Mondays 7:15 to 9:15 at Trenton H. S., 4th Avenue and Dundas Street West
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

University of Toronto Alumni Band

Conductor: Jack MacQuarrie
Contact: Jack MacQuarrie
416-964-3642; jmacquarrie@utoronto.ca

Rehearses: Intermittent at Various
Who Can Join? All ex U of T welcome, call for information.

Uxbridge Community Concert Band

Conductor: Steffan Brunette
Contact: Steffan Brunette
905-852-5560; uccb@sympatico.ca

Rehearses: Wednesdays 7 to 9 pm, May to August only at Uxbridge Secondary School
Who Can Join? Anyone with 2 years experience.

Valley Concert Band

Conductor: Keith Estabrooks
Contact: Keith Estabrooks
613-832-2697; keith.estabrooks@sympatico.ca
www.valleyconcertband.ca
Rehearses: Thursdays 7:30 to 9:30 at Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Daniel Street, Arnprior
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

Waterloo Concert Band

Conductor: Martin Lacoste
Contact: Viki Ledwinka
519-846-5055; AboutTheBand@waterlooband.com
www.waterlooband.com
Rehearses: Mondays, 8:00 to 10:00 at Adult Recreation Centre, King & Allen Streets, Waterloo
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first

Wellington Winds

Conductor: Michael Purves-Smith
Contact: Cathy Baer
; info@wellingtonwinds.ca
www.wellingtonwinds.ca
Rehearses: at
Who Can Join? Call first

West Elgin Community Band

Conductor: Sharon Little
Contact: Sharon Little
519-785-0797; info@westelgincommunityband.org
www.westelgincommunityband.ca
Rehearses: Mondays 7:00 to 9:00 pm at West Elgin Senior Elementary School, West Lorne
Who Can Join? Intermediate level, call first

Weston Silver Band

Conductor: Larry Shields
Contact: Theresa MacDonald
905-876-0866; wsb@westonsilverband.ca
www.westonsilverband.ca
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 8:00 at Central United Church, Weston Rd. North of Lawrence
Who Can Join? Call for information

Whitby Brass Band

Conductor: Roland Hill
Contact: Ian Redfern, Secretary
905-668-8337; yorkshirehill@rogers.com
www.durhamcentral.com/whitbybrass
Rehearses: Thursdays 8:00 to 10:00 Junior Band Mondays 7:00 to 8:30 at Centennial Building, Centre Street South, Whitby.
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.

York University Wind Symphony

Conductor: William Thomas
Contact:
416-736-5186;
www.yorku.ca/finearts/music
Rehearses: Wednesdays 4:30 to 6:30 pm at Accolade East Building on York's Keele campus
Who Can Join? All qualified York U. students

 







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