22nd Wing Military Concert
Band
Conductor: Warrant Officer Chip Kean, Band Director
Contact: Warrant Officer Chip Kean
705-494-2011 ext 2234; kean.cs@forces.gc.ca
www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/22wing/community/band_e.asp
Rehearses: Tuesdays 7:00 to 9:00 at CFB North Bay,
Building 33
Who Can Join? Call first
8 Wing Concert Band
Conductor: Sgt. Gordon Smith
Contact: Sgt. Gordon Smith
613-392-2811 x3510; smith.gj2@forces.gc.ca
Rehearses: Thursdays 7:00 to 9:00 at Band room, CFB Trenton
Who Can Join? Members of the forces and local community,
call first.
Acton Citizens’ Band
Conductor: George Elliott
Contact: George Elliott
519-853-0356;
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 at Acton Citizens’ Band
hall, 85
Wallace Street, Acton
Who Can Join? Call first
Argonotes, the Toronto
Argonauts Band
Conductor:
Contact: Steve Hayman, Musical Dictator (not a typo!)
416-769-2847; steve@argonotes.com
www.argonotes.com
Rehearses: Irregular at At the stadium
Who Can Join? Anyone who pretends to enjoy CFL football
Ayr-Paris Band
Conductor: Merry Schmidt
Contact: Heidi Ostner
519-632-7433; secretary@ayrparisband.com
ayrparisband.com
Rehearses: Wednesdays 8:00 to 10:00 pm, Junior Band at
7:00 at Ayr
Community Centre Hall, upstairs at Arena separate entrance
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.
Barrie Concert Band
Conductor: Spencer Linington
Contact: Betty Lillo or Henry Bergsma
705-436-5529 or 705-721-4168; hendrikk@drlogick.com
Rehearses: Tuesday, 8:00 to 10:00 at Allendale
Recreational Centre,
corner of Bayview and Little Ave., Barrie
Who Can Join? Call first
Bayfield Winds Concert Band
Conductor: Vacant
Contact: Paul Dearlove
519-565-5611; dearlove@tcc.on.ca
www.bayfieldwindsconcertband.com
Rehearses: every 2nd Sunday, 1:30 at Goderich D.C.I.
Who Can Join? Call first
Brampton Concert Band
Conductor: Darryl Eaton
Contact: David Harmsworth
905-451-6389 (h) or 905-451-0174 (b); cbcband@aztec-net.com
www.bramptonconcertband.com
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 7:30 at 55a Queen St. E., Brampton
(beside the
library)
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first
Brass Conspiracy
Conductor: Dan Manley
Contact: Dan Manley
416-409-4637; daniel@manley.name
www.brassconspiracy.com
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:30 to 10:00 at Bloor Street United
Church,
Toronto
Who Can Join? Call for information.
Brassroots
Conductor: Bram Gregson
Contact: Bram Gregson
519-264-2620; bram.gregson@sympatico.ca
www.brassroots.ca
Rehearses: As required at London
Who Can Join? Call for information
Brockville Concert Band
Conductor: Lance Besharah
Contact: Karen Frech, Secretary
613-345-2394; frech6@sympatico.ca
www.ripnet.com/nonprofit/bcb/
Rehearses: Tuesdays 7:00 to 9:00 at Thousand Islands S.
S., Brockville
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first
Burlington Concert Band
Conductor: Don Allan
Contact: Harland R. Marshall, President
905-312-9544; hrmarshall@cogeco.ca
www.cms.burlington.ca/English/Music.html
Rehearses: Mondays, 8:00 pm at Burlington Music Centre
2311 New Street,
Burlington
Who Can Join? All are welcome
Burlington Teen Tour Band
Conductor: Bill Hughes
Contact: Laura Filman
905-335-7808; filmanl@burlington.ca
www.teentourband.org
Rehearses: Call for times at Music Centre in Burlington's
Central Park
Who Can Join? Call for information
Caledon Concert Band
Conductor: Rob Kinnear
Contact: Andy Dunn, President
416-276-7852; caledon@bandmusic.ca
www.caledonconcertband.ca
Rehearses: Wednesdays, 7:30 at Caledon East Community
Complex, behind
the OPP station on Old Church Rd., Caledon East
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first
Cambridge Concert Band
Conductor: Gerald Stephenson
Contact: Elizabeth Reed
519- 653-1055; info@cambridgeconcertband.com
www.cambridgeconcertband.com
Rehearses: Mondays, 7:45 to 9:45 p.m. at Preston Legion,
Br. 126,
Westminster & Margaret Sts. in Cambridge
Who Can Join? New members welcome, call ahead
Carleton Place and District
Community Band
Conductor: Graham Ingram
Contact: Graham Ingram
613-253-0846; gcandelf@sympatico.ca
www.appletongiftbaskets.com/cpband.htm
Rehearses: Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 at Carleton Place High
School, Lake Ave.
West
Who Can Join? Call first
Centralaires Band
Conductor: Fran Chilton-MacKay
Contact: Richard Nolan, Band Manager
613-745-2663; rick.nolan@rogers.com
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 at Merivale H. S.,
Ottawa
Who Can Join? Former armed forces and RCMP band members
Chatham Concert Band
Conductor: Vaughan Pew
Contact: Dr. John Leigh
519-352-7167; ccbmistro@hotmail.com
In progress
Rehearses: Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 pm at Kiwanis Music Shell,
Techumseh
Park, Willam Street N, Chatham
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.
Chinguacousy Band
Conductor: Al Bourke
Contact: Al Bourke, President
905-455-1917 or 416-435-1917; chinguacousy@sympatico.ca
Rehearses: Rescheduling rehearsal times at Music Room,
Civic Centre, 150
Central Park Drive, Brampton
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.
Clarington Concert Band
Conductor: Glenn Ward
Contact: Colin Rowe, President
905- 697-8956; claringtonconcertband@yahoo.ca
http://www.geocities.com/claringtonconcertband
Rehearses: Thursdays, 7:30 at John M. James P. S., 175
Mearns Ave.,
Bowmanville
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first
Concert Band of Cobourg
Conductor: Paul Storms
Contact: Andrew Jourard
905-697-3190; cbcrmab@sympatico.ca
www.theconcertbandofcobourg.com
Rehearses: Tuesdays 7:30 to 9:30 at Band Hall, 612 D’Arcy
Street,
Cobourg
Who Can Join? Call first
Dundas Concert Band
Conductor: Bill Rolfe
Contact: Dave Baldry
905-523-9500; info@dundasconcertband.com
www.dundasconcertband.com
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 8:00 at Dundas Town Hall, 2nd Floor,
Main St. West,
Dundas
Who Can Join? New members with at least 5 years experience
welcome on
all instruments
East York Concert Band
Conductor: Ernie Walker
Contact: Ernie Walker
416-266-1958; conductor@eastyorkconcertband.ca
www.eastyorkconcertband.ca
Rehearses: Mondays, 8:00 starting Sept. 11 at McGregor
P.S., Coxwell
& Mortimer, East York
Who Can Join? All welcome
Encore …The Concert Band
Conductor: Phil Murphy
Contact: Judy Reid, President
519-473-1778; encore@rogers.com
www.encoretheconcertband.ca
Rehearses: Wednesdays 7:15 to 9:45 at Central H. S.,
Dufferin Avenue, London
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first.
Encore Symphonic Concert
Band
Conductor: John Edward Liddle
Contact: Tom Robins, President
416-239-3663; trobins@rogers.com
Rehearses: Thursdays 10:00 am to 12:30 pm at Bayview
Fairways P. S.,
Thornhill
Who Can Join? Retired professional musicians, call first
Etobicoke Community Concert
Band
Conductor: John Edward Liddle
Contact: Dennis Locke, President
416-622-8389 or 416-410-1570; join@eccb.ca
www.eccb.ca
Rehearses: Wednesdays, 7:30 to 10:00 at Etobicoke C.I., 86
Montgomery
Rd. Etobicoke
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first
Etobicoke Youth Band
Conductor: Les Dobbin, Ken Hazlett, Mike Samotowka
Contact: Michael Samotowka
416-239-9724; eybbandguy@yahoo.ca
www.eyb.com
Rehearses: Monday Nights (September-May) at
Eglinton/Martingrove Area
Who Can Join? Grades 9 - 12, audition is required
Fergus Brass Band
Conductor: Bill French
Contact: Peter Harris, Assistant Bandmaster
519-843-5609; bandmaster@fergusbrassband.ca
www.fergusbrassband.ca
Rehearses: Tuesdays 8:00 to 10:00 at Art Lee Music Centre,
Blair St.,
across from the Fergus Legion
Who Can Join? New members welcome for brass or reed
instruments, call
first
Festival Wind Orchestra
Conductor: Gennady Gefter
Contact: Shelley Goodman
416-491-1683; shelley.goodman@sympatico.ca
www.festivalwindorchestra.com
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 7:30 at Earl Haig S.S., room 168, 100
Princess Ave.
North York
Who Can Join? Intermediate level and above welcome
Fort Erie Legion Concert
Band
Conductor: Brian Williams
Contact: Brian Williams
905-227-0150; gbwilliams@cogeco.ca
Rehearses: Thursdays, 7:30 at Fort Erie Legion, Military
Rd., Fort Erie
Who Can Join? Call first
Frontenac Community Concert
Band
Conductor: Rick Cory
Contact: Rick Cory
613-549-7436; rick.cory@sympatico.ca
http://post.queensu.ca/~ab25/FCCB
Rehearses: Wednesdays, 7:30 at Loyalist Collegiate,
Kingston
Who Can Join? All welcome
Galt Kiltie Band
Conductor: Jeff Ford
Contact: Bob Fox
519-621-8707; info@galtkiltieband.com
www.galtkiltieband.com
Rehearses: Tuesdays, 8:00 to 9:30 at R. C Legion Br.121,
82 Ainslie
Street South
Who Can Join? All welcome
Georgina Brass Band
Conductor: Paul Thatcher
Contact: Don Giles
905-476-7123; senesco@rogers.com
Rehearses: Mondays 7:45 to 9:45 pm at Keswick H. S.,
Biscayne Road,
Who Can Join? All brass players welcome, call first.
Gloucester Community
Concert Band
Conductor: Lisa Maclean
Contact: Jolene Savoie
613-851-7959; jolenesavoie@yahoo.com
www.piczo.gccb.ca
Rehearses: Tuesdays 7:15 to 9:30 pm September to June at
Saint Peter H.
S., Orleans
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first
Gravenhurst Bifocals Band
Conductor: Neil Barlow
Contact: Bonnie Parkhill. Secretary
705-645-8810; ragztime@sympatico.ca
Rehearses: Tuesdays 9:00 to 11:00 am at Seniors' centre,
Gravenhurst
Who Can Join? All welcome, call first
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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