Shippensburg Band


		2011 Young Artist Solo Competition
2011 Young Artist Solo Competition is Announced Download: Invitation to Teachers - doc Invitation to Teachers - pdf Application form - doc Application form - pdf Rules - doc Rules - pdf		We are pleased to announce the Shippensburg Band's 2011 Young Artist Solo Competition. While there are many of these types of competitions for students or orchestral instruments, very few are for students of band instruments. We want to offer this opportunity to school-aged students from the area around Shippensburg, PA, including only Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton and Perry Counties in PA and Washington County, MD. Two awards will be given: $600 ro a 9-12th grade student and $400 to a 6-8th grade student. Each will also have a solo appearance with the Shippensburg Band at a concert in April 2011. Please free to duplicate the announcement and application form to distibute to interested students as well as other music teachers in your area. While we have attemped to identify all schools in the six eligible counties, it is possible that we have missed a few, so we thank you for sharing this information with your music colleagues in both the public and private sectors. Thank you for distributing these to students in your area, and please encourage them to apply. Please submit early, as the deadline for the audition tape or CD is due by January 1, 2011. Questions can be directed to the Young Artist Solo Competion Chair: Carl Sponenberg 717-776-5822 or via email at: sponenberg@pa.net

View the Band as it was in 1925		Our History (NEW: Read a historical article published in Public Opinion, 1970) In the winter of 1922, sixteen men held a meeting for the purpose of organizing a community band. It was the beginning of the Shippensburg Band as we know it today. It was not the first band to be organized in Shippensburg. An 1871 reference has been found relating to the Shippensburg Concert Band which had successor bands known as the Walter Snodgrass Cornet Band and the Edward Shippen Military Band.
		Salvadore Collangelo, the band's first director, organized the Shippensburg Band back in 1922. Shortly afterwards, Clarence Smith of Carlisle took over as director of the band and continued in that capacity until 1935. In addition to his duties as director, Mr. Smith instituted a beginning class of musicians in order to build the band's membership. Professor Ralph Schecter, who taught English and Music at Dickinson College, served as director of the band from 1936 until 1961. He was followed by Kenneth Slater, a former cornet soloist with the United States Marine Band and the United States Army Field Band, who served as director from 1962 to 1966 when the director's staff was handed over to Donald Bollinger. Mr. Bollinger served as the band director until his retirement in 1986, when he was followed by Victor Coble. Donald Bollinger returned as guest conductor for the fall concert in 1992, and as full-time conductor in 1993 until his second retirement in 2004. Our present director is Carl Sponenberg, former director of Middle Spring High School. Since its inception, the Band has marched in the Memorial Day Parade and other parades in addition to performing at other local and regional events. Each year, the Band presents its Spring Concert in March or April and a Fall Concert in November, drawing a responsive audience from the community. Fans can watch the band perform at more than 25 events each year which may include:
Links: Fasching - Info and Pictures! Shippensburg Blaskapelle, our own German Band! Shippensburg Swing Band Shippensburg Band Bylaws		Concerts in the Park (Gettysburg, Chambersburg, Shippensburg, surrounding communities) Civil War Re-enactment Concert Memorial Day Service at Middle Spring Presbyterian Church Summer reading program kick-off at Shippensburg Library Independence Day Ceremonies Shippensburg Fair Vespers Services Shippensburg Corn Festival Many nursing homes and health care facilities throughout the area.
Download: 2007 Spring Concert Poster.jpg 2006 Spring Condert Poster.jpg Ship Band Brochure.pdf 2005 Fall Concert Poster.pdf		The Shippensburg Band has gathered many individuals from the Shippensburg, PA and surrounding communities to make music and share it with others. It is a dynamic group of young and old from all walks of life. The band has survived over the years because of good leadership, the dedication of its members, and excellent community support. We continue to return to the community our quality entertainment enjoyed by people of all ages.
Contact: Shippensburg Band PO Box 222 Shippensburg, PA 17257		Join our Band Band rehearsals are year-round on Tuesday at 8:00 PM in the Shippensburg Area Senior High band room. We are always looking for new members, so if you are looking for a group to join, please stop by. All interested musicians are welcome!