Plymouth Community Band

The Plymouth Community Band (PCB) is an amateur concert band based in Plymouth, Michigan.

Homepage

- (last updated 2006/08/24)

The Plymouth Community Band home page.

Newsletter

- (last updated 2009/05/19)

Visit our newsletter for the latest news and information.

Calendar

- (last updated 2009/05/19)

Check out our upcoming events.
Note: If for some reason the Plymouth-Canton schools are closed (for example, due to a "snow day")
on the day a PCB concert is scheduled in one of the school buildings, that concert will be cancelled.

Gallery

- (last updated 2009/03/05)

Browse a collection of videos and photographs of the band.

PCB Member Info (private)

- (last updated 2009/06/12)

Information for PCB Members.
PCM Members wanting access to this information should contact the PCB.

http://www.geocities.com/plycomband

Plymouth Community Band bio

The Plymouth Community Band (PCB) - based in Plymouth, Michigan (metro Detroit) - is composed of 55-75 volunteer, amateur musicians (winds & percussion) who enjoy coming together to make music, in a "concert band" arrangement. Members come from all walks of life, have diverse backgrounds and experiences, and range in age from teenagers to octogenarians.

The Plymouth Community Band was founded in 1960, as a German "oompah" band, and has remained intact ever since, evolving into its current concert band arrangement. The PCB is most reknown as Plymouth's "Concerts in the Park" band, due to its long-standing tradition of performing six Thursday night concerts in Kellogg Park in downtown Plymouth in June and July. The PCB rehearses once a week, year round (except for August! :-), and performs other outdoor concerts as well as a slate of indoor concerts during the school year.

Carl Battishill is the director of the Plymouth Community Band. He has been conductor since 1979, and is only the third conductor the PCB has ever had. Carl is a music educator in the West Bloomfield school district, and is one of several PCB members who are music educators as well.

On July 27, 2006 the National Alumni Association of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma awarded the Plymouth Community Band its Community Band Award for 2003-2005.


To contact the PCB, send e-mailto:plycomband@yahoo.com