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Last Update - April 14, 2024

About The Band

The Gulf Coast Concert Band was formed in 1975 by local music educators, area musicians and the City of Pasadena as the Pasadena Municipal Band. The city was the major financial sponsor of the band until the fall of 1993. At that time, members of the band formed Gulf Coast Community Concerts, Inc. to fund the band. In the fall of 1994, the band's name was officially changed to the Gulf Coast Concert Band.

The band is composed of approximately 35 adults coming from all walks of life. The band has been fortunate to attract and retain some very talented musicians, many of whom play with local big-bands, civic symphonies and various ensembles. Many have been active in the band for 15 years or more.

The band plays a wide variety of selections ranging from orchestral transcriptions to broadway music. The band has played all around the Houston area including Jones Hall, a college music conference in Atlanta, GA, the Battleship Texas, Miller Outdoor Theater, area churches, senior citizen centers and more!

The band season usually runs from early September to early December, then January through Memorial Day. Generally, the band plays one concert a month in the Houston area.

The band is under the leadership of Maestro Ben Butler, II, professor of music at Texas Southern University. Before his current position, Ben was the Director of Bands at TSU for 23 years. Many of his former students are eminently successful and have performed with such groups as the Duke Ellington Orchestra, B.B. King, Houston Grand Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera Company.

We rehearse at Lutheran North Academy. The school is located at 1130 W 34th St. (map)

Folder cleanup Jan 4, rehearsals resume Jan 11

2024 - CONCERTS/EVENTS
Thursday	January 11	REHEARSALS RESUME
Sunday	February 11, 2:00PM Uniform: Red Polo Black pants, dark shoes	Seven Acres Retirement Home 6200 North Braeswood (map) Valentine's Day Concert
Saturday	March 23, 2:00PM Uniform: Red polo shirt Dark pants, dark shoes/socks	The Delaney at South Shore 2605 Marina Bay Drive (map) Spring Concert
Thursday	March 28	NO REHEARSAL Holy Thursday
Saturday	April 20, 8:00PM Uniform: Red polo shirt Dark pants, dark shoes/socks	Hobby Airport Honor Flight
Sunday	April 21, 1:30PM Uniform: Red polo shirt Dark pants, dark shoes/socks	The Houston Yacht Club 3620 Miramar Dr, La Porte, TX (map) Opening Day Ceremony
Monday	May 27, 6:00PM Uniform: Red polo Dark shorts, white shoes	Country Place Country Club Pearland (map) Memorial Day Concert

Previous schedules. Schedules before 2006 may be incomplete as they were reconstructed from old programs and notes. Unable to recreate the 1993 schedule and any schedule before 1986.

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If you are interested in joining the band, would like us to play a concert, or want to contact us for any reason, please email us at gulfcoastconcertband@yahoo.com.

No auditions are required, nor do we have limits on the number of people in each section. The band currently practices on Thursday nights, 7:30pm-9:30pm at Lutheran North Academy. The school is located at 1130 W 34th St at Alba, between North Shepherd and Ella, just north of Loop 610. Enter from the covered entrance on the east end of the building. The band hall is located upstairs in room 216 on the west end of the building.