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Weekly
Monday evening rehearsals are now underway
for our 2024 season.
The South Shore Band is a volunteer adult
community band based in Staten Island, N.Y.
New members are always invited to join.
Our members include
professionals, amateurs, and some musicians
who had long been away from active playing.
All find the South Shore Band an ideal way to
continue with active ensemble playing. We
offer a relaxing and friendly atmosphere and
now have over 40 active members.
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Our mission: "To provide a
supportive and inspiring community band
environment where musicians can
share in the growth of musical expression,
performance, and service to
the community".
The South Shore Band offers service to our
local communities through concerts, performing
at civic events...and other occasions where we
can deepen the general public's appreciation
for live performance and instill a greater
pride in our community.
Rob Butler is our new Music
Director. Rob has been with our band since
1998 leading our Percussion Section. He has a
Master's Degree in Percussion Performance from
Brooklyn College, is Organist for St.
Christopher/St. Margaret Mary RC Church,
teaches music in a number of Catholic
Elementary School's across Staten Island, has
been Music Director for a number of Community
Theatre and High School musical productions,
and has arranged a number of musical scores
for our band. We are fortunate to have someone
with Rob's vast experiences taking up the
baton duties for the South Shore Band.
Rehearsals
are held every Monday evening at The Reformed
Church of Huguenot, 5475 Amboy Road, Staten
Island, NY 10312 (at Huguenot Avenue). We
continue to rehearse throughout the summer
time as well. For more information please
contact Ann-Marie Leonard, Band President at
718-356-6865, via email, or
call/text my mobile number at 646-436-1918. New
members interested in joining are invited to
visit us at any weekly Monday evening
rehearsal.
Click on "Schedule
of Events" within our site to learn more
about upcoming appearances for the Band.
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Site
Last
Updated:
04/09/2024 |
- "Current conditions": Weekly
rehearsals resumed Monday, June 14,
2021 after a 15 month COVID pause on
a "conditional basis". Until further
notice in order to return to
rehearsing members must be fully
vaccinated (at least 14 days prior
to returning), have not been in
contact with anyone testing COVID
positive recently, and adhere to our
hosts "off limits" areas within the
building(s). Mask wearing is
optional. For our added safety, a
portable air filtration system will
be used during our rehearsal time.
- Effective Oct 7, 2019 we are
welcomed into our new permanent
rehearsal home at The Reformed
Church of Huguenot, 5475 Amboy Road,
Staten Island, NY 103012 (at
Huguenot Avenue). Thank you Rev.
Troia and the congregation of The
Reformed Church of Huguenot for your
generous hospitality for our
community group. We celebrate these
new beginnings.
- Jan 15, 2019: No longer welcoming
our community band, we were required
by St. Paul's UMC to move out of our
long time rehearsal "home".
Thank you Gateway Community Outreach
for welcoming us until we found a
more permanent space to call "home".
- In late June 2018, the band was
honored to receive citations of
appreciation from the Boy Scouts of
America as well as from Beauvais
Hudson American Legion Post for our
music support on behalf of our
community.
- The South Shore Band is excited to
welcome new and returning members to
our community band family. We always
have space for more new people so
come on down to visit with us and
learn more about our community band.
The South Shore Band welcomed:
- Thomas Meaders back to our Bass
Clarinet section July 27, 2015
- Kevin Kosakevitch on Stand-up Bass
on February 22, 2016
- Matthew Sullivan to our Oboe
Section in June 2017
- Yuri Levitsky to our Clarinet
Section in 2017
- Denise Canlon to our Flute/Picc
Section on June 14, 2021
- Krissy Murnieks back to our Flute
Section on June 21, 2021
- Kathy Murnieks back to our Alto
Sax Section on June 29, 2021
- John Coangelo to our Flute Section
on August 9, 2021
- Matt Pecora to our Percussion
Section on September 27, 2021
- Terry Shields to our Flute Section
on March 28, 2022
- Mahasin Pomarico to our Trombone
Section on July 11, 2022
- Pat Ricardella to our Flute
Section in January 2023
- John Baranello to our Tenor Sax
Section in March 2023
- Leo Freynk to our Bassoon Section
in March 2023
- Shaina Fox to our Baritone Horn
Section in May 2023
- Christina Romano to our Flute
Section in May 2023
- Sara Stein returning to our Flute
Section in June 2023
- Carole Santarsiere returning to
our Flute Section in June 2023
- Jim DeFranceso returning to our
Clarinet Section in October 2023
- Malcolm Stokes to our Trumpet
Section in April 2024
- Find us on Facebook for all the
latest information and chatter about
the band!
- To get a sense of the music that
we are currently rehearsing you can
click on “Folder
Music List” to view the
content of our rehearsal folders.
This music list is updated regularly
as music is added to our folders as
we progress in various concert
performance preparations (note:
march book music is not included in
this listing).
- New members are welcome in
all sections. We are in
particular need for added members to
the following sections: Trombone/Low
Brass and Percussion. Can always use
added French Horns as well.
- You can click on “Schedule
of Events” for information
regarding 2024 appearance dates as
well as the 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020,
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014,
2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 &
2008 schedules. The scheduling
process is always quite active with
many of our events being ongoing
commitments year after year. If you
are interested in having the band
perform please contact us early as
our calendar of events that we are
able to accept fills quickly.
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