We gratefully express our appreciation to the Burlington Fine Arts League for awarding the band a grant enabling us to purchase new heads for our percussion instruments as well as a new wood block.  The tone quality of drum heads deteriorates with usage and the passage of time and it had been many years since ours were replaced.  We hope that you will express your appreciation to members of the Burlington Fine Arts League and support their fine work!
This web site is also available in a LARGE PRINT version.
And welcome to the band's 83rd season of concerts which begins Sunday June 6th and continues through August 8th.  All concerts will be at the Crapo Park band shell at 7:30 P.M.  The concerts are broadcast on KBUR AM 1490 via "immediate delay," from 9:00 until 10:00 P.M. on Sunday nights.
And welcome to the band's 83rd season of concerts which begins Sunday June 6th and continues through August 8th.  All concerts will be at the Crapo Park band shell at 7:30 P.M.  The concerts are broadcast on KBUR AM 1490 via "immediate delay," from 9:00 until 10:00 P.M. on Sunday nights.
Burlington, Iowa
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Burlington Municipal Band
The audience enjoying one of our Sunday evening concerts in Crapo Park
Each year, the band has openings for a few musicians. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Burlington Municipal Band, contact Mark Eveleth by telephone at (319) 753-6900 or by e-mail at evelethm@mchsi.com.
About the Band
The Burlington (Iowa) Municipal Band is a community concert band which has served and enriched the life of this city for eighty-two years. The band's first concert was presented in Crapo Park in May of 1927 after the citizens of Burlington had expressed the desire that such a band be formed. The band's roots extend back to the nineteenth century;  it was formed through the combining of the existing Orchard City Band and the privately operated Fischer's Band under the leadership of J. Henri Fischer, a prominent musician of the era.
The band today enjoys a membership from a wide variety of backgrounds. The band contains homemakers, physicians, music teachers, business men and women, ministers, retired people, college students, and a few outstanding high school musicians. All share the common enjoyment of playing their instruments and providing the community with a wholesome family activity.
With continued support from the City of Burlington, the Municipal Band performs free Sunday evening concerts in Crapo Park during the summer months. These concerts are presented from 7:30 until 8:30 P.M. at the Crapo Park Bandshell, located on Grandview Drive within the park. This site provides concert goers a magnificent view of the Mississippi River and the Illinois farmlands spread below, and a wide lawn where listeners can choose to sit on park benches provided near the bandshell, or bring their own lawn chairs or blankets, perhaps to sit near the illuminated Foehlinger Fountain. The concerts are well attended by people of all ages, and many visitors to Burlington make it a point to return each summer to hear at least one concert.
This website is now maintained by members of the Burlington Municipal Band.
We thank the staff at the Burlington Public Library for the original site design.
This web site is also available in a LARGE PRINT version.
We hope that you will take the opportunity to support live music provided by many musical organizations in the Burlington Area.  Members of the Municipal Band participate in or direct many of these groups, and we would love to see you.  These groups include the school bands, orchestras and choirs in Burlington and surrounding communities as well as the Southeast Iowa Symphony, Southeast Iowa Band, Bel Canto Chorale, South Hill Brass, Southeast Iowa Brass Quintet, and the Southeast Iowa Woodwind Quintet. You may often find band members directing or participating in the pit bands of the Players Workshop and/or area school musical productions as well.
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Links to other web sites of interest
We gratefully express our appreciation to the Burlington Fine Arts League for awarding the band a grant enabling us to purchase new heads for our percussion instruments as well as a new wood block.  The tone quality of drum heads deteriorates with usage and the passage of time and it had been many years since ours were replaced.  We hope that you will express your appreciation to members of the Burlington Fine Arts League and support their fine work!
We invite you to preview each week's concert for interesting information about the music and the conductor by clicking on the "This week's concert" button below.  This information is normally available by the Wednesday preceding the concert.
If inclement weather is threatening on concert evenings, you can check radar by clicking on the weather radar button below.  If a concert must be canceled we will post that information prominently on this page as soon as that decision has been made.
Due to a mix-up, our band found itself at the start of the 2010 Steamboat Days Parade with no float to ride.  We were rescued by Tim and Loretta Thomann, owners of
Thomann Automotive in Middletown, who generously made room for us on their own parade entry.  We cannot thank them enough!
Our concerts would not be possible without the help and dedication of a great many people and organizations.  During the fall, winter and spring when the band is inactive, we feel it is appropriate to post on this site a list of these individuals and groups to express our appreciation and gratitude to them.

First and foremost, thanks should go to the City of Burlington and to the Henry and Elsie Starker Memorial Trust for providing the financial support which makes these concerts possible.

Thanks to the Burlington Fine Arts League for their grant which made it possible for us to buy new heads for our percussion instruments. The League's sole fund raiser is their GALA which will be held this year on Saturday November 13th at the Pzazz Events Center.  We encourage you to support this fine organization by attending this event.

Thanks to Phil Collier and the staff of the Burlington Parks Department which maintains the band shell and keeps Crapo Park a beautiful place to have our concerts.  

Thanks to Tom Bell (who still aspires to being referred to as "the finest swordsman in all France") who handles the traffic control barricades before and after each concert and who, along with Jim Priebe, maintains this web page.

Thanks to Diane and Debbie in the Finance Department at City Hall.  Thanks to band member Jennifer Hexom who takes care of personnel and payroll responsibilities and to her daughter Bethany who takes care of the band's library duties each week and to Mark Eveleth who keeps the media informed and serves as the band's main contact person.

Thanks to Don Fitting of the city's Wastewater Treatment Department for kindly allowing the band to use one of their trucks to haul equipment each week and to Michael Salino-Hugg and Kirk Schneden who drive the truck and manage the equipment it carries.

Thanks to Linda, Bill and the rest of the staff at Memorial Auditorium for preparing the arena for our rehearsals each week and providing a storage area for our equipment and music library.

Thanks to Thomann Automotive of Middletown for donating the truck and trailer which carried the band during the Steamboat Days Parade and to Tom Bell (you may have heard him referred to as "the finest swordsman in all France") for arranging the band's parade appearance.

Thanks to Skeeter Zinnert who serves as the band's photographer, snapping pictures during the concerts for use on this web site.

Thank you to all the very special individuals and groups who have given the band financial support.  If you would like to support us, please click on the "how to support the band" button below for information.

Thanks to radio station KBUR and announcer Steve Hexom for broadcasting our concerts each week and  to Standard of Beaverdale for sponsoring those broadcasts and to The Hawk Eye newspaper for listing our concerts in the calendar section and previewing each week's concert.

Thanks to band members Gerry Runyon, and Marcia Korb who always set up and put away our chairs and equipment for each concert and to Dave Scott who provides his truck and his labor to haul and set up the percussion equipment, manages the percussion section personnel, sets up the PA system, and expertly records each concert. 

And our sincere thanks to band member Alisha Orth's mom Carrie who always has freshly baked cookies for the band after the concerts.

We've tried to express our thanks to all who had a part in supporting the band this season.  No doubt we have forgotten to include some  we hope they will understand that this in no way lessens our gratitude!

There is one other group which deserves our thanks and that is the loyal people who make up our audience.  We want to express our sincere appreciation to all who have attended our concerts or listened to them on KBUR and we look forward to seeing you again next summer.  On behalf of all the band members, THANKS FOR A WONDERFUL SEASON!