Stillwater Living Magazine Volume 10 Issue 12 June 2014 | Page 30

entertainment

Stillwater Community
Band Summer Concert
Series
MEDIA RELEASE

The Stillwater Community
Band returns to the City of Stillwater
Community Center in June for its
18th consecutive summer concert
season. The Thursday night concerts are free to all.
The annual concert series featuring the Stillwater Community
Band is returning to the City of
Stillwater Community Center, 315
W. 8th Ave., this June, with performances on Thursdays at 7 p.m.
The band is an Oklahoma nonprofit corporation originally formed
in 1906 before being reformed in
1992. It gives free concerts for the
enjoyment of the players and the
community. Young and old have
enjoyed the band’s spirited music,
and its popularity continues. The
band features more than 90 musicians from all ages, coming together to bring music to Stillwater
during the summers. This summer
marks its 18th consecutive concert
season.
As a special guest, the June 26
concert will also feature the Gold
Orchestra, a youth string orches30

tra from Manhattan, Kansas. David
Littrell, a music professor at Kansas
State University, founded the orchestra 25 years ago. Under his
direction, the orchestra has performed at a variety of prestigious
venues, including Carnegie Hall

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and the Rotary International Music
Festival in Colchester, England.
The free concert series begins
on Thursday, June 5. For more information, visit tickets.stillwater.
org or call 405-533-8433.