Concert Band

Fall 2026 Concert Band Session

2026 - 2027 UMBAA Concert Band Dates:

REHEARSALS

Thursdays 7:30 - 9:30pm

Fall 2026
September 10, 17, 24
October 1,8,22, 29
November 5, 19
November 12 (Forsythe)
Dec 3 (6:45 - 8:45pm)

Winter 2027
January 21, 28
February 4 (Forsythe)
February 11,18
February 25 (Forsythe)
March 4,11,18,25
April 8
April 15 (6:45 - 8:45pm)

CONCERT: Free and Open to the Public - Saline HS Auditorium

Fall - Sunday December 6th, 2026 - 3pm
Winter - Sunday April 18th, 2027 - 3pm

1:30 p.m. arrive
1:50 dress rehearsal - time approx: starts as soon as we are set up
2:30 house opens
3:00 concert

Repertoire

American Salute - Morton Gould/arr. Philip Lang
Contre Qui, Rose - Morton Lauridsen/trans. H. Robert Reynolds
Little Mexican Suite - Nubia Jaime-Donjuan
Pride of the Wolverines - John Philip Sousa
Mannin Veen - Haydn Wood
Halftime Reflections - Terry Martin
The Victors - Louis Elbel

We are excited to welcome John Mange and Jennifer Hepp as our Directors for the 2026-2027 season.

John Mange is pursuing the D.M.A. in Wind Band Conducting at the University of
Michigan. Previously he was the K-12 Director of Fine Arts and High School Director of Bands in Stoughton, MA. Over the course of 12 years in Stoughton he led a variety of marching, symphonic, and jazz bands that regularly achieved regional and statewide recognitions. Mange holds a B.Mus. in Trumpet Performance, Music Education, and Music Theory from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and an M.M.Ed. with Composition Minor from the University of Hartford’s The Hartt School.
In 2024 he was a Reynolds Conducting Institute Fellow at the Midwest Clinic. He is published in the Journal of Band Research, National Band Association Journal, and Massachusetts Music Educators Journal. His blog, compositions, and latest activities can be found at www.johnmange.com. He and his wife Cassia have three children.

Jen holds Bachelor's degrees in Music Education, Trumpet Performance and Journalism from Northwestern University. During her time there, she was named a Theodore Presser Scholar and performed regularly with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago.
Jen has extensive experience in the pageantry arts, including marching with The Phantom Regiment and serving on the brass staffs of both The Phantom Regiment and currently, The Santa Clara Vanguard. She also currently serves as an Assistant Director for the Crossroads Drum Major and Leadership Clinic.

To cover some of the expenses of the Concert Band there is a participation fee of $50 per session. The participation fee will be collected when you register online at the link above.

Please pass the word onto your alumni friends that may not be on our e-mail list. It is easier to plan if we have a good head count and know what part you would like to play sooner rather than later.

Who are we?

Our UMBAA Concert Band holds ~10 rehearsals culminating in a concert each session. Our group runs two sessions each year: fall and winter. Since the first session in the spring of 2009, our members have grown in musicianship, some having dusted off their instruments for the first time in years and have once again set up a chair and stand in the basement to practice daily. Others play in multiple community bands. The Concert Band plays everything from traditional concert band repertoire to pieces less familiar to many members. Why? Simple. The piece did not exist when they last played in a concert band!

Want to Join?

If you are interested in becoming a member of the UMBAA Concert Band, we would love to have you join us! Our band welcomes players of all levels and abilities. Players must be UMBAA Members in Good Standing ($20/annually). A $50/session participation fee will be collected when you register online at the link above.

If you have any questions, please send an email to UMBAAconcertband@umich.edu.

Go Blue and Yuba!