Our next concert will be on Sunday, February 11 at the Branscomb Auditorium at Florida Southern College. Doors open at 1:15, pre-show at 1:45 and the band concert begins at 2:30. The concert (and parking!) are free, and no tickets are needed.

The concert will feature romantic songs for Valentine’s Day, including songs from The Beatles and an old fashioned love song featuring vocalist Ken Brady. It’s time for the Olympics, so we’ll play John Williams’ Olympic Fanfare. We’ll also have themes from “Phantom of the Opera,” a medley of Broadway songs, a clarinet feature, and much more.

The pre-show features our very own Music Ambassadors dance band, with a preview of their dance on Friday, March 16. And in the lobby before the show, The Licorice Sticks, featuring our clarinet section.

We hope you can join us.

Our next concert will be presented on Sunday, January 14, at the Youkey Theatre in the RP Funding Center. Doors open at 1:30, pre-show at 1:45, and the band concert begins at 2:30. The concert is free and no tickets are needed. (The Center charges a parking fee.)

The Winter Concert features musical themes from around the world — folk songs from the Far East, songs from “The King and I,” and a medley of popular songs from Mexico. We’ll also have ragtime and big band music, and (of course) marches!

The pre-show features our very own Music Ambassadors dance band, with a preview of their public dance Friday, January 19 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lakeland.

We hope you can join us!

Our annual Christmas Concert will be presented on Sunday, December 10, at the Youkey Theatre in the RP Funding Center. Doors open at 1:30, pre-show at 1:45, and the band concert begins at 2:30. The concert is free and no tickets are needed.

Christmas songs and carols — in traditional, jazzy, popular, and Latin settings — are the feature of our Christmas Concert. We are also pleased to welcome back Rebecca Renfroe, who will sing several numbers with the Band. And, once again, your kids and grandkids are invited to join us on stage to conduct the band!

We hope to see you there.

We begin our 39th season with our annual Salute to Veterans concert on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at the Youkey Theatre in the RP Funding Center.  Doors open at 1:30, pre-show at 1:45, and the band concert begins at 2:30.

The concert will feature patriotic songs and marches, music from George Gershwin, Glenn Miller and Cole Porter, American folk songs, and more. We will honor the service of our vets by presenting the flags from the military services of the United States and Canada. Come early to hear songs by Carlos Roman in the pre-show.

Our Season Finale concert will be presented on Sunday, April 2 at the Branscomb Auditorium at Florida Southern College. Doors open at 1:15, pre-show at 1:45 and the band concert begins at 2:30.

Our Season Finale will be chock full of classics — all sorts of classics.

Classic classics like the Finale to Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4:  the one that goes “daa-daa-dat-diddle-liddle-liddle-liddle-daa-dat-dat.”  Don’t recognize it? Come and hear for yourself!

We’ll also have a classic Italian song that you’ll definitely recognize, a lilting clarinet polka, a thunderous low brass feature, and some classic movie themes:  We’ll send you out in space with “2001: A Space Odyssey” and bring you back to earth with “Somewhere over the Rainbow.” And, of course, we’ll have classic marches from Sousa and Fillmore.

We hope you can join us!

Our St. Patrick’s Day concert will be presented on Sunday, March 5 at the Branscomb Auditorium at Florida Southern College. Doors open at 1:15, pre-show at 1:45 and the band concert begins at 2:30.

Our concert will feature Irish songs, of course, with singer Ken Brady leading an old favorite. We’ll also have a very high trumpet solo by Richard Lake, an arrangement of the theme from “Carousel,” trombone smears, and so much more. Oh, and the band will sing …

Hope you can be there!

Our next concert will be on Sunday, February 5 at the Branscomb Auditorium at Florida Southern College. Doors open at 1:15, pre-show at 1:45 and the band concert begins at 2:30.

The concert will feature romantic songs for Valentine’s Day, including a selection with vocalist Liane Marshall Black. We will also have themes from “Oliver,” songs from The Beatles, a tuba feature, an exciting Latin-style march, and much more.

The pre-show features our very own Music Ambassadors dance band, with a preview of their dance on Friday, February 10.

We hope you can join us.

Our next concert will be presented on Sunday, January 15 at the Youkey Theatre at The Lakeland Center.  Doors open at 1:30, pre-show at 1:45, and the band concert begins at 2:30.

Our Winter Concert celebrates Florida’s warm winter weather with music from other warm places — a song from The Jungle Book, Dixieland flourishes, and the theme from Lawrence of Arabia. We’ll also have an overture from the opera Semiramide, which is about a legendary woman from Assyria (pretty warm there sometimes too), a tribute to Gene Wilder, and much more.

Our pre-show features our very own Music Ambassadors dance band, providing a preview of their upcoming public dance.

We hope you can join us.

Our annual Christmas concert will be presented on Sunday, December 11 at the Youkey Theatre at The Lakeland Center. Doors open at 1:15, pre-show at 1:45, and the band concert begins at 2:30.

The concert features carols and other Christmas music in many different settings — from traditional to pop to jazz to Latin to Sousa (??) to movie western (???) — something for everyone. And the Grinch.

The pre-show will feature two treats. First, we’ll have the Licorice Sticks, a clarinet choir made up of members of the Band’s clarinet section. They perform holiday and other festive music at the Lakeland hospital and other venues. Second, The Fabulous Lady Z returns to our stage. Lady Z is a regular in the Lakeland music scene, as a solo vocalist and with groups including the Living” Large Jazz Duo, The Original Emotions, and the Memto Jazz/Blues/Standards Duo. Lady Z and singer Ken Brady will also join us in the concert.

Join us for traditional favorites and arrangements with a kick. Plus a chance for your kids and grandkids to join us on stage to direct the band!

We hope to see you there.

Our concert is dedicated to the memory of Ray Vaguener, a man of many talents, who played saxophone, flute and clarinet with the band and the Music Ambassadors for many years. We will miss him.

We hope you will join us for the opening of our 38th season of music and fun for the Lakeland area.

We begin with our annual Salute to Veterans concert, which will be held on November 13, 2016 at the Youkey Theatre at The Lakeland Center.  Doors open at 1:30, pre-show at 1:45, and the band concert begins at 2:30.

The concert will feature patriotic songs of many kinds: military service marches, music from the World War II documentary TV series Victory at Sea, American folk songs, and more. We’ll also recognize the 50th anniversary of Star Trek.

Flags from the military services of the United States and Canada will be presented by the Honor Guard and other cadets from the Civil Air Patrol of Florida Unit 274.

The pre-show will feature the return of singer Ken Brady. Ken was lead singer for The Casinos, a doo-wop group from Cincinnati. Their hit single “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” reached #6 in the Top 40. Ken performs in the central Florida area and nationwide.

Our concert is dedicated to the memory of Bruce Gillette, saxophone, and Rich Kantner, trombone. Bruce and Rich played with the band and the Music Ambassadors for many years. We will miss them!

In the lobby, cadets from the Florida Civil Air Patrol Unit 466 will be offering the purchase of wreaths that will be placed at the Florida National Cemetery in Bucknell, as part of the Wreaths Across America program.