Tarpon Springs to Form Community Band

Tarpon Springs is looking for local talent to create a community band and the coming auditions are open to the public. The auditions will be held on Wednesday, September 5 and Thursday, September 6 at 7pm in the Heritage Museum (100 Beekman Lane). Musicians will be the first to take the stage on Wednesday, followed by singers on the second day of auditions.

The group will be under the expert direction of Dan Fox. According to Tampa Bay Newspapers:

The repertoire will consist of jazz and dance music from the 1920s and early 1930s including Fox’s transcriptions and arrangements of famous jazz recordings by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and other legendary musicians and orchestras of that era. 

The band will consist of three reeds, three brass, four rhythm (bass, percussion, piano and banjo/guitar) with the addition of violins and singers as available. Players need to be competent sight readers and have a love of old-time jazz music.

Once the band is selected, rehearsals will be scheduled for Wednesday nights. The time is TBD.

If you have further questions, email info@tarponarts.org or call 727-937-0686.