The Taylorville Municipal Band is hard at work preparing music for their second concert performance of the 2024 season. The band’s next concert will be held at the Christian County Historical Society at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, June 26. All Taylorville Municipal Band concerts are free and open to the public. This second concert performance will feature classic as well as contemporary band compositions, marches and orchestral transcriptions.

Audience members in attendance will hear Russian Easter Overture by Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov and arranged by Jay Bocook; Storm King by Walter Finlayson; Irish Tune from County Derry by Percy Grainger; Sogno di Volare by Christopher Tin, transcribed by Matt Conaway; The Circus Band March by Fred Jewell, edited by John Boyd; Allegra by Ron Ninmer; Brighton Beach by William Latham; Jitterbug by Robert Buckley; On The Mall by Edwin Franko Goldman; Montego Bay by Sammy Nestico; and America The Beautiful by Samuel Augustus Ward, arranged by Carmen Dragon.

The following week, the Taylorville Municipal Band will be giving two concerts. The first on Wednesday, July 3 at the Christian County Historical Society and the second on Thursday, July 4 at the Lake Taylorville Marina. Both concerts will begin at 7:00 PM and are free and open to the public. You can follow the Taylorville Municipal Band on Facebook.