The Matthews Concert Band is a volunteer community band of professional and dedicated amateur musicians.
The band started in 2001 and now has around 60 members from all walks of life, who enjoy making music together each week.
Its mission is to encourage lifelong participation in music.
Its repertoire includes classic concert band standards, marches, Broadway selections and jazz favorites.
Learn all about the various community bands, orchestras and choirs in Charlotte, and how you can participate.
Matthews Concert Band presents several concerts throughout the year, free to the public. Donations are accepted.
Upcoming Concerts
Winter Concert: Let’s Dance
Thursday, March 7, 2024
7:30 p.m.
Fullwood Theatre, Matthews Community Center
100 McDowell Street, Matthews, North Carolina
Free, but donations appreciated
Featuring dance tunes…
- Aram Khatchaturian: Sabre Dance
- John Wasson: Big Band Tribute (Goodman, Miller, Ellington, Herman & Basie)
- Eric Osterling: Beguine for Flutes
- Jerry Bock, arr. Hearshen: Symphonic Dances from “Fiddler on the Roof”
- John Moss: Clarinet Hoedown
- Duke Ellington, arr. Custer: Duke Ellington!
- Aaron Copland, arr. Longfield: Excerpts from “Appalachian Spring”
- Leonard Bernstein: “America” from West Side Story
Spring Concert: From the British Isles
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
7:30 p.m.
Fullwood Theatre, Matthews Community Center
100 McDowell Street, Matthews, North Carolina
Free, but donations appreciated
- H. Walford Davies: Royal Air Force March Past
- Malcolm Arnold: Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo
- Percy Grainger: The Immovable Do
- John Philip Sousa: Rose, Shamrock and Thistle
- Frank Ticheli: Amazing Grace
- Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F
- Frederick Loewe: Selections from “My Fair Lady”
Memorial Day Ceremony
Monday, May 27, 2024
9:30 a.m.
Stumptown Park
120 S Trade Street, Matthews, NC
Free
Matthews Concert Band will perform before the American Legion’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony, paying homage to the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.
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