Concerts and Operations:
Each year, the Band presents concerts in parks in the metro Denver area, open to the public and free of charge. We also play community outreach concerts for senior citizens, residents of women's shelters and youth detention centers.
We:
- Entertain Denver metro-area residents and music-loving tourists by providing free professional concerts in local parks that stimulate the senses.
- Unite diverse audiences by building community through musical performances.
- Accomplish our nearly two-century-old vision by partnering with governmental agencies (including parks), educational institutions, neighborhood groups, foundations, other performing arts organizations, and interested individuals.
Education:
The Band has an extensive educational outreach program. We inspire young people toward their own creative pursuits and aid them on a path of lifetime participation in and support for the arts. Many of these activities support traditionally under-served communities. In addition to traditional school activities, we work with young adults in the Gilliam Youth Center in Denver, and provide instruction and instruments to children through our educational programs, partnering with Raices Brewing Company and Event Center in Sun Valley and the summer youth camp at The Love Center in Montbello. The Montbello area of Denver has historically been drastically underserved, and we have established partnerships that can help to mend these inequities. For example, together with the Montbello Organizing Committee and the Board of the Denver Public Schools, we are chartering a new brass band program in middle school that will feed into the Montbello High School Drum Line.
Our school educational program consists of:
- Performances for all-school assemblies
- In-classroom mentoring and instruction
- Preparation and joint performances with student groups
- Providing community access to musical instruments and instruction
In 2020, we began a program, in consultation with music teachers in each county we serve, to produce supplemental materials to enhance our educational outreach programming. We want to ensure that we're assisting their programs and that we do more to follow up and provide online materials to increase the impact of our work. To this end, we've developed video resources that teachers can use with students.
In addition to schools, we also collaborate on educational events with the Colorado Conservatory of Jazz Arts, Colorado Honor Band, Dazzle @ Baur's, Metro State University of Denver, and the Kinney Family Fund.
Endowment Fund:
The Band's Endowment Fund is a long-term funding vehicle from which it can spend up to 3.3% of its starting fiscal year balance. The funds are used for innovative projects, concerts and educational outreach. The funds can also be used to improve operations of the Band, such as administration, new sound equipment, staging, and similar expenditures.
