Past Concerts

It’s My Job!

April 11, 2024

What’s your job? What’s my job? What do jobs have to do with music? Quite a bit, as it turns out! Join the Cary Town Band for a musical exploration of jobs and the people who do them. We’ll have music about superheroes, singers, cowboys, and public servants. Find the music for your favorite job at It’s My Job!

On My Mind – Memories, Dreams, and Fantasy

Feb 9, 2024

Do you hear music when you dream? Does a favorite song bring back a memory? What kind of music is fantastical? Come find the answers to these questions as the Cary Town Band presents “On My Mind – Memories, Dreams and Fantasy.” Come share music from a favorite memory, dream, or fantasy with us!

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Winterfest ’23

Dec 8, 2023

Join the Cary Town Band for our annual musical celebration of the holiday season. This year’s concert takes place in the Cary Arts Center theatre, with music for Christmas and Hanukkah and our popular Christmas carol sing-along. Join us for some unique settings of great seasonal music at Winterfest ’23!

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Cabaret

October 13, 2023

Great songs, great dancing, great singing; what could be better?! Join the Cary Town Band and the Graceful Expressions Dance Company, along with talented vocal soloists, Jennifer Myers and Victor Walker, for a Cabaret extravaganza at the Herbert C. Young Community Center. The Graceful Expressions Company dances to three selections performed live by the Cary Town Band, while the band features some popular Broadway showtunes, including music from My Fair Lady, Chicago, Encanto, “Popular” from Wicked, “America” from West Side Story, highlights from The Greatest Showman, and MORE!!

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47th Annual Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival

Aug 26, 2023

As we wrote a few summers ago, Late August – the dog days of summer. The perfect time for the 47th Annual Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival – a day filled with exhibits and shopping and entertainment of all varieties. And what better way to start the festival than with the Cary Town Band on the Main stage in the morning before the heat of the day.

Summerfest 4th of July

July 4, 2023

The Cary Town Band, the North Carolina Symphony, and fireworks – what could make the 4th of July more perfect? Join us at Summerfest 2023 for the annual Independence Day Celebration!

Founding Father and Mothers

July 3, 2023

In the hottest days of summer, we pause to remember the dedicated men and women who founded the United States of America.

6th Annual Triangle Community Band Festival

June 10, 2023

The Durham Community Concert Band is hosting our fellow area bands—the Cary Town Band, the Holly Springs Community Band, the Raleigh Concert Band and The Village Band—in an out-in-the park, toe-tapping, awe-inspiring concert.

Memorial Day Remembrance

May 29, 2023

The Cary Town Band will be performing, as part of Cary’s annual Memorial Day Remembrance at the Veterans Freedom Park. There will be a patriotic ceremony, speakers from local organizations, along with memorable and inspiring music by the Cary Town Band.

Just For Fun

May 19, 2023

Music can be serious, but it can also be fun! The Cary Town Band brings out the joyful side of music with this program devoted to fun.  We’ll feature Three Trumpeters and Five Trombones, music about fun places, from “Tropical” settings to “Life on Mars”.  We’ll have a Galop, a Diversion, music about Hobbits, and How to Train Your Dragon.  It’s all great music and it’s Just for Fun!

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All Natural

Mar 17, 2023

Spring has sprung (with some green shamrocks, for good measure)! Join the Cary Town Band for a program celebrating many aspects of nature – from plants and trees, animals, the sea and the sky, fire and water, and the wonderful world we inhabit.

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Selections from the Program

El Relicario

José Padilla, arr. Robert Longfield

Forgotten Dreams

Leroy Anderson

Game of Thrones Highlights

Ramin Djawadi, arr. Jay Bocook

I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables 

Claude-Michel Schönberg,
arr. Michael Brown
Andrew Hedgecock, Alto Saxophone solo

Man of La Mancha

Mitch Leigh

The Lord of the Rings

Johan deMeij, arr. Paul Lavender

Highlights from Dreamgirls

Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen, arr. Jay Bocook

Selections from the Program

El Relicario

José Padilla, arr. Robert Longfield

Forgotten Dreams

Leroy Anderson

Game of Thrones Highlights

Ramin Djawadi, arr. Jay Bocook

I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables

Claude-Michel Schönberg,
arr. Michael Brown
Andrew Hedgecock, Alto Saxophone solo

Man of La Mancha

Mitch Leigh

The Lord of the Rings

Johan deMeij, arr. Paul Lavender

Highlights from Dreamgirls

Henry Krieger & Tom Eyen, arr. Jay Bocook

Selections from the Program

Piece

Composer

Job

The Picador

J.P. Sousa

Part of Bullfighting Team

Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore

Giuseppe Verdi

Blacksmith

Die Meistersinger

Richard Wagner

Singer

The Cowboys

John Williams 

Cowboy

Can you Feel the Love Tonight

Elton John 

King

His Honor March

Henry Fillmore

Mayor or Judge

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Williams, Bocook

Ship's Master

Superman Theme

John Williams

Superhero

The Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Phantom/Resident
Ghost/Singing Teacher

The Peanut Vendor 

Moises Simons

Peanut Vendor or Concessionaire

Highlights from The Greatest Showman

Pasek & Paul 

Circus Master

** All Selections Subject To Change

Selections from the Program

Piece

Composer

Job

The Picador

J.P. Sousa

Part of Bullfighting Team

Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore

Giuseppe Verdi

Blacksmith

Die Meistersinger

Richard Wagner

Singer

The Cowboys

John Williams 

Cowboy

Can you Feel the Love Tonight

Elton John 

King

His Honor March

Henry Fillmore

Mayor or Judge

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Williams, Bocook

Ship's Master

Superman Theme

John Williams

Superhero

The Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Phantom/Resident
Ghost/Singing Teacher

The Peanut Vendor 

Moises Simons

Peanut Vendor or Concessionaire

Highlights from The Greatest Showman

Pasek & Paul 

Circus Master

** All Selections Subject To Change

Selections from the Program

Broadway Center Stage

arr. Paul Murtha

One from A Chorus Line

Marvin Hamlisch

Selections from Chicago

John Kander, arr. Ted Rickets

Popular from Wicked

Stephen Schwartz, arr. Jay Bocook

America from West Side Story

Leonard Bernstein, arr. Michael Brown

My Fair Lady

Lerner & Loewe, arr. Robert Russell Bennett

Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Elton John, arr. Michael Brown

Selections From Encanto

Lin Manuel Miranda, arr. Paul Murtha

Selections from Into The Woods

Stephen Sondheim, arr. Stephen Bulla

Highlights from The Greatest Showman

Pasek & Paul, arr. Michael Brown

Dance Time for Kids

Harm Evers

Selections from the Program

Christmas Legends

Gary P. Gilroy

Snow Day Celebration

Alan Stein

Christmas Day

Gustav Holst, arr. Larry Daehn

White Christmas

Irving Berlin, arr. John Moss

The Eighth Candle

Steve Reisteter

Snow in a Silent Wood

Jonathan McBride

Christmas from the ‘50s

arr. Douglas E. Wagner

Christmas Sing-a-long

arr. James D. Ployhar

The Saints Hallelujah

arr. Luther Henderson, adapt. Calvin Custer

Sleigh Ride

Leroy Anderson

Selections from the Program

Broadway Center Stage

arr. Paul Murtha

One from A Chorus Line

Marvin Hamlisch

Selections from Chicago

John Kander, arr. Ted Rickets

Popular from Wicked

Stephen Schwartz, arr. Jay Bocook

America from West Side Story

Leonard Bernstein, arr. Michael Brown

My Fair Lady

Lerner & Loewe, arr. Robert Russell Bennett

Can You Feel The Love Tonight

Elton John, arr. Michael Brown

Selections From Encanto

Lin Manuel Miranda, arr. Paul Murtha

Selections from Into The Woods

Stephen Sondheim, arr. Stephen Bulla

Highlights from The Greatest Showman

Pasek & Paul, arr. Michael Brown

Dance Time for Kids

Harm Evers

Selections from the Program

Christmas Legends

Gary P. Gilroy

Snow Day Celebration

Alan Stein

Christmas Day

Gustav Holst, arr. Larry Daehn

White Christmas

Irving Berlin, arr. John Moss

The Eighth Candle

Steve Reisteter

Snow in a Silent Wood

Jonathan McBride

Christmas from the ‘50s

arr. Douglas E. Wagner

Christmas Sing-a-long

arr. James D. Ployhar

The Saints Hallelujah

arr. Luther Henderson, adapt. Calvin Custer

Sleigh Ride

Leroy Anderson

Selections from the Program

In Storm and In Sunshine

John Clifford Heed

The Robbers Overture

Jacques Offenbach, arr. Hermann Egner

Chicago Tribune March

William Paris Chambers, ed. Marc Oliver

A Song for Japan

Steven Verheist
Yoshi Nakamura, Trombone soloist

Foshay Tower Washington Memorial March

John Philip Sousa

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Edvard Grieg, arr. L.P. Laurendeau

The Invincible Eagle

John Philip Sousa

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Richard Rodgers, arr. Philip J. Lang

Olympic Fanfare and Theme

John Williams, arr. James Curnow

Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts)

Modest Moussorgsky, arr. Erik Leidzen

** All Selections Subject To Change

Selections from the Program

In Storm and In Sunshine

John Clifford Heed

The Robbers Overture

Jacques Offenbach, arr. Hermann Egner

Chicago Tribune March

William Paris Chambers, ed. Marc Oliver

A Song for Japan

Steven Verheist
Yoshi Nakamura, Trombone soloist

Foshay Tower Washington Memorial March

John Philip Sousa

Wedding Day at Troldhaugen

Edvard Grieg, arr. L.P. Laurendeau

The Invincible Eagle

John Philip Sousa

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Richard Rodgers, arr. Philip J. Lang

Olympic Fanfare and Theme

John Williams, arr. James Curnow

Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts)

Modest Moussorgsky, arr. Erik Leidzen

** All Selections Subject To Change

Selections from the Program

The Invincible Eagle

John Philip Sousa

633 Squadron

Ron Goodwin, arr. Goff Bishop

Armed Forces Salute

arr. Bob Lowden

Roll Tide from Crimson Tide

Hans Zimmer, arr. Rob Balfoort

The Glory of the Yankee Navy

John Philip Sousa

Midway March

John Williams, arr. James Curnow

Victory at Sea

Richard Rodgers

The Stars and Stripes Forever

John Philip Sousa

** All Selections Subject To Change

Selections from the Program

The Invincible Eagle

John Philip Sousa

633 Squadron

Ron Goodwin, arr. Goff Bishop

Armed Forces Salute

arr. Bob Lowden

Roll Tide from Crimson Tide

Hans Zimmer, arr. Rob Balfoort

The Glory of the Yankee Navy

John Philip Sousa

Midway March

John Williams, arr. James Curnow

Victory at Sea

Richard Rodgers

The Stars and Stripes Forever

John Philip Sousa

** All Selections Subject To Change