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Established 1923

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2011 Schedule   


Sunday, August 7, 7:00 p.m.

Zane’s Landing Park

Concert Program

Triumphant Fanfare
Star Spangled Banner - Colors presented by Cub Scout Troop 166 from Zane Grey Elementary School
Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo
King Cotton
Blue Tango
Les Miserables
American Visions

The Y-City Ramblers - Basin Street Blues and The Saints Go Marching In
Raise Your Joys and Triumphs High
Silvercrest
Light Eternal
Star and Stripes Forever

Guest Singer

Stina McKendry

Stina McKendry is the Executive Director/Producer for the Miss Muskingum Valley Scholarship Program. Stina McKendry has a BFA in Music Theater and a BM in Music Education from the Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA. Stina also has a Master in the Art of Teaching. A 14-year music teacher at Duncan Falls Elementary, Stina is also the founder and director of the Broadway Babies.

Stina is a singer in the classic rock band Old S'kool. She has directed numerous shows and performed leading roles in musicals and a number of stage shows, but her proudest performing moment came a few years ago when she was invited to sing the National Anthem for the John McCain campaign.

Stina and her husband Jeff live in Duncan Falls with their two adorable little boys, Jack age 8 and little Luke who is 5 years old.

Guest Conductor

James Swearingen

James Swearingen's talents as a performer, composer/arranger and educator include a background of extensive training and experience. He has earned degrees from Bowling Green State University and The Ohio State University. Mr. Swearingen is currently Professor of Music, Department Chair of Music Education and one of several resident composers at Capital University located in Columbus, Ohio. He also serves as a staff arranger for the famed Ohio State University Marching Band. Prior to his appointment at Capital in 1987, he spent eighteen years teaching instrumental music in the public schools of central Ohio. His first teaching assignment took him to the community of Sunbury, Ohio. He then spent fourteen years as Director of Instrumental Music at Grove City High School where his marching, concert and jazz bands all received acclaim for their high standards of performing excellence.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Mr. Swearingen manages to be very active as a guest conductor, adjudicator and educational clinician. Appearances have included trips throughout the United States, as well as Japan, Australia, Europe, Canada and The Republic of China.

Mr. Swearingen's numerous contributions for band have been enthusiastically received by school directors, student performers and audiences worldwide. With over 500 published works, he has written band compositions and arrangements that reflect a variety of musical forms and styles. Many of his pieces, including 86 commissioned works, have been chosen for contest and festival lists. He is a recipient of several ASCAP awards for published compositions and in 1992 was selected as an Accomplished Graduate of the Fine and Performing Arts from Bowling Green State University. In March of 2000, he was invited to join The American Bandmasters Association, considered to be the most prestigious bandmaster organization in the world. Mr. Swearingen received the 2002 Community Music Educator Award given annually by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. In that same year, he became conductor of the Grove City Community Winds. This highly talented ensemble consists of many fine musicians from the central Ohio area. He is a member of numerous professional and honorary organizations including OMEA, MENC, ASBDA, Phi Beta Mu and Pi Kappa Lambda.

On June 20, 2009, The American School Band Directors Association, Inc., presented Mr. Swearingen with the A. Austin Harding Award.  This prestigious award is presented annually by the organization and is reflective of valuable and dedicated service to the school bands of America.



Upcoming Concerts

Concerts begin at 7:00pm and are free
We hope you will join us.
Donation letter and form - PDF

Most concerts are performed at Zane's Landing Park - Downtown Zanesville
At the West end of Market Street, over the railroad tracks, near The Freight Shops


In case of rain, Ohio University-Zanesville has allowed us to use the Elson Hall Auditorium.
Ohio University-Zanesville, 1425 Newark Road, Zanesville - Click for map & driving directions


Past Concert Programs (PDF): 

June 6, 2010   June 20, 2010   * July 4, 2010   July 18, 2010   August 1, 2010

June 7, 2009  June 21, 2009  July 5, 2009  July 19, 2009  August 2, 2009 

June 8, 2008  June 22, 2008  July 6, 2008  July 20, 2008 August 3, 2008

June 10, 2007
June 24, 2007 July 8 2007  July 22, 2007  August 5, 2007

June 11, 2006  June 25, 2006 July 9, 2006  July 23, 2006  August 6, 2006 

June 12, 2005  June 26, 2005 July 10, 2005  July 24, 2005  August 7, 2005

Press: WHIZ 3-30-2009

Please contact us at the address below for additional information

Zanesville Memorial Concert Band, Inc.
Post Office Box 2915
Zanesville, Ohio 43702-2915

Donation letter and form - PDF

updated: July 29, 2011 0300 jdc