MWPBA

The MWPBA St. Louis Regional Solo Contest scheduled for Saturday March 1, 2014 has been cancelled. We only had 4 entries all in different grades. We just cannot justify the expense to the organization for so few players. All St Louis entrants have qualified by default and are invited to play in the finals being held in Palatine, IL on April 5th.

The Contests page now lists the upcoming Hoffman Estates Celtic Fest band contest on March 22, 2014.

This is a FULL band contest for grades 2, 3, 4, 5. Grades 2, 3 and 4 can play both their musical selections, while Grade 5 plays just QMM.

This contest will also feature a Drum Major event.

Entry is now open, and must be postmarked by March 12.

 

We are very pleased to announce the instructors for the MWPBA Summer School being held June 16-20 at Concordia University in River Forest, IL.

The instructors are:

• Piping: Ken Eller,  Ed Neigh
• Drumming: Doug Stronach

Overnight accommodations will be available at the school. There will be greatly reduced rates for Individual Members of the MWPBA. This will be a great chance to improve your playing and have a great time while doing it.

Much more information to follow very soon.

Online forms are now available for management and submission of band competition rosters. Band rosters and RI forms must be submitted by March 31. Roster submissions and maintenance is all online -- there are no more paper forms.

Reminder -- early-bird band registration closes January 31!

The date for the 2014 MWPBA Regional Solos competition qualifier in Cleveland has been moved from March 8 to March 22.

The qualifier dates are:

• Feb 1 - Alma, MI
• Feb 8 - Milwaukee, WI
• Feb 15 - St Paul, MN
• Feb 22 - Lexington, KY
• March 1 - St. Louis, MO
• March 22 - Cleveland, OH

The final will take place on April 5 in Palatine, IL.

See full contest details on the MWPBA Contests page.

As was announced at the MWPBA Annual General Meeting, the MWPBA will be running a piping and drumming school this summer with top flight instruction. The dates of the school will be June 16-20, 2014. All levels of piping and snare drumming will be available. We also hope to have night classes available for those that can't make it during the day on a limited schedule. Possibly even some band instruction. The school will be held at Concordia Univeristy in River Forest, IL.

We are not sure of the turn out, so if you would be interested in attending the school please send let us know. Let us know if you would be attending during the day or a few night classes, and whether you are a piper or drummer. Not sure of the cost yet but we are doing our best through sponsorships to keep the cost down.

Please let us know by sending an email to Jim Sim at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .