Kathy Huggler

  This celebration of Autumn is performed by ensembles from America’s Hometown Band - Central Indiana Flute Choir (Becky Boyce, Dir.) & Clarinet Connection Choir (Steve Stickler, Dir.)  A peek at the program: Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo, Fantasia, The Addams Family …

 “Lessons in Harmony”  brings together - Live, On-stage - the musicians of the East Central Indiana Chamber Orchestra (ECICO) and the young voices of Muncie Northside AND Muncie Southside Middle Schools.  It's a treat to see & hear these school kids creating new connections through music. 

  A special & delightful performance of holiday tunes, by the very talented flautists of the Central Indiana Flute Choir, an ensemble from America's Hometown Band of Muncie. From the tiny, highest piccolo to the very large and low-tone bass flutes - this group just sounds angelic!  Fabulous new family outing, Free Admission & Parking, and all are welcome.

Spring 2023 Concert by ECICO

ECICO - East Central Indiana Chamber Orchestra - invites you to help celebrate the return of “All Things Spring” - with an evening of seven short, light-hearted works from the likes of Mozart, Beethoven, Lin Manuel Miranda, and more.   Free admission & parking. All are welcome!

Summer Nights with the AHB Big Band

“Love Is In the Air” – jazz up your summer night on June 8 with the fabulous Big Band musicians from Muncie's own America's Hometown Band. This group of top-notch performers is led by jazz trumpeter pro Larry McWilliams, also a BSU music professor, emeritus. 

Enjoy this program of treasured love songs done right – plus beautiful vocals by special guest artist, Cozette Myers, professional vocalist from Indianapolis.

It's all Free & open to the public, with plenty of lawn seating space.

Sing along with AHB at “Oh, What a Night!”

“Oh, What a Night!”

  Come join the AHB concert band on Thur , June 15, for some ‘8 o’clock’ rock’.  

Enjoy this evening of fun, familiar tunes from the classic rock era. FREE to all and plenty of lawn seating space for you and your kin!

 4th of July music that speaks to our hearts—
   Come celebrate this country that’s full of character — and its characters!  
  Free and open to all, with plenty of lawn seating space.  Concludes pre-fireworks. 

  🎵A First-Thursday First! 

  At 6:30 pm, 20 Trombonists take the Canan Commons stage to sound off their horns in 4-part harmony.  It’s the Bernie Pressler Trombone Choir with Director Don Lamb. Make it your first encounter with Brass en Masse!   Free listening for all 🎵

AHB Big Band Jazz on Minnetrista Blvd

  Big Band music is all about feelings of love - dreamy, exciting, lost & regained. This show brings passionate tunes of both joy & and heartbreak from the likes of the big names - Miller, Dorsey, Ellington, Basie, May, Strayhorn, Nestico. And this AHB group can really belt it out for the audience on the lawn of this beautiful Minnetrista Blvd setting.

    In case of rain, this event is canceled - previous rain location no longer available. 

AHB at Old Washington St Festival

   The full Concert Band from America’s Hometown Band is a traditional part of the Old Washington St. Festival – this year entertaining festival goers on Sunday the17th at 2 pm, from the bright red striped tent in the street at the intersection of E. Washington & Monroe. A free, public event.The audience chairs are under shade, too!

This Live outdoor concert by America’s Hometown Band players livens up July 4th in Muncie — at Minnetrista. Free & Open to all, lawn-chair seating. Enjoy a singalong , then isten for John Philip Sousa’s famous “Stars & Stripes Forever” at fireworks time!

AHB Big Band leader Larry McWilliams

  The Big Band musicians from America’s Hometown Band are Playing for You — 

 Bandleader & trumpet guru Larry McWilliams calls it “Swingin’ In the Trees”, as he & the very special Big Band group takes their ‘cool’ swing tunes & improv talents to the park … so they - and the audience - can, well, … have it made in the shade with the music of Basie, Ellington, Miller, Strayhorn, and more. The concert is open to all, no ticket needed - pack up the lawn chairs, bring family & friends 🎵

Bad Weather Location - Cornerstone Center for the Arts, 520 E Main St — ck FB ‘America’s Hometown Band’  for confirmation status

Crooner Myles Ogea

   Former hometown Vocalist Myles Ogea revisits Muncie in July, and his vocal talents are really something to ‘croon’ about — especially when the America’s Hometown Band Concert Band plays for him. 
  Don’t miss the heart-felt lyrics of standards such as Come Fly with Me, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, and I’ve Got You Under My Skin. No ticket needed, and lots of shaded lawn-chair space for your friends & family.

AHB full Concert Band at Westside Park

“Oh, the Places Music Takes Us”  is a bit of a time-travel concert mix of much-loved music … from a touch of Dixieland Jazz, to Michael Jackson tunes …  that’s sure to take you back to faces & places your heart remembers.              

   This AHB Concert Band program is open to the public, no ticket needed. Plenty of lawn-chair space, so bring friends & family.

    That’s August 15th - Come enjoy your hometown band players in the cool evening riverside shade at Westside Park. 

America’s Hometown Band Plays for You!  

Broadway in the Park

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   From ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ to ‘Les Miserable’, America’s Hometown Band plays for you a set of popular themes that celebrate the ups and downs of ‘Life’ and ‘Love’— as only Musical Theatre can express. 

   Vocalist for this concert is AHB songbird Mona Dale.  Meet us in the shade at Westside Park for this short trip to the theatre. No ticket needed, and lots of lawn chair space at 2400 W White River Parkway in Muncie. 

America’s Hometown Band Plays for You! 

AHB Big Band entertain at EB Ball Center

     The top-notch Big Band players from America’s Hometown Band will be wowing the crowd again with their performance of swing tunes and improvisation skills — all about romance. 
   Timeless tunes from the great ones - like Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Les Brown — will fill the evening air.  The concert is open to all, no ticket needed - bring the lawn chairs, the friends, and the family.  THANK YOU, EB & Bertha C Ball Center!
America’s Hometown Band Plays For You!

Field of Flags closing ceremony & AHB

The AHB Concert Band plays prior to and during the closing of the week-long Field of Flags event staged annually on the Minnetrista greensward. This public program honors the sacrifices of the 9/11 victims & rescuers. 

A+ Xylophone soloist David Robbins

America’s Hometown Band and Old Washington St. Festival have been together entertaining Muncie for many trips around the Sun … continuing in 2024 with a Free Public concert that spotlights solo & small ensemble performers, accompanied by the full band. Come enjoy the variety!

Discover easy listening orchestra music!

     Conductor & Music Director of East Central Indiana Chamber Orchestra— Isaac Denniston — invites you & your family to come experience the pulse of much loved tunes from time-honored composers such as —Leroy Anderson, Aaron Copland, and Joseph Hayden, plus a touch of the real rock band sound of The Beatles.

     Plan to beat a path to this LIVE on-stage performance set for Sat., March 22 at 7 pm.

    This family-friendly event is free and open to the public, plus ample free parking at MCHS.

Come enjoy this lively joint concert by two of the AHB (America’s Hometown Band)
woodwind ensemble groups - Central Indiana Flute Choir (Director, Becky Boyce) and Clarinet Connection (Director, Steve Stickler).

    Free admission & parking.The public is invited to hear these very talented musicians perform a concert music lineup that ‘travels’ the world & beyond from ‘Ashokan Farewell’,  ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, and ‘Saint Louis Blues’ — to ‘Star Wars’ themes and ‘Jupiter’ (from Gustav Holtz’ - ‘The Planets’)