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About LOMCB
History
The Lake Oswego Millennium Concert Band (LOMCB)
was formed in the fall of 1999 as part of the Millennium celebration
sponsored by the City of Lake Oswego. The charge for the band was
to perform one of a series of concerts and activities that would lead
the Lake Oswego community toward a grand community celebration of the
coming of the new millennium. Dale Cleland, a long-time Lake
Oswego resident and former Lake Oswego Schools Director of Music, was
appointed as director of the new organization. A call for
musicians went out and rehearsals started soon thereafter for the 55
member concert band.
Our band had a highly successful concert in
November, 1999, and since the musicians and their director were having
so much fun, it was decided to continue the band's rehearsal and
performance schedule. We played a well received concert at
Marylhurst University in early April, 2000, and performed again before a
large and enthusiastic crowd in the newly dedicated Millennium Park
Plaza in downtown Lake Oswego in June, 2000.
Since that time the band has grown to a full
instrumentation concert band of 72 musicians. We perform three formal concerts at
Lakeridge
High School
each season, before a highly responsive and loyal audience of between
450 and 600 people. The band usually
participates in the Statewide Adult Band Festival and has been
presenting patriotic concerts on or near the Fourth of July at Millennium Park in downtown Lake
Oswego as well as other venues for several years. A smaller group of band
members also plays for the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting in Millennium
Park each year.
In addition to the concert band, three smaller
ensembles - a clarinet quartet (The Millennium Clarinets), a brass
quintet (The Millennium Brass), and a wind quintet (The
Millennium Winds) - have been active for several years and
have performed regularly throughout the
Portland
metro area. These
highly accomplished ensembles are available to perform at concerts,
private parties, receptions, weddings and most other venues where the
addition of fine music will add to the success of the event.
The newest performance ensemble from our band is
the Millennium Dance Band. This 18 member group performs dance
and concert music as performed by the “Big Bands” of the 1930’s, 40’s
and 50’s, with an occasional selection from more recent times for the
younger crowd. This group has become very popular and is available to
perform for your dance and concert events.
During the 2010-2011 season, LOMCB will rehearse each Sunday evening in the band room at Lakeridge
High School and will
continue to present high quality musical performances for the citizens
of Lake Oswego and the surrounding area.
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Director's Bio
Dale Cleland has been involved in the musical life
of Lake Oswego since 1966 when he was hired to be the Band Director at
Lake Oswego High School. Since that time he also held positions of
Band Director at Lakeridge High School, Coordinator of Music, Director
of Music and Athletics, and Director of Programs and Services at the
District level. When he retired in 1992, he was Assistant
Principal at Lakeridge High School. Prior to
his move to Lake Oswego, Mr. Cleland was Band Director at Cascade High
School in Everett, Washington. His formal education was attained
at the University of Iowa, where he earned the Bachelor of Music and the
Master of Arts degrees. While at the University of Iowa, Mr.
Cleland studied privately for five years with one of the world's finest
clarinet teachers, Himie Voxman. Since that time, Mr. Cleland has
taught privately and performed on clarinet and saxophone in many dance
and concert bands. He currently performs with the Oregon
Symphonic Band, the Millennium Clarinet Quartet, and the Millennium
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Members of LOMCB come from several communities and
while many live in the Lake Oswego area or have ties to Lake Oswego as
former students, that relationship is not a requirement. Our
members are physicians, teachers, housewives, computer technologists, scientists, engineers, retirees and on and on.
The only requirements are that they have a love of music, play their
instruments at an acceptable level and are willing to share their
musical skills with others by attending rehearsals regularly and
performing in our concerts. Our rehearsals are designed to be fun
and enjoyable, and at the same time musically and technically
demanding. Since it is necessary that a proper balance between
instruments is maintained, prospective members should contact the
Musical Director at (503) 603-0511. Also, for additional
information see Member Info.
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