TSC Jazz Band, under the leadership of Director of Bands Lisa M. Foltz, presents its annual family-friendly “Fall Concert” on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in Turner Auditorium at Tallahassee State College; 444 Appleyard Drive; Free and ample parking and free admission for all! Come enjoy an evening of Classic Big Band, Jazz, Rock, and Swing tunes! Turner Auditorium is located in the Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC), between the Administration Building and the Communications and Humanities Building.
Featuring tunes by Henry Mancini, Mike Kamuf, Les Hooper, Billy Joel/Arr. Nestico, Chick Correa, Victor Schertzinger/Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen/Sammy Cahn (as performed by Frank Sinatra and Count Basie), and more!
Capital City Band of TSC, under the baton of Director of Bands Lisa M. Foltz, presents its annual family-friendly Fall Concert on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in Turner Auditorium at Tallahassee State College. We’ll be celebrating 100 years since the original founding of “Tallahassee Community Band.” Free Admission and free and easy parking! 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, FL.
Featuring tunes by George and Ira Gershwin, Timothy Mahr, E.E. Bagley, Paul McCartney (arr. Sweeney), Andrew Boysen, Jr. (arr. of an American spiritual), Washington/Harline/Nestico.
Come early to explore our TSC art galleries.
Turner Auditorium is located in the Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC), between the Administration Building and the Communications and Humanities Building. Come out to support live music and the performing arts at TSC!
Mark your calendars 🙂 Here’s a listing of our 2024-2025 concerts as of today. Thank you for your continuing support of our Tallahassee State College bands! See you at the concerts!
Tallahassee State College Jazz Band
October 16, 2024 (W), 7:30 PM (Turner Auditorium at TSC, Fall 2024 Concert)
Thank you to everyone who follows the blog posts for Capital City Band of TSC and TSC Jazz Band here! We had some challenges with our website last year, but we’re back! Before we share our current concert posters (look for another post soon!), please celebrate our successful 2023-2024 concert season with us.
TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE JAZZ BAND (as it was known prior to July 1, 2024) presented six concerts during the 2023-2024 concert season:
October 23, 2023 (Fall Concert in Turner Auditorium)
November 29, 2023 (The Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks Retirement Community)
April 13, 2024 (Tallahassee Jazz and Blues Festival at Tallahassee Museum)
April 24, 2024 (Spring Concert in Turner Auditorium)
May 1, 2024 (The Grove at Canopy Retirement Community)
June 12, 2024 (The Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks Retirement Community).
CAPITAL CITY BAND OF TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (as it was known prior to July 1, 2024) presented nine concerts during the 2023-2024 concert season:
October 25, 2023 (Fall Concert – The Maguire Center of Westminster Oaks)
December 2, 2023 (Winter Festival – rained out)
December 4, 2023 (Tallahassee Senior Center)
December 8, 2023 (Commencement – Donald L. Tucker Civic Center)
April 6, 2024 (Springtime Tallahassee in Ponce de Leon Park)
April 26, 2024 (Spring Concert in Turner Auditorium)
May 2, 2024 (Commencement – Donald L. Tucker Civic Center)
June 17, 2024 (Tallahassee Senior Center)
July 4, 2024 (the first as CCB of TSC! The Maguire Center at Westminster Oaks Retirement Community)
We also presented the following special concerts:
April 2, 2024, Jazz Octet for “Jazz & Poetry in the Stacks” (TCC, as it was then known, Main Library)
April 21, 2024, Horn Trio plus Piano, Chamber Recital with Chilean Guest Artist, Alejandro Meléndez(Allegro Senior Living)
April 26, 2024, quintet at “Florida Heroes Reception” (The Florida Governor’s Mansion).
We’ll share some of our concert posters, photos, and more details from last season soon!
Join the members of Capital City Band of Tallahassee Community College, led by TCC Director of Bands, Lisa M. Foltz, on Saturday, July 2, 2022 for our annual Patriotic Concert at the Maguire Center of Westminster Oaks. Admission is free and the concert is open to the public.
People of all ages, toddlers to age 100 and beyond, will enjoy this reflective and rousing concert! Tunes to be played include some perennial favorites such as Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever March” and “Armed Forces on Parade,” honoring our veterans. A new-to-the-band piano work by Charlotte Blake set for band by Frank Winterbottom called “That Tired Rag,” will also be performed. The audience will also be treated to works by composers with deep ties to Tallahassee, including former Florida State University Professor Charles “Charlie” Carter’s “State Fair Suite” and former FSU Marching Chief and retired United States Air Force Band arranger and composer Robert “Bob” Thurston’s “On Behalf of a Grateful Nation.” These are just some of the delightful and meaningful tunes you will hear at the concert as we celebrate Independence Day!
We welcome you to join us in the audience on Saturday, July 2, 2022 at 10 AM at Westminster Oaks Retirement Community’s Maguire Center, 4449 Meandering Way, Tallahassee, FL 32308. Come early to find parking and to claim your seat!
Capital City Band of Tallahassee Community College, July 2, 2022 concert banner
Capital City Band of Tallahassee Community College played a summer-themed concert at the Tallahassee Senior Center on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM.
Capital City Band of Tallahassee Community College, under the direction of TCC Director of Bands, Lisa M. Foltz, was pleased to play a concert at the Tallahassee Senior Center, 1400 N. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida, on Monday, June 20, 2022. While the Band returned to the Senior Center for it’s annual holiday concert in December 2021, both the Band and Tallahassee Senior Center staff were elated for the reinstatement of the summer concert, following a two-year hiatus, 2020-2021.
Band members wore blue and gold, Tallahassee Community College’s colors, to celebrate fifty years of being “on the campus” and part of Tallahassee Community College. “Juneteenth” was also honored and remembered, on what was the official federal holiday of the same.
Capital City Band of Tallahassee Community College, under the direction of Lisa M. Foltz, TCC Director of Bands, returned to the Tallahassee Senior Center to play a summer concert on Monday, June 20, 2022. Photo: Carl Morse.
Repertoire played by the Band included John Philip Sousa’s ”I’ve Made My Plans for the Summer” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever (March),” Bob Thurston’s ”On Behalf of a Grateful Nation,” John Cacavas’ ”March of the Golden Brass,” Charles Carter’s ”State Fair Suite,” Charlotte Blake & Frank Winterbottom’s ”That Tired Rag,” a Patriotic Sing-Along, and more! At least two composers, Bob Thurston and Charles “Charlie” Carter have deep ties to Tallahassee. Thurston was also a composition student of Carter at Florida State University.
Donations were accepted at the door in support of Tallahassee Senior Center Services, whose mission is to offer programs, activities, and opportunities designed to encourage active living, optimal aging, and social fitness for independent adults age 50+. For more information on the Senior Center, activities and events, take a tour, call 850-891-4000 or visit Talgov.com/Seniors.
An enthusiastic audience appreciated the Band’s performance and many comments were received following the concert regarding favorite selections that the Band played. One patron commented that she vividly visualized each scene as she listened to the movements of “State Fair Suite.”
Capital City Band of Tallahassee Community College looks forward to our next concert at the Tallahassee Senior Center, which will be on Monday, December 5, 2022 at 7 PM. Please mark your calendars and “save the date”!
Tallahassee Community College Jazz Band, led by Lisa M. Foltz, played a concert at The Grove at Canopy, Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022
The Tallahassee Community College Jazz Band had a busy summer season, playing concerts at both The Grove at Canopy on May 18, 2022 and at the Maguire Center of Westminster Oaks on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Residents and guests enjoyed big band, Latin, and popular tunes as played by the Band. TCC Jazz Band is a traditional “big band” and includes two vocalists. Residents and band members alike look forward to the next time TCC Jazz Band is able to perform at the respective locations!
Tallahassee Community College Jazz Band, led by Lisa M. Foltz, played a concert at the Maguire Center of Westminster Oaks, Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Photo by Dakota Carolluzzi, edited Lisa M. Foltz, art editing by Mike Ewen.
Join us for our returnto Turner Auditoriumon Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 7:00 PM!
In March 2020, sounds of jazz in the Tallahassee Community College Band Room fell silent. Those sounds, stunted by distance and lagging bandwidth, would only later be revived in individuals’ living rooms, bedrooms, and kitchens as TCC Jazz Band rehearsed over Zoom for the entire 2020-2021 academic year. Then, on September 25, 2021, the band joyfully regathered in the Band Room for the first in-person rehearsal in over 18 months.
The last two months have been a time of rebuilding…a time of renewal and of revival. We’re still mourning the loss of two of our longtime friends and colleagues and the wife of one of our longtime members. (These losses were not related to band rehearsals.) We’ve welcomed five new members and one former member. We’ve practiced tunes we had only previously worked week after week utilizing keyboard accompaniment, instrumental recordings, and occasionally an individual player “unmuted,” over Zoom. We’ve brought back tunes we had nearly-concert ready when we were sent home 18 months ago. We’ve persevered. We’ve persisted. We’ve adjusted, and grown. And, the band is ready. We are gratefully ready to perform for you.
Be part of our community as we return to Turner Auditorium on Wednesday, October 18, 2021 at 7 PM. We need you, and we think you’ll find you needed us…and music…live music that feeds the soul and lifts your spirit.
Turner Auditorium is located at Tallahassee Community College in the Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC), which is between the Administration Building and the Communications and Humanities Building, 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, Florida, 32304; Free and ample parking is available in front of the FPAC. The concert is free for everyone to attend.
Our family-friendly concert will last about an hour.
Eagles Rise! Tallahassee Community College students Marcus Polzer (Baritone Saxophone) and Kate Curley (Trumpet) are two of the newest members of TCC Jazz Band.
TCC Jazz Band provides students an opportunity to build relationships with other students and community members, and to keep playing their instruments in college. TCC students Marcus Polzer (Baritone Saxophone), Kate Curley (Trumpet), and Maximus Figueras (Trumpet) [not pictured] joined TCC Jazz Band this fall. All three were standout musicians in their high-school jazz bands and in other ensembles.
Support live music and the performing arts at TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE with your presence at the CAPITAL CITY BAND OF TCC Fall Concert this Monday, October 18, 2021 at 7 PM. This concert marks our return to Turner Auditorium at TCC for the first time since October 2019. We are thrilled to be back home! The concert is free for everyone to attend, so bring your whole family, friends, coworkers, neighbors…you get the picture! We can’t wait to play for you! Lisa M. Foltz, TCC Director of Bands.
Turner Auditorium is located at Tallahassee Community College in the Fine and Performing Arts Center (FPAC), which is between the Administration Building and the Communications and Humanities Building, 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304; Free and ample parking.
Our family-friendly concert will last about an hour.
Pictured are five of our student members of Capital City Band of TCC (L to R): Maximus Figueras (Trumpet), Florin Armbruster (Tenor Saxophone), Derrick Harmon (Piccolo and Flute), Karina Portillo (Flute), and Jerina Mason (Clarinet).Capital City Band of TCC provides students with the opportunity to build relationships with other student and community musicians, and to keep playing their instruments after high school.
ANNOUNCING CCB of TCC, joined by RCSB, will be the Jubilee Kick-Off Entertainment at Springtime Tallahassee on MAY 15, 2021!
Capital City Band of Tallahassee Community College and Rose City Symphonic Band are pleased to present a joint concert as the Springtime Tallahassee Jubilee Kick-Off Entertainment on May 15, 2021, this year at the North Florida Fairgrounds. We’ll play in the Community Stage area from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM (alongside Building #1, facing Monroe Street); Lisa M. Foltz, TCC Director of Bands, and RCSB Music Director and Conductor.
Bring a chair or blanket if you’d like a seat for the concert. We are looking forward to playing for you and can’t wait to see you there!
Map: The North Florida Fairgrounds is located at the corner of Paul Russell Road and S. Monroe Street, on the south side of Tallahassee. Please see https://goo.gl/maps/STqRGgk2nHukt61W9.
