Note from the webmaster: We update this web site at least once a week during our summer concert season. Since the program for each Sunday concert is finalized at our rehearsal on Monday evening, we generally post the week's update sometime on Tuesday. Unfortunately, if you are viewing this page on a summer Monday, what follows will undoubtedly be the information for YESTERDAY'S concert.
For those specifically SEEKING web pages from past concerts, our recent concert archives are now available online.
Enhancing the quality of life
in Burlington and Southeast Iowa
since 1927
Next week's conductor
will be Jay Hauenstein
Our concerts so far this season have included a lot of variety. In fact we've already used the Monty Python phrase "And now for something completely different," when referring to conductor Carmen Lachnitt's concert on June 28. The phrase is equally applicable to this week's concert which will be conducted by her father-in-law Mike Lachnitt. Second only to clarinetist Sue Kristensen, who has played in the band for 78 years, Mike, a musical instrument repairman by trade, is our longest-serving band member, having been in the band for 65 years!
Mike's selections will include: The Gallant Seventh March by John Philip Sousa; Rose-Marie Overture by Rudolf Friml, transcribed by William Teague; The Serenade March by Victor Herbert; American Patrol by F.W. Meacham arranged by Paul Yoder; Jolly Robbers by Franz Von Suppe; Clear Track Polka by Eduard Strauss, arranged by Alfred Reed; The Glow-Worm by Paul Linke; Lassus Trombone by Henry Fillmore; National Fencibles March by John Philip Sousa; The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss arranged by Eric DeLamater; and our traditional closing march, The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa.
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What a great evening we had! That seems to be everyone's reaction to last Sunday's concert with the Bel Canto Chorale. Our thanks to the members of the Chorale for joining us in a truly inspirational evening of music. Here's hoping that we can do it again in the future!
This Week's Concert
Sunday, July 12, 2026
(NOTE: If the weather is bad, this concert will be moved
to Edward Stone School -- notice will be posted here,
and on the band's Facebook page.)
In keeping with the ongoing celebration of our band's century of existence, Mike, for his concert, has decided to recreate, to the greatest extent possible, the first concert ever given by the Burlington Municipal Band. In the archives of the Hawk Eye, he found the article that announced that first concert and which included the program that was performed. Some of the selections that they played are now unavailable (Mike has rounded out the program with a few more recent pieces) but many, printed on yellowing and brittle paper, have survived in our music library. Some of the selections - a march by Sousa for example - would seem at home in our programs of today, but many echo the popular music of yesteryear. Rudolf Friml's Rose-Marie is a standout example: featuring the song "Indian Love Call," made famous by Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy in the 1936 MGM movie, Friml's music was originally composed for the Broadway production of Rose-Marie in 1924. J. Henri Fischer, the Muni Band's first conductor, was obviously on top of things to have programmed it before Jeanette and Nelson made it so famous!
For those specifically SEEKING web pages from past concerts, our recent concert archives are now available online.
