THE LANCASTER TOWN BAND

Richard Goss, Conductor
Dan DeAngelis, Associate Conductor

Board of Directors
Jeffrey Geblein, President
Alan Nowicki, Vice President
Amy MacPeek, Secretary-Treasurer
Lynda Klock, Librarian
Susan Tichy
Nancy Recupero
Sandy Bruschi
Kenneth Graber, Esquire
Dr. Joseph Casimino
Thomas Fox
Michael Koziol

The Lancaster Town Band begins its 63rd season in 2008. The band is comprised of dedicated musicians from the age of 14 to 80 plus. Sponsored by the Town of Lancaster, the Villages of Lancaster and Depew, as well as Twin Village Music Store, the Lancaster Town Band performs twelve outdoor concerts each summer. The concerts are one hour in length and feature various instrumental soloists and ensembles as well as vocalists. Each of the twelve concerts features a mixture of selections, often connected by a theme. In addition, the Lancaster Town Band performs a winter concert during December. Personnel for the group is very well mixed, with approximately 16% high school musicians, 30% college students, and 54% adults.
Previous conductors of the group include Marlo Schermerhorn, Clarence Kemp, and Richard Pascucci. The band is currently in its 12th season under the direction of Richard Goss. Lancaster Town Band programming is a mixture of the Boston Pops and the Sousa Band, always attempting to be both entertaining and creative without forgetting its roots as an important cultural entity in 'small town' America.
The band was founded in 1946 as the Twin Village Band. It has evolved over time into an integral part of the cultural fabric of Lancaster. The band has performed in many locations through the years, including, under the shelter at Keysa Park, on the showmobile by the Como Park Lighthouse, on the steps of Como Park School, at the Marino Gazebo in Como Park. The band is in the final stages of planning for the construction of the Lancaster Band Shell, which will be located adjacent to the Lancaster Senior Center and the Lancaster Youth Bureau on Artel Metz Drive.
The Lancaster Town Band is also part of the Village of Lancaster’s annual Independence Day Celebration, and can be heard on Tuesday evenings in the summer behind the Lancaster Youth Bureau. Additionally, the band performs three concerts on Thursdays in July at the Veterans’ Park on Terrace Boulevard in Depew.