Welcome to DCB!

Greetings! Sporting a new name, and a new era. We are happy to let you know that the Delta Community Band is alive and well – rehearsing and performing. We are rebuilding our band and would love you to be part of it!

If you can read music, have an instrument, and think you’d enjoy the band experience (again!), then air out your horn, exercise your embouchure, and come have some fun. (You will be surprised: Most players get their lip back with a few weeks of [ahem… consistent] practice!) If you don’t have an instrument and would still like to join, contact us anyway and we may be able to help out.

Who We Are

We are a group of musicians of all ages and backgrounds who enjoy making music for the fun of it. We want to grow and excel in our craft, and we want you to, as well. Any instrumentalist with a year or more experience who is willing to commit to weekly rehearsals and most performances is welcome to join us.

Our concert band is primarily a wind ensemble utilizing woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Strings are welcome, and we will certainly accommodate you. We do use a drum set occasionally. Piano players and guitarists will find a home in the percussion section — or check out or big band era jazz group, the Delta Jazz Orchestra, which has a need for solid rhythm section players.

We have no community residency requirements. Our members are drawn primarily from Brentwood and the surrounding cities of Antioch, Oakley, Discovery Bay, and Pittsburg, but we have (and have had) regular members attending from as far away as Tracy, Concord, and Stockton.

Interested In Joining Us?

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There is no independent audition process; we invite you to play along while we listen to you and gauge proficiency over a few rehearsals. Let us know you’re coming and what instrument(s) you play (so we can prepare some music for you), and we’ll sit down and have a good time.

If you are wondering, “How hard is the music?” Folks with high-school level training will be slightly challenged. Middle-school players will be challenged. We play some music that reaches collegiate-level training. If you are aware of concert band gradings, we generally play Grade 3 to Grade 5 difficulty pieces. We infrequently play easier pieces when the occasion calls for it (“Jingle Bells,” anyone?).

What We Play

We have a wide variety of Concert Band repertoire. We’re as happy playing “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” as we are playing Holst’s “Mars”. Most seasons’ music will contain a mixture of show tunes like “Pirates of the Caribbean,” or “How to Train Your Dragon,” and concert band fare such as Ticheli’s “Simple Gifts,” Grundman’s “American Folk Rhapsody,” and Grainger’s “Shepherd’s Hey.” We also play plenty of concert marches (Sousa, Alford, King), Christmas music, and the traditional patriotic fare.

We also have an associated big band, the Delta Jazz Orchestra, which plays hits from the Swing and Jazz era circa 1920 through 1960. If you like Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, the Dorsey brothers, Charlie Parker, Glenn Miller, and Duke Ellington, then you’ll be in the right place. So, if you’re a ‘hep jazz cat’ or a smokin’ hot trombone player, come on by and show us your chops.

Where We Play

Most of our performances are in and around the City of Brentwood. We play regularly for national holidays, civic events, and lots of Christmas concerts. We often perform charity concerts for “Toys for Tots” and “Wreaths Across America.” Occasionally, we will perform with neighboring ensembles.

Where We Rehearse

Our current rehearsal hall is Hillside Church in Antioch, CA. We rehearse on Monday Nights at 7:00pm until 9:00pm. Big Band starts at 6:00pm (day and time may change).

The church address is 108 Hillside Road, Antioch, CA, 94509.

Does it cost anything?

There are no dues at this time (July ’24). Dues have traditionally been $30 per quarter, or $100 per year. We do not want that to ever be an impediment and we will always find a way to accommodate willing players.

Dues are used to acquire new music, pay for office supplies and sundry administrative costs (including licensing), and purchase band shirts used for our casual concerts.

The Delta Community Band and Delta Jazz Orchestra are sustained and promoted by the Brentwood Music Foundation.

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