2025-2026 Season Calendar

Date(s) Event
Sun, June 22, 2025 2-3:30 Reading Session – Not a rehearsal, Invite non-brass band friends
Sun, July 13 2-3:30 Reading Session – Not a rehearsal, Invite non-brass band friends
Sun, Aug 10 2-3:30 Reading Session – Not a rehearsal, Invite non-brass band friends
Sun, Aug 24 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2-4; Full Ensemble 4-5
Sun, Sep 7 2-4 Rehearsal – 4-5 Cornet sectional with Bona
Sun, Sep 14 2-4 Rehearsal – 4-5 Percussion sectional with Bona
Sun, Sep 21 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15 Rehearsal with Zach Musienko
Sun, Sep 28 2-4 Rehearsal 4-5 Baritone, Trombone, Euphonium sectional with Bona
Sun, Oct 5 2-5 Rehearsal w/Clinician Neal Campbell, Tuba Professor, Wayne State
Sun, Oct 12 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15
Sun, Oct 19 2-4 Rehearsal – 4-5 Flugelhorn and Horn sectional with Bona
Sun, Oct 26 No Rehearsal – Attend MCBB Concert, free Admission for MCABB Members
Sun, Nov 2 2-4 Rehearsal – 4-5 Bass Sectional with Bona
Sun Nov 9 2-5 Rehearsal w/Clinician Steven Booth, conductor Waitakere BB – tentative
Sun, Nov 16 2-6 Rehearsal – Extended Rehearsal

Sat, Nov 22

US Open Performance Time TBD

Sun, Nov 23 2-4 Rehearsal
NOV/DEC Salvation Army Kettle Performances outside stores
Sun, Dec 7 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15
Sun, Dec 14 2-5 Rehearsal – Extended Rehearsal
Mon, Dec 15 7:30-8:30pm Rehearsal with MCBB – Possibility of cancelation – GW will decide

Sun, Dec 21

1:30pm Call; Concert @3pm Performance with MCBB

Sun, Jan 4, 2026 2-4 Rehearsal – 4-5 Cornet sectional with Bona
Sun, Jan 11 2-4 Rehearsal – 4-5 Percussion sectional with Bona
Sun, Jan 18, 25 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15
Sun, Feb 1 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15
Sun, Feb 8 2-4 Rehearsal 4-5 Baritone, Trombone, Euphonium sectional with Bona
Sun, Feb 15 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15
Sun, Feb 22 2-4 Rehearsal – 4-5 Flugelhorn and Horn sectional with Bona
Sun, Mar 1 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15
Sun, Mar 8 2-4 Rehearsal 4-5 Bass Sectional with Bona
Sun, Mar 15 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15
Sun, Mar 22 2-6 Rehearsal – Extended Rehearsal w/ Clinician Brett Baker - tentative
Sun, Mar 29 2-6 Rehearsal – Extended Rehearsal
Sat, Apr 4 7:30-10:00am Simulated NABBA with Guest Clinician – Anthony Flores

Wed, April 8

Performance, Pre-NABBA Concert with FLSB, MCBB 7:00

Thu-Sat, April 9-11

NABBA Trip and Performance

Sun, Apr 19 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15
Sun, Apr 26 2-5 Rehearsal
Sun, May 3 2-5 Rehearsal – Sectionals 2:15
Sun, May 17 2-5 Rehearsal
Sun May 31 No Rehearsal – Attend MCBB Concert, free Admission for MCABB Members
Sun, Jun 7 2-6 Rehearsal – Extended Rehearsal

Sun, June 14

1:30pm Call; Concert @3pm Performance TBD

 

Rehearsals

2-5pm with sectionals and clinicians
Sectionals: 2:15-3:15
2-4pm without sectionals or clinicians
Salvation Army Divisional Headquarters
16130 Northland Drive
Southfield, MI 48075

MCABB CALENDAR SUMMARY

Sunday is rehearsal day – save it each week
All April, May, June rehearsals are 2-5pm
4-5 Sectionals with Bona twice per season
1 Possible Monday rehearsal
1 Saturday Simulated NABBA experience
2 Saturday performances
2 Sunday performances
1 Wednesday performance

Performances

Nov 22, 2025, US Open Performance
Clarkston High School
6093 Flemings Lake Rd
Clarkston, MI 48346

Dec 21, 2025, Concert w/MCBB, 3pm
Ford Performing Arts Center (FPAC)
15801 Michigan Ave
Dearborn, MI 48126

April 8, 2026, Pre-NABBA Concert 7:00pm
Clarkston High School
6093 Flemings Lake Rd
Clarkston, MI 48346

April 9-11, 2026, NABBA
Embassy Theater
125 W Jefferson Blvd Ft. Wayne, IN 46802

June 14, 2026, Concert, 3pm
TBD


Brass Band Events to Attend

September
11 – FLSB, Redeemer Lutheran Church

October
26 – 3pm, MCBB Horns and Howls, FPAC

November
16 – 7pm FLSB, First United Methodist
20 – 7pm FLSB, Clarkston HS
21 – 8pm, US Open Buskers, GravCap Brewery
22 – US Open, Clarkston HS

December
18 – 7pm FLSB, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
19 – 7pm FLSB, Orchard Lake Community Church
20 – 7pm FLSB, Redeemer Lutheran Church

February
MCBB, St. Kenneth

March
28 – Dublin Festival of Brass, Dublin, OH


Ford Performing Arts Center (FPAC)
15801 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, MI

St. Kenneth Catholic Church
14951 Haggerty, Plymouth, MI

Dearborn First United Methodist Church
22124 Garrison St., Dearborn, MI

US Open Buskers – GravCap Brewery
14 N Washington, Oxford, MI


US Open – Clarkston High School
6093 Flemings Lake Rd, Clarkston, MI

Orchard Lake Community Church
5171 Commerce Rd., Orchard Lake Village, MI

Redeemer Lutheran Church
1800 W. Maple, Birmingham, MI

Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
5631 N Adams, Bloomfield Hills, MI