Columbia Community Band

Welcome!

Welcome to the The Columbia Community Band website, the virtual home of one of the Midwest's premier symphonic concert bands. Founded in 1981, the band offers membership to volunteer professional and non-professional musicians who from all across the Mid-Missouri community - the waiting list has been growing. Performances include classical, contemporary, marches, and festive pieces for band in a wide variety of venues.

Listen to a Sampling of CCB Performances

The Columbia Community Band - 40th Anniversary Concert - Historic Missouri Theatre - 12-Sep-2021. Photo by Notley Hawkins.

Congratulations to CCB Music Director Denis Swope! Denis is pictured with Director and Composer Joe Pappas as he accepts the 2024 Phi Beta Lambda Chapter Charles Emmons Outstanding Band Director Award at the Missouri Music Educators Association convention in January.

Do you know... about

The CCB Band Buddies Scholarships?

As a Partner in Education with the Columbia Public Schools Fine Arts Department, the Columbia Community Band is providing dozens of scholarships to CPS band students taking private lessons this summer. Parents - learn more here
2025 scholarship recipients should pick up their vouchers at the front of the Hickman High Auditorium Stage immediately after CCB's
"May the 4th - Be With Us" concert.

Support Us

CCB concerts have always been free and open to the public. If you value the band's contribution to the community, would you consider helping to sustain the Columbia Community Band? Visit the Donate page to make a credit/debit card contribution today or mail a check to the address below. Check back often or visit our FB page so you will always know when and where CCB is in concert. However you support CCB; concert attendance, donations, great reviews (or all of the above!), we very much appreciate your support!

Support provided by Columbia's Office of Cultural Affairs, through CoMoGives, and by Direct Contributions from individuals like you. Thank you!

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