Soak up the Summer with the UC Community Band.There is no better way to stay musically involved than to join a community band such as the one offered through the UCBAA and the UC Bearcat Bands. The UC Community Band operates in this capacity from May through August each year. The band typically rehearses on Wednesday evenings. We perform about 4-5 times in a variety of arts centers, parks and community centers throughout the Tri-State.
Who can participate?The UC Community Band is open to anyone with former experience playing a musical instrument and is a Junior in high school or older.
When & where do you meet?Rehearsals begin the first Wednesday of May and continue on Wednesday evenings through our last concert at the end of the summer, in July. Rehearsals are from 7pm to 9pm in the Rockwern Band Center - 147 Corry Blvd., Cincinnati, OH 45219.
The day and location may change due to the availability of the band facility and other events on UC's campus. Come join us! Check back here this spring for the 2020 performance schedule. |
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Membership Fees
In order to offer a high-quality Community Band experience with the high-level of leadership and operations that our audiences and members have come to expect, we require a small fee of $30.00 from each member annually. We also have a one-time UCCB t-shirt fee of $20.00.
Contact Us
Interested in joining? Have a question for us? Email us at uccommunityband@gmail.com.
Our Directors
Heather Fencik
Heather Fencik is pleased to be back with the UC Community Band for another season of fun and music making. She holds a Bachelors of Music in Education from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Greensboro, NC), and a Masters in Educational Leadership from The College of Saint Elizabeth (Morristown, NJ). Bassoon is her primary instrument. Heather spent a decade teaching both middle and high school band in New Jersey, with her duties including group private lessons, concert bands, jazz ensembles, and marching band. When she and her family moved back “home” to Ohio in 2016, she took a break from the classroom to stay home with her two children. An avid runner, you can now find her working part-time as a running coach and outfitter at Fleet Feet Cincinnati.
Edward F. Protzman
Edward F. Protzman joined the Mason City Schools’ music staff as Director of Bands in 2017. In this position, he coordinates the districts band program and directs multiple concert bands including the Mason High School Wind Symphony. Prior to joining the Mason music staff, he served as the Director of Bands and Performing Arts Chair at Blue Valley Southwest High School in Overland Park, Kansas and as Director of Bands at Central Bucks West High School in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Protzman’s groups have consistently received top ratings in OMEA, KMEA, and PMEA large and small group festivals. His bands and ensembles have been selected by audition to perform and present clinics at state music educator conferences in Ohio, Kansas, and Pennsylvania. In 2014, he was selected as a quarter-finalist for the prestigious Grammy Foundation Music Teacher Award, and in 2016 he was voted teacher of the year at Blue Valley Southwest High School. His ensembles have performed across the United States and abroad including performances in Beijing, China by the Central Bucks School District Honors Wind Ensemble in the summer of 2008. In 2019 the Mason High School Wind Symphony will be performing at the Ohio Music Education Association State Professional Development Conference in Cleveland, Ohio and the Music for All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a clinician and adjudicator, Mr. Protzman has worked with groups across the United States and Canada. He is the founding music director of the Pennsylvania Youth Wind Ensemble and the Doylestown Symphonic Winds. Mr. Protzman has been involved in several commissioning projects and consortiums including works by John Mackey, James Mobberley, Cait Nishimura, and Alex Thode.
Mr. Protzman’s education includes a Bachelors Music in Music Education from Moravian College Bethlehem, PA, a Master’s of Music in Wind Conducting Degree from West Chester University, West Chester, PA, and an Artist’s Diploma in Wind Conducting from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He is currently a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Ohio Music Educators Association, the National Band Association, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and the American School Band Directors Association.
Mr. Protzman’s groups have consistently received top ratings in OMEA, KMEA, and PMEA large and small group festivals. His bands and ensembles have been selected by audition to perform and present clinics at state music educator conferences in Ohio, Kansas, and Pennsylvania. In 2014, he was selected as a quarter-finalist for the prestigious Grammy Foundation Music Teacher Award, and in 2016 he was voted teacher of the year at Blue Valley Southwest High School. His ensembles have performed across the United States and abroad including performances in Beijing, China by the Central Bucks School District Honors Wind Ensemble in the summer of 2008. In 2019 the Mason High School Wind Symphony will be performing at the Ohio Music Education Association State Professional Development Conference in Cleveland, Ohio and the Music for All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a clinician and adjudicator, Mr. Protzman has worked with groups across the United States and Canada. He is the founding music director of the Pennsylvania Youth Wind Ensemble and the Doylestown Symphonic Winds. Mr. Protzman has been involved in several commissioning projects and consortiums including works by John Mackey, James Mobberley, Cait Nishimura, and Alex Thode.
Mr. Protzman’s education includes a Bachelors Music in Music Education from Moravian College Bethlehem, PA, a Master’s of Music in Wind Conducting Degree from West Chester University, West Chester, PA, and an Artist’s Diploma in Wind Conducting from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He is currently a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Ohio Music Educators Association, the National Band Association, the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and the American School Band Directors Association.