The Moorestown Community Band will present a spring concert at the Wiley Church on Main Street on Saturday, April 25 at 7 p.m.
Jack Hanna, the music chair for the Wiley Home Auxiliary, has announced that the concert is open to the community.
The Wiley Home Auxiliary is sponsoring the concert, and no tickets are required, but a free-will offering will be received to benefit the residents of the Wiley Health Care Center.
Founded in 1991 by Bob McCoy, the Moorestown Community Band has grown to about 55 members ranging in age from the teens to the eighties. McCoy retired as conductor in 2013, although he currently serves as conductor emeritus and he plays clarinet in the band. The present conductor is Bruce Smith, who is a former music teacher and principal of Delran Middle and Elementary Schools.
Smith served in the United States Navy Show Band for three years during which time he toured extensively throughout the United States and South America. In addition, Smith has conducted the All South Jersey Junior High School Band in 1978 and 2012 and is also the conductor of the Homeschool Band of Southern New Jersey.
The music played by the Moorestown Community Band includes classical, pop, Broadway, marches, patriotic and seasonal selections.
