CarlisleBand.org

About Us

Who We Are

The Carlisle Town Band members come from Carlisle and the surrounding areas. The ensemble with members who range from teens to senior citizens include: music educators, teachers, business people, doctors, nurses, engineers, college students and high school students, etc.

New members are always welcome and any musician may join. There are no auditions or fees. Many members had not played their instrument in years but. through involvement in the organization, they have rediscovered the enjoyment of playing in a fully instrumented concert band.

The band's repertiore includes Patriotic music, marches, broadway, movie show tunes, polkas, waltzes, overtures, old time songs, comedy numbers-- there's something for everyone!

Members of the band are all volunteers and come from a multitude of different occupations. The Carlisle Band has a strong sense of community purpose and provides musical entertainment at community events. Admission is always free.

In particular, The Carlisle Town Band performs at retirement centers and nursing homes bringing musical entertainment to the special audience. The band is also one of a few marching community bands. They march in Memorial day parades, halloween parades and Christmas parades.

Band Director

Bernie Pitkin, Band Director

Bernie Pitkin received the Master of Music Education and the Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Massachusetts and served as the Director of Music for the public schools of Hadley, Massachusetts before moving to Pennsylvania.

He was, for several years, the low brass instructor and assistant director of bands for Allegheny College in Meadville, PA before moving to Shippensburg. He owns and operates The Band Shop, a wind instrument repair business in Shippensburg, and has been on the faculty at the Cumberland Valley School of Music since its inception in 1990. He has been the interim Director of Bands at Shippensburg University. Bernie’s performance credits include the Harrisburg Concert Band, Harrisburg Lyric Opera, the Allegheny Summer Music Festival, and various brass ensembles. He is currently teaching at Wilson College and and has taught at Shippensburg University.

Band Officers

2010 Officers

Director	Bernie Pitkin
President	Dr. Don Roeder
Vice President	Jim Shufelt
Secretary	Dr. Craig Jurgensen
Treasurer	Reinhard Beel
Librarian	Joyce Shatto
Historian	Charlie Sanders
Schedule Manager	John McHugh
Rental Manager	Jerry Morgan
Equipment Manager	Roger Wolf
Facilities Engineer	Jerry Morgan
Uniform Manager	Bob Loy
Website Coordinator	Kaye Ream
Webmaster	Mike Macchioni, The Web Experience
Recruitment	Bill Shover
Trustees	Charles Sanders
	Marge Creasy
	Bob Smith

The Carlisle Brass Band

The Carlisle Brass Band is a recent outgrowth of the concert band, which was organized to give our brass players a different kind of literature to play, and also to hearken back to the original concept of the Carlisle Band.

According to our recently published history, the original conception of our band, in the mid-nineteenth century, was as a brass band, and we hope to extend that tradition into the twenty-first century.

Of course, we will always maintain the present instrumentation of the concert band. In the future, we also hope to feature the other side of the band in some repertoire for woodwind ensemble.

Players Needed!

Interested in joining the Concert band? We are looking for the following instrumentalists:

Bassoon
Percussion

Please email us at info@carlisleband.org to inquire.