Announcing the 2012 LCB Young Artist Competition

We are pleased to announce the second annual LCB Young Artist Competition for high school musicians. The winner of this competition will receive the $1,000 Kenneth G. Bloomquist Prize and appear as a guest soloist with the Lansing Concert Band during our April 28, 2012 concert at LCC's Dart Auditorium. We are very excited to offer this opportunity to our area high school musicians. For more information, please click here to download the rules and application form. Applications must be submitted by March 1, 2012.

2012 Young Person's Concert

Teachers! The 2012 Young Person's Introduction to the Band concert will be held on Tuesday, March 20 at 10:00 at the Wharton Center. This year's program is Music from Around the World, features songs from Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas, and is available to your students at no charge (thanks to a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and a generous contribution from Lake Trust Credit Union). To reserve space for you and your class, please send a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  with your name, school, number of students and your e-mail address.

The Study Guide (now aligned to the Michigan Merit Curriculum content expectations) is available here. We hope you can join us!