About

Who We Are

Founded in 1973, the Honolulu Community Concert Band (HCCB) is a state & federally recognized tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, comprised of 75 volunteer members who enjoy playing instrumental music and performing for the community.  All walks of life are represented within the HCCB, including teachers, lawyers, engineers, scientists, military personnel, doctors, students, and retirees.  New members are welcome to join us.

What We Do

March 12th, 2011 Charity Benefit Concert for Japan Disaster Relief
For over 38 years, the HCCB has performed a wide variety of entertaining and challenging band literature, from marches & light pop to classical works and symphonic transcriptions.  The HCCB has performed at historic Hawaii Theatre, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Kawaiahao Church, the State Capitol, and Honolulu Hale (City Hall).  Regular performances are scheduled throughout the year at Ala Moana Centerstage, M.M. Scott Auditorium, and at various schools, shopping centers, and festivals on the island of Oahu.

Over the past 38 years, the HCCB has entertained thousands of people in Hawaii and throughout the world via its live performances, television broadcasts, internet website and webcasts.  The HCCB has performed at the request of the Mayor of Honolulu, the Governor of Hawaii, the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, the Hawaii Music Awards, and was featured at the Aloha Tower Marketplace’s annual 4th-of-July Fireworks Spectacular.

Guest performers at previous HCCB concerts include former Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, local entertainer Amy Hanaialii Gilliom, the late Loyal Garner, Honolulu Symphony principal trombonist James Decker, Australian Ballet & Opera Orchestra principal trumpet Brian Evans, and South Jutland (Denmark) Symphony principal trombonist Don Immel.  The HCCB 2004 Fall Concert helped to raise over $80,000 to reunite Iraq-bound soldiers of the Hawaii National Guard’s 29th Brigade with their families at Christmas.  In 2006, the HCCB traveled to New Zealand and Australia, performing at the world-famous Sydney Opera House. In 2008, the HCCB collaborated in several performances with ensembles from Azusa Pacific University, Hawaii Pacific University, and the Honolulu Symphony Chorus.

In 2011, the Omiya Community Band was scheduled to perform a concert with the HCCB on March 12th. However, when the musicians from Saitama, Japan, were on their way to Narita Airport on March 11th, the devastating earthquake and tsunami dashed their hopes of leaving for Hawaii. The joint concert never happened, but the HCCB performed a benefit concert that raised more than $5,000 for the Japanese tsunami relief effort.

In 2012, the HCCB will be performing in a joint concert with the Omiya Community Band (Saitama, Japan) and their internationally distinguished conductor, Toshio Akiyama.

Board of Directors

Randall Takaesu, President Cheryl Chun
Cheryl Sora, Vice President Tim Gruber, Sr.
Benjamin Gascon, Treasurer     Scott Himeda
Steven Mukai, Secretary Mark Minasian
  Glenn Shigeta
  Les Tanaka
  David Tholen
  Myles Yamamoto

Musical Director

Les Tanaka

Donations

The Honolulu Community Concert Band is a state & federally recognized tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Monetary donations of any amount are welcome and are tax-deductible. Checks should be made out to “Honolulu Community Concert Band”. Donations may be mailed to:

     Honolulu Community Concert Band
     680 Iwilei Road, Suite 410
     Honolulu, HI 96819

Mahalo for your support! Thank you!

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