THE TACOMA CONCERT BAND
Northwest's Premier Symphonic Band
About

Who we are

Entering its 43rd season, with Conductor and Artistic Director Gerard Morris, the Tacoma Concert Band enjoys a sterling regional, national, and international reputation. With over 60 musicians, this award-winning band brings to life a variety of music, from classical to pop, traditional to modern. While the band has delighted audiences from Ireland to Vienna, Budapest to Madrid and the French Riviera, nowhere does the music sound better than at home in Tacoma.

Learn More

What we do

The mission of Tacoma Concert Band is to provide the Puget Sound community with a professional quality wind ensemble; to offer a high-quality performance opportunity to local wind and percussion musicians; to support and encourage the region’s school band programs; and to affirm the need for community concert bands within the American music scene.

Learn More
THE MAESTRO

GERARD MORRIS

Since 2018, Maestro Gerard Morris has served as conductor and artistic director of the esteemed Tacoma Concert Band. Morris’s conducting credits include appearances at The Midwest Clinic, Colorado Music Festival at Chautauqua, Steamboat Strings Music in the Mountains Summer Music Festival, College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Western/Northwestern Divisional Conference, Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) State Conference, and California Music Educators Association (CMEA) Bay Section Conference, and with honor ensembles across the United States and abroad.

...more about the Maestro
Learn More
About Us

Company news

Thank you to our generous supporters:
The Florence B. Kilworth Foundation, the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation, the Allstate Foundation, the Estate of Marian West, the Forest Foundation, the Ben B. Cheney Foundation, the Tacoma Arts Commission, Tacoma Creates, the Washington State Arts Commission, South Sound Magazine, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, Silver Cloud Hotels, the Helen Vogt and John Vogt Foundation and our media sponsor KUOW.

SPECIAL THANKS:
This year's concert sponsors are Ted Brown Music, University of Puget Sound School of Music, Better Properties North Proctor, University of Puget Sound Community Music and Loucks Sesame Snaps

2023-2024 SEASON SPONSOR:
A HUGE thank you to American Underwriters Insurance Agency
Members Only