DIRECTOR

Bruce Ham

Conductor for The Band, 2016 – 2026

Dear friends of the Sidney Concert Band

I started playing with the Sidney Concert Band (SCB) in September 2015 and started as conductor in December 2016 … As I go into “trombone section retirement”, I want to thank all the SCB band members for giving me the experience of conducting this wonderful band. Yes, it has been LOTS of work — but all well worth the effort!

I’m proud to say that during the past 10 years our “team” was able to raise the level of the SCB … musically, financially and membership-wise. I believe we’re the only concert band in the Victoria area that can almost fill the Charlie White Theatre twice a year, putting on a quality, entertaining show for our audiences. We’ve also added over 75 arrangements to our library — which now sits at 636 arrangements!

Some of my highlights with the SCB have been …

• Creating virtual band videos during Covid
• Our concert performances; one of my favourite shows was our Broadway theme with all the vocals and dancing!
• Hearing audience reactions after our MWC concerts
• Our AMAZING Cuba trip
• The exchange we had with the Kamloops Concert Band
• Writing over 300 weekly newsletters! WOW!

I don’t want to make this long, so I’ll sign off now. Again THANK YOU for this opportunity and I send my best wishes to your new conductor, who I know will do an OUTSTANDING job for the band. 

So with that I will leave you with a song that totally describes my future with the band … Dave Frishberg – I Want To Be A Sideman

Yours truly,

Bruce Ham