Manhattan Municipal Band

Manhattan Municipal Band We are the tax-supported Municipal Band since 1920 in Manhattan, KS.

The band played its first concert on the lawn of the Riley County Courthouse and has a permanent home at the Larry Norvell Band Shell.

Congratulations to MMB’s Roger Reitz. Yesterday, Roger and his late wife, Virginia, were honored for their service and c...
08/28/2026

Congratulations to MMB’s Roger Reitz. Yesterday, Roger and his late wife, Virginia, were honored for their service and contributions to Manhattan and Riley County with a marker at the Union Pacific Train Depot.

Roger, hundreds of past and present members of the Manhattan Municipal Band are honored to have performed with you for decades. We love you and cannot wait to open our 107th season with you in May 2027!

07/16/2026
The Manhattan community is in for a real treat tomorrow night! The world-renowned Boston Brass is in the Little Apple an...
07/14/2026

The Manhattan community is in for a real treat tomorrow night! The world-renowned Boston Brass is in the Little Apple and joining your own Manhattan Municipal Band for a performance you will not want miss.

Join us Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 7:30 PM at the Larry Norvell Band Shell. We cannot wait to bring you the most enjoyable evening yet!

We enjoyed sharing the stage Tuesday night with the Kansas Territorial Pipes & Drums!!Check your calendars for July 14th...
07/09/2026

We enjoyed sharing the stage Tuesday night with the Kansas Territorial Pipes & Drums!!

Check your calendars for July 14th, when our Municipal Band is joined by the Boston Brass!! You will not want to miss out!

We are excited to welcome Boston Brass back to Manhattan! If you have plans for Tuesday, July 14, cancel them and join u...
07/08/2026

We are excited to welcome Boston Brass back to Manhattan! If you have plans for Tuesday, July 14, cancel them and join us for this phenomenal performance!

Join Boston Brass and the Manhattan Municipal Band on Tuesday, July 14th, in City Park!

THIS IS A CONCERT YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS!Boston Brass joins us on Tuesday, July 14th at 7:30pm at The Larry Norvell Band...
07/08/2026

THIS IS A CONCERT YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS!

Boston Brass joins us on Tuesday, July 14th at 7:30pm at The Larry Norvell Band Shell for our last concert of the summer!

Since 1986 Boston Brass has set out to establish a one-of-a-kind musical experience, featuring colorful classical arrangements, burning jazz standards, and the best of original brass repertoire. Boston Brass treats audiences to a unique brand of musical entertainment that bridges the ocean of classical formality to delight regular concertgoers and newcomers alike with great music and boisterous fun. The quintet has played to audiences in all 50 U.S. states, and over 30 countries. Though the band regularly concertizes as a quintet, Boston Brass also performs with orchestras, concert and marching bands, organists, and jazz bands, and regularly collaborates with composers to create new works for the brass canon.

Music education is at the core of Boston Brass’s identity, and the quintet continues to conduct sessions around the world, including masterclasses and residencies at such prestigious institutions as the Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory in Singapore. In conjunction with the Yamaha Corporation, the quintet engaged in a 2018 tour of major Chinese music conservatories, and in 2021 the members of Boston Brass were appointed to the International Artist Advisory Council to the College of Music at Mahidol University in Thailand. The Boston Brass have been featured as educators and performers at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the American Bandmaster Association Conference, American Band College, Western International Band Clinic, and at innumerable state music education conferences. After a long hiatus, 2022 finally saw the return of the Boston Brass Summer Intensive in its new home at North Dakota State University’s Challey School of Music.

HEEEEEEEEEEEE'S BAAAAAAAAACK!For real this time, join us tonight at 7:30pm at The Larry Norvel Band Shell to welcome bac...
07/07/2026

HEEEEEEEEEEEE'S BAAAAAAAAACK!

For real this time, join us tonight at 7:30pm at The Larry Norvel Band Shell to welcome back Dr. Frank Tracz after his journey to Europe! Also, you will not want to miss our two guest artists, The Kansas Territorial Pipes & Drums and the new Assistant Director of Bands at Kansas State University, Mr. Xan Perkins!

Genres will be jumping all over tonight, it is a concert you will not want to miss! See you tonight at 7:30pm at The Larry Norvel Band Shell!

Join us for your 4th of July to celebrate at the Larry Norvell Band Shell! The concert will begin at 6:30pm and we will ...
07/02/2026

Join us for your 4th of July to celebrate at the Larry Norvell Band Shell! The concert will begin at 6:30pm and we will be playing patriotic music from our catalog to celebrate!

We will also be welcoming back our director, Dr. Frank Tracz! After his odyssey back home, be prepared for the man and his jokes that you know and love!

Beat the heat and join us tomorrow, June 30th at 7:30pm at The Larry Norvell Band Shell for an amazing concert!Featuring...
06/29/2026

Beat the heat and join us tomorrow, June 30th at 7:30pm at The Larry Norvell Band Shell for an amazing concert!

Featuring conducing from K-State Director of Bands Dr. Alex Wimmer, conducting and performance by the Manhattan Municipal Band Assistant Director Rod Manges, conducting from K-State graduate assistants, AND the biggest feature.....our very own Anna Wimmer soloing on piccolo!

It is a concert you will not want to miss! See you there!

Join us tomorrow, June 16th at 7:30pm at The Larry Novell Band Shell for a special concert featuring the Heartland Music...
06/15/2026

Join us tomorrow, June 16th at 7:30pm at The Larry Novell Band Shell for a special concert featuring the Heartland Musicians Abroad Choir, Orchestra, and Band!

Heartland Musicians Abroad are ensembles composed of Kansas students that will travel abroad in Europe this summer and perform concerts as they represent their schools and the State of Kansas.

It’s a show you won’t want to miss, see you there!

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