A Message from the Director:

Welcome to the 2010 Nevers' Band website!

This will be my first year directing the Nevers' Band and I am excited to join an organization with such a rich history. The band dates all the way back to the civil war and has had a number of very distinguished members over the years, including world renowned composer John Adams. I am proud to be a part of this tradition.

We are making a few changes to the band this year. Instrumentation has been expanded to approximately forty members. Most notably, this includes the addition of double reeds and an expanded four member horn section.

Our programs will continue to offer a variety of summer POPS material. We have John Williams and Broadway themed performances planned. We will also be putting a new focus on a small number of very demanding classical compositions. This season we will be working on John Adams' "A Short Ride in a Fast Machine", a complete transcription of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture", and a number of works by Percy Grainger.

We will be featuring a number of outstanding guest conductors this year, including Southern New Hampshire University band director David Bresnahan and University of New Hampshire band director Andrew Boysen.

The 2010 Nevers' band is off to a great start. We look forward to providing the greater Concord area with an exciting, educational and enjoyable season.

Rick Cook, Director
Nevers' Second Rgiment Band

Band mourns loss of long time member

George M. West, French Horn player with the band for over 65 years passed away at the age of 87 on September 28, 2010. Geroge first became interested in Nevers' Band when, as a child, he went to Rollins Park and watched Nevers' Band concerts under the direction of Arthur Nevers'. In 1941, while still in high school, George was recruited by the band's conductor at the time, Herbert W. Rainie. The only time George left the band was to serve in the U.S. Army where he served along side reknown trumpet player, Al Hirt.

West, a City of Concord Tax Collector for 27 years, was also a hard working member of the band's executive committee. Under George's 25 year tenure as business manager, the band played a popular concert series for years at Mount Sunapee State Park, played for the christening of the original Tramway at Cannon Mt., and for the filming of "Flags Over Portsmouth", a Japanese documentary on the signing of the Russo-Japanese Peace Treaty in Portsmouth, NH. in 1905.

In addition to being active in the band, George has also been a contributing member of Concord's musical life . He taught private French Horn lessons at St. Paul's School and chaired the 1965 Concord High School fund raising committee to send the CHS band to Expo 67 in Montreal.

One of George's proudest moments with Nevers Band was playing with his son George M. West and grandaughter Sheri West Waldron, both playing clarinet. George was perhaps the only band member in the band's history to have three generations of his family playing at the same time.

George leaves behind him a legacy of dedication and musical excellence. Even though he will be greatly missed, we can find solace in knowing that the years he gave to the band have helped it continue with strenght and vigor into the next generation.

Contact Us

Nevers' Second Regiment Band
110 South State Street
Concord, NH 03301

• Tom Cusano - Business Manager
• Doug Osborne - Treasurer
• Linda Woodbury - Secretary
• Priscilla Giles - Personnel Manager
• Alan McGlashan - Librarian
• Deborah C. Lincoln - Member at Large

Thank You to our sponsors

City of Concord, NH Parks Dept.

Music Performance Fund

American Federation of Musicians Local 374

NH Charitable Foundation

The Timothy and Abigail B. Walker Lecture Fund

The Stove Barn of Concord, NH

Laconia Savings Bank

Total Net NH

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Last Updated May 2, 2011