The Concert Band performs twice each year at the Delta Hospital Extended Care Unit (ECU).  Besides offering musical entertainment, several of the society members are also Delta Hospital volunteers at the ECU.  The band takes part in the Summer Concerts-in-the-Park series organized by Delta Parks and Recreation, providing four or five concerts each year as well as a variety of other civic events.  They also play at the annual December Concert at the Genesis Theatre in Ladner.

REGIONAL

            Performances at other events and locations in the Lower Mainland include, Kerrisdale Days, Metrotown Musical Entertainment, Kerrisdale Senior Centre, Crescent Gardens Senior Centre in White Rock, and at various venues for Vancouver’s Concert-in-the-Park series.  Occasionally the band performs for night school ESL classes in Delta and Surrey, forming part of their culturalization curriculum.

ELSEWHERE

             Delta Music Makers has also played at more distant locations, such as the Whistler Music Weekend; on the steps of the Legislature building in Victoria; Chemainus and Duncan on Vancouver Island; at Disneyland, California; Disney World, Florida; Sparks, Nevada; the Grand Canyon in Arizona; Bryce Canyon, Utah; the California capitol, Sacramento; as part of the 1999 Great Britain performance tour the band played at Windsor, Castle Howard, Stirling Castle, Edinburgh, Chester, Battle and Eastbourn; in Europe 2002; in Quebec and the Maritime Provinces 2005; and in Scotland/Ireland in 2007.   (See DMM Tours & Concerts).

            The Society awards a music scholarship to a Delta Senior Secondary student on an annual basis.  It also commissions band music from local, young musicians and composers.

            The band is a community organization and is open to anyone who wishes to join.  New members are always welcome.  Please contact our Music Director, Mr. Curt Jantzen