Brief Timeline Of the Band

• 1975 - Pasadena Municipal Band formed, sponsored by City of Pasadena parks and recreation department. Fred Baeke was first director. We think the first rehearsals were held at San Jacinto Community College


• 1976 - Bob Zwick becomes director


• ???? - rehearsals moved to Pasadena High School


• 1988 - rehearsals moved to Golden Acres Recreation Center - Pasadena


• 1993 - rehearsals moved to Houston Baptist University (now Houston Christian University)


• 1993 - city of Pasadena announces it will no longer sponser the band. Band members work to make a 501C3 and Pasadena Municipal Band, INC is formed.


• 1994 - city of Pasadena disallows use of Pasadena Municipal Band name. Gulf Coast Community Concerts, Inc is formed with subsidiary Gulf Coast Concert Band


• 1995 - Bob Zwick resigns. Band has interim directors for about 1 year.


• 1996 - Ben Butler becomes director


• 2003 - rehearsals moved to Lutheran High North (later called Lutheran Academy North)


• 2024 - rehearsals moved to Immanuel Lutheran as the school as closed and building sold

The band will forever be indebted to Charlie and Susan Jacobs, Kathy Hanna and Ed Mabry for their tireless efforts to transition the band from Pasadena Munical Band to its own 501C3. We are also indebted to David & Judy Ford and Dr. Grady Hallman and the many who helped the band financially in its early years.

Band Milestones

• 1986 - Played for the Association of Concert Bands convention in downtown Houston


• 1991 - Played for the Texas Bandmasters Association convention in San Antonio


• 1994-1999 - Accompanied the SW Jazz Ballet Company in a weekend performance at Miller Outdoor Theater


• 2014 - Played at the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) conference in Atlanta, GA


• 2014 - Played at Jones Hall as part of the Houston Symphony Day Of Music program