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New Horizons is an innovative music program for senior adults who wish to learn to play a concert band instrument and play
in a band. It also encourages adults to unpack and dust off those old horns that got put aside so many years ago to raise
a family and have a career.
Our History
The first New Horizons Band was formed in 1991 by Professor Roy Ernst of the Universty of Rochester’s Eastman School
of Music. The first band started with 10 members, and within 5 years had grown to over 100 members. There are now over 150
New Horizons Bands, Orchestras and Choruses across North America, located in 37 states and 4 provinces of Canada. New Horizons
Bands provide an entry point for adults who have not previously had musical instrument training, or who put their instruments
aside for many years. Annual New Horizons music camps, including ones in Ithaca and Chautauqua, New York welcome New Horizons
members from near and far.
Visit the New Horizons website for more information. Click below:
New Horizons Music Website
Please have a listen to my radio interview with Todd Moe on ncpr: Check out these New Horizons Bands in other cities and see what fun they are having:
New Horizons Band of Cincinnati
New Horizons Band--Dallas
Saline New Horizons Band (Michigan)
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Becoming a Member
For a registration form send request to us, using the link below. You must be registered to participate. Dues
are $20 per semester. Individuals are responsible for obtaining an instrument and a method book (Standards
of Excellence, Book 1, Bruce Pearson). Northern Music and Video has rental plans for several instruments. And Northern
Music will offer discounts on purchases of instruments, method books and music supplies to all New Horizons participants.
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Organization News
We have recently concluded a very successful 1st year of our program in Potsdam. Thank you for all who
turned out to learn about New Horizons Music.
Band instruction for the Fall 2010 semester will commenced September
13, 2010 at 8 AM on the SUNY Potsdam Crane Campus. Park in the long parking lot on Barrington Drive, and enter Bishop
Hall. You must be registered to participate. Dues are $20 per semester, payable in September and January.
Email us (see link below) with request for registration form.
 
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