Upcoming Calendar
November 23: YES jam at Art in the Park (Hermon Park) 11am-1pm
November 30: NO Community Band
December 6: Evening performance at Hermon Holiday Party
December 7: YES jam at Art in the Park (Hermon Park) 11am-1pm
December 9: FIRST TIME Community Band at Scribble! 7-9pm ($10)
December 14: CONCERT at Art in the Park (Hermon Park) at noon along with Gamelan Merdu Kumala! Performance at noon. Setup/rehearsal starts at 11am
December 21: NO Community Band
December 28: NO Community Band
About
Community Band:
Calling all musicians searching for a friendly, all-ages, music-making environment!Community Band is an ongoing community music project directed by Logan Hone and presented by Art in the Park & Neighborhood Music School which aims to provide a fulfilling community music experience which continually lowers barriers to entry.
Musicians of all skill levels, ages, & backgrounds are invited to join in each week in learning an eclectic mix of music, including jazz, latin, folk, improvised, & original material.
Participation is FREE! Come anytime. Bring your instrument and water. Percussion instruments are provided. We play with sheet music (usually leadsheet style charts with chords written above the melody notes) but if you aren't comfortable reading we will help, or you can play by ear, or jam on percussion, or just come to listen and enjoy a beautiful afternoon in the park!
The band meets most Saturdays, 11am-1pm at Hermon Park (part of the Arroyo Seco, Los Angeles) in conjunction with a Community Arts class, resulting in a wonderfully positive, creative, & family-friendly atmosphere. It's truly such a beautiful Saturday in the park.
This project originally started in 2016 at Logan's home and joined forces with Art in the Park in 2018. Ever since, the band has jammed most Saturdays as well as presented free public concerts, including a 1939 themed concert which celebrated Art in the Park’s building, initially a FDR New Deal lawn bowling club.
During the pandemic lockdown, Community Band experimented with virtual Zoom jams, monthly remote recording projects, and a group improvisation video. A compilation album called Quarantined but Still Jammin'! documents these experiments in remote community music.
Details:
When: most Saturdays, 11am-1pm (always best to check upcoming schedule on Art in the Park website)
Address: Hermon Park, 5568 Via Marisol, LA, CA 90042
(next to the Art in the Park building near far tennis courts)
FREE for all ages
Questions? Feel free to contact Logan at loganhone@gmail.com or info@artintheparkla.org
Recent Projects & Events:
May 11, 2024:
Hermon Community Picnic
with Live Music by Poco Pocho and Community Band • Art making • FREE TACOS • resource booths • bouquet making • kids games
11am-2pm
at LA College Prep Academy: 625 COLEMAN AVE., LOS ANGELES, CA 90042, Los Angeles, California
Event Page
Dec 16: noon performance at Hermon Park
December 2, 2023:
Hermon Park Community Band
Concert at Neighborhood Music School
at noon. 358 S Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles
Free, all ages. Bring your family. Bring your instrument if you want to play!
December 1, 2023:
Hermon Park Community Band
Performance at Hermon Holiday Party
along with Latin Jazz Band
Oct 27, 2023:
I compiled a youtube playlist of a lot of the songs we play. You can listen to the songs or play along with them. Youtube has an amazing feature where you can slow down the speed to .75x or .5x and it retains the original pitch.
October 3, 2023:
Concert at SCRIBBLE Fundraiser
Fundraiser concert for Scribble in Highland Park at 6:30pm
September 23, 2023:
Concert at Hermon Park
at noon. 5568 Via Marisol in Los Angeles
Free, all ages
September 16, 2023:
Concert at Neighborhood Music School
at noon. 358 S Boyle Avenue in Los Angeles
Free, all ages
June 24, 2023:
Community Band
Concert at Hermon Park
at noon. 5568 Via Marisol in Los Angeles
Free, all ages
March 25, 2023:
Community Band
Concert at Hermon Park
at noon. 5568 Via Marisol in Los Angeles
Free, all ages
December 17, 2022:
Community Band Concert
at Hermon Park
Community Band Concert at Hermon Park at 11:30am. Free to attend. Bring your fam, bring your dog, bring your instrument if you want! New musicians are welcomed to play in the concert -- rehearsal starts at 10:00am. Performance at 11:30am. Check out the Sheet Music Page beforehand to practice what we're working on if you like. I hope to see you there!!
Find details here
December 17, 2022:
Community Band
at Neighborhood Music School Open House
1-3pm. We perform at 2pm.
The setlist for Community Band concert on Dec 2, 2022 at Hermon Holiday Block Party included:
Jingle Bells
I Feel Good (I Got You)
Feliz Navidad
Cumbia Suave
White Christmas
Amor Prohibido
Ocho Kandelikas
Tiernas Mentiras
All I Want For Christmas
Tom Hark
as extra options:
Chan Chan
Cold Sweat
Jolene
Spanish Grease
Sneaky Music
December 2, 2022:
Community Band
at Hermon Neighborhood Block Party
5-7pm
October 15, 2022:
Community Band Concert
at Neighborhood Music School
Community Band Concert at Neighborhood Music School at 11:30am. Free to attend.
Find details here
August 28, 2022:
Community Band Performance
at Descanso Gardens
Music in the garden from 5:30-7pm at Neighborhood Music School's Gala
August 27, 2022:
Community Band Concert
at Hermon Park
Community Band Concert at Hermon Park at 11:30am. Free to attend. Bring your fam, bring your dog, bring your instrument if you want! New musicians are welcomed to play in the concert -- rehearsal starts at 10:30am. Performance at noon. Check out the Sheet Music Page beforehand to practice what we're working on if you like. I hope to see you there!!
Find details here
July 23, 2022:
10am-noon. Community Band at Hermon Park. All ages, all skill levels, everyone is invited. Find details here
July 16, 2022:
10am-noon. Community Band at Hermon Park. All ages, all skill levels, everyone is invited. Find details here
July 2022 News!:
Art in the Park has joined forces with Neighborhood Music School in presenting
Community Band at Hermon Park with Logan Hone. Woo hoo! Thrilled to have this new partnership. Looking forward to much more great music!
January-June 2022 Flyer:
Community Band from summer 2021-summer 2022 was made possible by a grant from the Eastside Arts Initiative, 2021 Artist Relief Fund.
June 26, 2022:
Community Band performance at CD14 4th of July Celebration at Eagle Rock Recreation Center. 4pm
June 25, 2022:
Community Band Concert at Hermon Park
Community Band Concert at Hermon Park at noon. Free to attend. Bring your fam, bring your dog, bring your instrument if you want! New musicians are welcomed to play in the concert -- rehearsal starts at 10:30am. Performance at noon. Check out the Sheet Music Page beforehand to practice what we're working on if you like. I hope to see you there!!
Find details here
April 23, 2022:
Community Band Concert
at Hermon Park
at noon
Free to attend, all ages
The last concert was SO fun. Bring your fam, bring your dog, bring your instrument if you want! New musicians are welcomed to play in the concert -- rehearsal starts at 11am. Performance at noon. Check out the Sheet Music Page beforehand to practice what we're working on if you like. I hope to see you there!!
February 16, 2022:
Hello Community Band!
Congratulations on a fabulously celebratory concert last weekend. This coming Saturday, Community Band's director Logan will be out of town and we are lucky to have a fantastic substitute! Alex Wand will be teaching the band some of his original rounds and favorite folk songs.
Logan will be back the next Saturday, February 26 and the band will continue to jam each Saturday in preparation for our next concert on April 23.
About Alex:
Alex Wand is a composer interested in folk music, ecology, futurism, social practice art, tuning systems, field recording, and dance/multimedia collaborations. He performs as a solo artist and in bands Desert Magic (with Logan!) and the Partch Ensemble. He also helps run songadayforamonth.com, an online songwriting community. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies in music composition at UC Santa Cruz.
February 12, 2022:
Community Band Concert this Saturday, February 12
at noon!
Greetings music lovers of Los Angeles!This Saturday, a joyful noise will be made at Hermon Park! Join us for the first Community Band Concert of 2022.
Saturday, February 12 at noon
outside at Hermon Park (near the back tennis courts)
Free concert. All ages. Everyone is welcome.
Calling musicians! (Especially wind & string players): You are welcome to join us, even if you haven't played with us yet. The more the merrier. We will rehearse right before the concert at 10am. You can practice the songs beforehand using this page: http://loganhone.com/sheetmusic.html
Feel free to email me at loganhone@gmail.com with any questions.
I hope to see you Saturday!
-Logan
February 9, 2022:
Community Band Concert this Saturday, February 12
at noon!
Greetings music lovers of Los Angeles!This Saturday, a joyful noise will be made at Hermon Park! Join us for the first Community Band Concert of 2022.
Saturday, February 12 at noon
outside at Hermon Park (near the back tennis courts)
Free concert. All ages. Everyone is welcome.
Calling musicians! (Especially wind & string players): You are welcome to join us, even if you haven't played with us yet. The more the merrier. We will rehearse right before the concert at 10am. You can practice the songs beforehand using this page: http://loganhone.com/sheetmusic.html
Feel free to email me at loganhone@gmail.com with any questions.
I hope to see you Saturday!
-Logan
June 30, 2021 @ 6pm:
Join us on Zoom to celebrate and listen to the fantastic remote recording projects we have made this year! Everyone is invited.
RSVP to get the Zoom link here: https://linktr.ee/artintheparkla
January 17, 2:00pm MST (1pm PST): January Community Improvisation Video will premiere as part of the 12 Minutes Max series by the Salt Lake City Library
More info here: https://events.slcpl.org/event/4797737
Link to livestream on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/497433506 In June 2021, we learned & recorded "Black & Tan Fantasy".
Here is the recording:
Here was the project page.
There were 2 (nonmandatory) Zoom meetings:
June 2: an introduction to the month’s song & talking about how we'll put it together (6-6:45pm)
June 16: listening session and reflection (6-6:30pm)
In May 2021, we made up & recorded "A Joyful Parade".
Here is the recording:
Here was the project page we used to put the song together.
There were 2 (nonmandatory) Zoom meetings:
May 5: an introduction to the month’s song & a quick rehearsal (6-6:45pm)
May 19: listening session and reflection (6-6:30pm)
In April 2021, we learned & recorded "Portrait of Mahalia Jackson".
Here is the recording:
Here was the project page we used to put the song together.
There were 2 (nonmandatory) Zoom meetings:
April 7: an introduction to the month’s song & a quick rehearsal (6-6:45pm)
April 21: listening session and reflection (6-6:30pm)
In March 2021, we learned & recorded the famous Chinese pop song "Small Town Story".
Here was the page (info, sheet music, play-along track) we used for Small Town Story Find info, sheet music, and the play-along track on
There were 2 Zoom meetings for this project as well:
March 3: an introduction to the month’s song & a quick rehearsal (6-6:45pm)
March 17: listening session and reflection (6-6:30pm)
Here is the recording:
Online Community Jams
We did weekly Saturday Zoom jams for the first half of 2021. Our last Zoom jam was on June 26, 2021Listen to recordings from the Zoom jams:
An archive of jam materials we used can be found on this page: Jam page
About the Zoom jams:
The Community Band Zoom Jam was a weekly music meetup that intended to provide a space where musicians of all ages & skill levels could have a virtual-face-to-face jam experience with fellow musicians. The “band” was directed by multi-instrumentalist Logan Hone and explored the remote musical possibilities of Zoom with various improvisations, song learning, and listening activities. Participants were encouraged to attend with any instrument.
January 17, 2021 @ 2:00pm MST (1pm PST): January Community Improvisation Video will premiere as part of the 12 Minutes Max series by the Salt Lake City Library
The livestream performance is archived here: https://vimeo.com/497433506. Our part starts around the 34:50 mark.
January 5-11, 2021: Participate in a Community Improvisation Video Piece. The score and info can be found here:
Community Improvisation Video Piece
Prep-Pandemic flyer & Happenings:
March, 2020:Community Band is cancelled until this sickness clears up!
Here is footage from our most recent recital and open jam. It was too much fun!:
Here's a video of us playing "Seeking" an original by our bass player, Monk Turner! This was at our first concert on Feb 16, 2019:
February, 2020:
We'll have a few days off coming up. Here's the schedule:
Feb 15: NO Community Band
Feb 22: Yes! We will be jamming
Feb 29: NO Community Band
Mar 7: Yes! We will be jamming
Mar 14: NO Community Band
Saturday, February 8:
Community Band Recital Performance + Open Jam
11am-1pm
with snacks by Jessica Li
Free, all-ages
Info for participating in February 8 Recital:
Rehearsals:
Saturday, January 4 10am-12:30pm
Saturday, January 11 10am-12:30pm
Saturday, January 18 10am-12:30pm
Saturday, January 25 10am-12:30pm
Saturday, February 1 10am-12:30pm
We'll be playing these songs:
Sleepwalk by Santo & Johnny
Noon Mooning by Duke Ellington
Telstar by The Tornados
Come Sunday by Duke Ellington
Pineapple Rag by Scott Joplin
Logan's Run by Logan Hone (listen to this one on this player:)
everyone's invited!
I'm looking forward to great music in the coming weeks!
Happy new year,
Logan
November 2019:
October 2019:
October 12:
Lawn Bowling Event at Art in the Park. The Community Band will be playing music from 1939!
September 7 at noon:
Hermon Park Community Band's 2nd concert. Feel free to join the group! Rehearsals on Saturday mornings. Details here
August 2019:
We are preparing for our 2nd concert on September 7! You are welcome to join us as we put the music together. We will be playing a few early jazz tunes and some original pieces.
July 2019:
May 3, 2019:
Hello Community Banders!
I am back in Los Angeles and will be back conducting Community Band tomorrow morning. Yippee! I am excited to jam!! Everyone's invited to come play. Details are at the bottom of this email. I'll bring some (a lot of) pasta salad.
There are also Art Classes happening at the same time as Community Band on Saturdays! The month of May is for shape and color. Details here:
Best musical wishes!
Logan
April 23, 2019:
Greetings Community Banders!
Community Band WILL meet this Saturday, April 27. The session will be led by Monk Turner! Here's a note & small homework assignment from Monk for the jam:
"I'm very honored and excited to lead this session. I request that you bring either a song (yours or a cover that isn't too complicated, with chords and lyrics if applicable), some chord changes, or a riff with you on Saturday. We'll be playing a little game and having some ideas on hand will help. See you then!"
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It sounds like the April jams led by Jonny were awesome. I'll be back for Community Band on May 4 ~~ looking forward to seeing you soon! Have fun this Saturday!
much love & sounds, Logan
March 29, 2019:
Community Band in April will feature special guest conductor Jonny Stallings directing the band in learning some Colombian Cumbia & Cuban classics spanning the styles of danzón, bolero, and habanera.
Here are some of the pieces he will teach:
Cumbia en Do Menor by Lito Barrientos
Gaita de las Flores by Lucho Bermudez
Ya Está el Café by Antonio María Romeu
Veinte Ańos by María Teresa Vera
Feb 21, 2019:
We just had our first concert on Feb 16. The performance was overflowing with good vibes and sounds. It was rewarding to prepare and present a great set of music to such a lovely audience on a sunny afternoon.
A few pics & video clips from the concert are in this google drive folder.
We'll continue with our Saturday morning jams playing different songs & improvisation games. I'm hoping to teach some simple folk/jazz songs where everyone can learn the melody, the chords and what they mean, how to harmonize with the melody, how to play countermelodies, and how to improvise on each song. Let me know if there is a specific song you want to play! Feel free to bring anything in.
Feb 1, 2019:
Hermon Park Community Band's First Concert
February 16 at noon
Come hang out, listen to fun music, and enjoy snacks + drinks
Free to attend
February 16:
Hermon Park Community Band's First Concert
February 16 at noon
Jan 10, 2019:
Greetings musicians ~~You are invited to join Community Band in performing it's first ever concert.
The concert will be on February 16 at noon.
We are going to rehearse and jam the next few weeks and come up with an awesome concert. As always, everyone is invited to come play anytime if they can or can't make the performance. Invite your friends!
UPCOMING COMMUNITY BAND CALENDAR:
Jan 12: rehearsal/jam 10am-12:30pm
Jan 19: rehearsal/jam 10am-12:30pm
Jan 26: rehearsal/jam 10am-12:30pm
Feb 2: rehearsal/jam 10am-12:30pm
Feb 9: rehearsal/jam 10am-12:30pm
Feb 16: pre-show preparations & rehearsal at 10am. Concert at noon
Press:
Ari Saperstein made a reeeaally nice radio story about our group for KPCC back in 2019!!!Here's the link
