About the Band
Welcome to the Newark Community Band of Newark Delaware Under the Direction of Mrs. Pamela Letts.
The Newark Community Band is open to any resident of Newark and the surrounding Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania & New Jersey areas who wish to participate.
The Band requires no dues, fees or audition for participation, only the desire to work together with other amateur and some professional musicians toward a common musical goal.
The primary function of the Band is to promote the attitude of enjoyment through playing music while maintaining a desire to play as well as possible.
About Pamela Letts
Pamela Letts received her Bachelor of Music degree in Performance and Music Education from the University of Delaware and her Master of Music degree in Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music. She was a Band Director for 33 years in Delaware and Maryland. Currently, she is a field instructor for the University of Delaware and is on the faculty for the Community Music School there and serves as the director of their Summer Band Camp. Additionally, she is an instructor for the Delaware Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Music School of Delaware.
Mrs. Letts serves as a coordinator for the Delaware All-State program as part of the Delaware Music Educators Association and has served as a guest conductor for the All-County Middle School Band in Kent County, Delaware and as an adjudicator for the Maryland State Band Festival – a two day event held in Baltimore, Maryland.
Mrs. Letts is also an active performer in the area. She is a member of the Renaissance Brass and has performed with the Delaware Symphony, the Harrisburg Symphony, the Brandywiner's Orchestra, the Superior Ragtime Orchestra and the Chesapeake Brass Band. She has performed at the Playhouse Theatre and has worked with such celebrities as: Rosie O'Donnell, Nathan Lane, Frankie Valli, Nell Carter, Stephanie Powers, and The Temptations.