About the CCCB
Since the year 2000 more than 200 musicians have played in the band, which normally has about 75 players. The group is about equally mixed: middle school students, high school students, active working adults and retirees. Several of the adult members are either current or former directors or have been professional musicians. Others played in college or high school bands and enjoy playing in an organized group. The band performs a mix of classical, popular, Broadway, and patriotic music.Joe Olivieri - Director
Joe Olivieri is a retired music educator from
Colorado with thirty years experience.
He has a Bachelor of Music degree from The University of Northern
Colorado and a Masters of Music Education degree with an emphasis in
orchestral conducting from the University of Colorado in Boulder.
His passion for music and the success of his groups has made him
highly sought as a guest conductor. Joe has studied conducting with Robert Olson from
the University of Kansas, Kansas City;
Allan McMurray from the University of Colorado;
H. Robert Reynolds from the University of Southern California and
Joanne Falletta during her tenure as conductor of the Denver Chamber
Orchestra.
Joe has had articles published in national
education literature, has conducted the Pueblo Pops Orchestra, the Pikes
Peak Philharmonic, was conductor of the Colorado High School All-State
String Orchestra in 1994 and retired as conductor of the Pueblo
Municipal Band in 2006.
Joe plays the trumpet and has performed in various
bands, including British style brass bands, praise bands, brass
quintets, beach bands, jazz groups and symphony orchestras.
Joe and his wife Bonnie currently reside in New Bern
Mark Pellon - Assistant Director
Mark Pellon is a 2004 graduate of Charles W.
Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, FL.
He joined the United States Marine Corps as a Musician in 2004. After
completing boot camp and Marine Combat Training he attended the Armed
Forces Basic School of Music. His first band assignment was in Kaneohe
Bay, Hawaii, where he was lead saxophone in all ensembles. In 2006 he
did a four month tour on the USS Peliliu playing music in: Vietnam,
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, and Guam.
Upon return he became the assistant conductor for the Marine Forces
Pacific Band.
In 2008 he attended the advanced course at the Armed Forces School of
Music in Little Creek, VA. He was sent to Camp Lejeune NC. In 2010 he
was selected for the all star Marine Corps Jazz Band and performed at
the Lakeside Jazz Festival in Daytona Beach, FL.
In his free time Mark is a martial artist on the Camp Lejeune base team
and is a certified K9 decoy. Mark enjoys all styles of music and
believes that no one genre is better than any other.