The Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge, Iowa

The Karl King Band is the municipal band for Fort Dodge, Iowa. This ensemble has historically provided a summer concert series in the Karl King Bandshell in beautiful Oleson Park and an indoor concert series held in the auditorium of Iowa Central Community College.   These concerts are free to all, and are provided as a service by the City of Fort Dodge. Jerrold P. Jimmerson is the Director of the King Band, and Dan Cassady serves as the band's Assistant Conductor.  Duane Oley Olson is the band’s announcer.  Learn more about the Band and visit the online archive of photos related to the history of the Karl L. King Municipal Band of Fort Dodge, Iowa.

 
Next Concert: July 12, 2009

The Sunday, July 12 concert by the Karl L. King Municipal Band will showcase several of the band members in solo roles.  These concerts are held each week during June and July at the Karl L. King Bandshell in Oleson Park, beginning at 7:30 pm.  There is no admission charge, courtesy of the City of Fort Dodge. 

Conductor Jerrold Jimmerson has planned another interesting and varied hour of band music.  Assistant Conductor Dan Cassady and announcer Duane “Oley” Olson will also play an important part in the evening as well.

Special guest soloist will be Cathy Moklebust, Eagle Grove, performing Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight Of The Bumblebee on the xylophone.  Cathy has been a member of the King Band for 12 years.  She earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees in music from South Dakota State University in her hometown of Brookings, SD.  Cathy previously played in the percussion section of the Sioux Falls Municipal Band and the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.  Cathy is in national demand as a handbell clinician and conductor, having 133 published compositions and arrangements to her credit.  In 2007 she was a guest conductor of the national handbell festival in London, England.  She and her husband David operate a music editing and engraving service, working with several major publishers, including C. L. Barnhouse in Oskaloosa, IA, publisher for many of Karl King’s works.

The other members of the percussion section will then join Ms. Moklebust to perform Fantasy On A Sea Chantey on 3 xylophones.  These members include Jeremy Smith of Fort Dodge and Rollie Jenson of Pocahontas. 

Also on the program will be a performance by the always-popular Dixieland Combo and Band on Tailgate Concerto.  Combo members include Ardella Hein from Fort Dodge on clarinet, Alan Bridge from Storm Lake on tenor saxophone, Tim Miller from Humboldt on trumpet, Dan Cassady from Fort Dodge on trombone, Paul Bloomquist from Dayton on tuba, and Rollie Jenson on percussion. 

Karl King’s music will be featured as well with the marches The Mystic Call and Hawkeye Fair, along with a beautiful aerial waltz, Vision of Cleopatra.  Other marches will include John Casto’s Royal Bridesmaids, and John Philip Sousa’s Washington Post.  A fast-paced galop by Fred Jewell, They’re Off, will also be heard. 

Classical offerings for the evening include Haydn Wood’s beautiful tone poem, Mannin Veen, along with the Farandole movement from the L’Arlesienne Suite by French composer, Georges Bizet. 

The popular ice cream socials by the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will continue, starting at 6:30 pm.  Homemade ice cream and fresh baked goodies will be available for purchase.

View photos from the summer concerts.
 June 7th  - -  June 14th  - -  June 21st  - -  June 28th  - -  July 5th

Those with fast internet will enjoy an mpg video of McNamara's Band (52 mb) from last winter's Irish Concert.

 February Karl King Birthday concert photos
March St. Patrick's Day concert photos
April Focus Scholarship concert photos

View photos of the bandshell during the renovation process.

View concert photos from previous seasons
Concert Archive

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2009 Karl L. King Band Municipal Band of Fort Dodge, Iowa

The Karl L. King Municipal Band was honored recently by the Iowa Bandmasters Association by being selected to perform at their 80th annual State Conference.  This three-day event featured some of the finest school and professional bands from throughout Iowa, along with clinicians and other performing groups from throughout the United States.  The conference was held at the Hotel Fort Des Moines, in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. - more


Fort Dodge’s newest monument was dedicated in a ceremony held October 22, 2006.  The life-size monument to famed band composer and director, Karl L. King, was placed in the Karl L. King Park in downtown Fort Dodge and was first seen by the public following an open house of the Karl King Archives. 

The dedication ceremony included a program by the Karl L. King Municipal Band and the introduction of special guests and an address by former Fort Dodge mayor, Judge Albert Habhab.  - program photos - 2006 Open House

Statue proposed - Statue in progress - Statue mounting process - Dedication speakers - Dedication program

Cardiff Announcement    Cardiff  Premiere


Scholarships awarded by the Karl King Band were announced at the 2009 Scholarship Concert.  Hampton flautist Alexandra Popinga, freshman at the University from Northern Iowa, was the major scholarship winner. View more photos of the scholarship audition participants.


What's New with the Band?
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 The Karl King Band was the featured performing ensemble for the 2006 Summer Meet of Windjammers, Unlimited.   - photos -
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The Karl King Band performed in the Iowa State
Capitol to promote a postage stamp in his honor.

Iowa Public Radio's Rick Fredericksen 
interviews Oley about Karl King.
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Dr. Timothy Rhea, director of bands at Texas A & M University
in College Station, was the special guest conductor for the June 15 concert.

Walking Frog excerpt 1 - Walking Frog excerpt 2

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