Orchestra & Chorus
The Tar River Swing Band is a working dance band. They are under the direction of John C. Sykes, Jr., retired band director
of Rocky Mount Senior High. The band is comprised of 18 instrumentalists plus the Jazztones, a choral quartet, and a vocal soloist. The band does one or two concerts per year, plus numerous gigs in central and eastern North Carolina. The band has several CDs
available and one more in production.
Tar River Swing Band
Highlights of concert in 2009
- Thursday, April 23, 2009 -7:30 P.M. at the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts at NC Wesleyan College
Campus, Rocky Mount, NC
- Jazz Tones and soloist Carol Ingbretsen
Listen to the Swing Band play "I Love Beach Music."
A Global Portrait of Music:
2008-2009 Season