The Bill Emery Band

Bill Emery brings a professional level of entertainment to all his performances, whether for 10 people or 1,000. With over 1,000 songs available, he designs the band and the song list for his performances based on the event and budget, working in tandem with the event organizers to fine tune the details. At weddings, cocktail hours, corporate events, backyard or holiday parties Bill gets people to the dance floor for a great time.

Bill Emery has been playing music since being a kid in the Minneapolis Minnesota area Before he was out of high school he was playing professionally with a dixieland band in St. Paul and a polka band in New Ulm, Minnesota.
True to his Minnesota roots, Bill started on accordion and then played tuba through his high school years, adding trombone after being inspired at a concert by Stan Kenton. He later attended the Stan Kenton Jazz Workshop in Springfield, Missouri and had his first composition played by the Kenton Orchestra.
At age 21, Bill traveled with the John Stafford Big Band Sound and attended the University of Texas at Dallas and Cedar Valley College (Lancaster, TX) attaining degrees in Music Performance, Commercial Music, and Music Education. He has led his own groups since 1978 playing big band music and small group jazz.
After arriving in Colorado Springs he formed the New Century Big Band as a community-focused group. He led this band until taking a “semi-retirement" to return to school to recareer in healthcare and worked as a RN in the stroke unit at a local hospital. The Covid pandemic was responsible for Bill retiring from nursing and his focus is now entirely on music performing and songwriting.
In addition to leading his own group, the Bill Emery Band (with 4-16 players), playing in the Bare Bones Trombone Choir, Bill is a founding member of PB&J (with Jim Robertson and Pam Steinberg). He released a jazz quintet CD in 2019 titled “It Is What It Is: Songs for my Father and other Jazz” and released an album of original songs "Stompin' For Gas: The Music of Bill Emery, Vol. 1" in Spring, 2023.

Requirements for the band are usually minimal; sufficient electricity and lighting and a cover if the event is held outside. The band provides it's own sound system and equipment. Floor space is determined by the size of the group.