Kings County Concert Band (KCCB) is an all volunteer wind ensemble that believes in lifelong music making regardless of entry point. We cater specifically to novice/intermediate instrumentalists who wish to improve their current command of woodwind, brass or percussion instruments and also to advanced instrumentalists who wish to expand their overall musical vocabulary through study of secondary instruments. We explore both standard and emerging wind band repertoire and support commissions of intermediate level works for the wind band. We rehearse regularly to encourage musical growth through performance and also to develop a musical community for our members on and off stage.

About Us

It is our hope to provide community musicians an artistic venue regardless of entry point or musical lapse.  In addition to developing the musicianship of our members, we are excited to provided experienced musicians a place specifically to develop their skills on secondary instruments. With our membership being comprised of a wonderful mix of musical experiences and backgrounds,  we are excited about the musical collaborations that lay ahead. KCCB recognizes that all musicians have artistic potential and hopes to develop that potential for those who join our ensemble. 

MMC Board of Directors

The Kings County Concert Band is governed by the MMC Board of Directors. 

Oscar Thorp
Artistic Director & Conductor 

Oscar Thorp is a conductor, trumpeter, and music educator based in Brooklyn, New York. As a faculty member at the Third Street Music School Settlement, Oscar teaches the trumpet studio and directs several ensembles, including the Concert Band, Prelude Band, and the New Horizons Morning and Evening Bands. Through the InterSchool Orchestras of New York, Oscar coaches the brass in the Symphonic Band and is a substitute conductor with the ISO/Third Street orchestras. He also conducts the New York Late Starters Orchestra and has appeared as a guest conductor with the Chelsea Symphony, the New Conductors Orchestra, the New York City Brass Choir, and Make Music New York’s Sousapalooza. Oscar joined the Metropolitan Music Community in 2023 as the conductor of the Kings County Concert Band.

Originally from the Seattle/Tacoma area, Oscar served as assistant professor of music at Pierce College in Puyallup, WA, where he directed the Pierce College Concert Band, Chamber Winds, and Jazz Band. His position included teaching music theory, music history, and an American Popular Music survey. While in Washington, he also worked with the Puget Brass, the Seattle Symphonic Band, and as a clinician for the Washington Music Educators Association. An advocate for new music, Oscar has helped create contemporary chamber ensembles at the University of Arizona and at Pierce College, as well as conducting recordings of new music by students. Oscar has created many arrangements for virtual learning and limited instrumentation accessibility, particularly for wind bands and brass ensembles. Through his participation as a conductor with the New Horizons International Music Association, Oscar has given virtual classes on score reading and music appreciation. Oscar began his conducting career as the assistant conductor of the Northern Ohio Youth Orchestras while studying at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Oscar then moved to Tucson, AZ to earn his masters in instrumental conducting as a teaching assistant at the University of Arizona’s Fred Fox School of Music. Oscar’s conducting mentors include Gregg Hanson, Raphael Jiménez, and Joann Erwin. He has participated in conducting workshops at the Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Puget Sound.

Along with teaching trumpet at Third Street Music School, Oscar has taught brass in the Third Street Partners Program, the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, the Tucson Academy of Music and Dance, and the Oberlin Community Music School. He has studied trumpet with Roy Poper, Edward Reid, Judson Scott, and Brian Chin. As a trumpeter, Oscar enjoys playing in orchestras, concert bands, pit orchestras, dance bands, and chamber music. He has performed in New York with the Chelsea Symphony, the Greenwich Village Orchestra, the Five Borough Brass Ensemble, New York Wind Orchestra, the Regina Opera Company, Blue Hill Troupe, and others. Oscar and his wife, trumpeter Caitlin Featherstone, frequently perform together with their brass ensemble, the Brownstone Brass Quintet.

Lio Krieger
Assistant Conductor

Lio Krieger is a music educator and bass trombonist dedicated to fostering a love of music in performers and audiences alike. He believes that quality music education and performance have the power to transform communities and enrich lives. A lifelong learner, Lio constantly seeks new resources, repertoire, and perspectives to enhance his musicianship and teaching. Born in the United States to Swiss and Japanese immigrant parents, Lio is fluent in four languages and loves to explore how his multicultural background intersects with his study of music. He is passionate about bringing awareness to diverse musical backgrounds to musicians and audiences through performance. 

Lio is a middle school instrumental and general music teacher at Hatikvah International Academy Charter School in New Jersey. Previously, he was a music teacher within the Carmel Clay Schools (IN) serving as a middle school band teacher, and as a music and visual instructor with the nationally ranked Carmel High School Marching Band. As a trombonist, Lio performs with the Brooklyn Wind Symphony, where he toured with the ensemble in summer of 2024 performing throughout Japan, and at the International WASBE Conference in South Korea. Lio additionally performs regularly with the New York Repertory Orchestra, and with other ensembles in and around New York City.

Lio holds Bachelor of Music degrees in Instrumental Music Education and Bass Trombone Performance from the University of Michigan, where his principal teachers included Courtney Snyder, Colleen Conway, and David Jackson. At Michigan, he performed with a wide range of ensembles and chamber groups, including the Symphony Band dir. Michael Haithcock, and the Michigan Marching Band. (Go Blue!)

When he's not conducting or performing, Lio enjoys cooking, cycling, and rock climbing in and around Jersey City.