About the Payne-Phalen Community Band & Conductor

About the Band

The Payne Phalen Community Band (est. 2025) is a community band in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood of East Saint Paul in Minnesota.

The band’s specific purpose is:

1.     Promoting the continued musical education and musical growth of all band members

2.     Supporting music education in Saint Paul Public Schools

3.     Fostering a greater appreciation for band music by offering concerts to the public.

General Overview of the Payne-Phalen Community Band:

  • Our season runs September through June. We are aiming to start September 15th, 2025 - once location permits have been accepted/solidified I will email out solid details on location and start time as we approach the beginning of the season.

  • We rehearse most Mondays during the school year from 7-9pm. Location TBD.

  • We play concerts in December, one sometime in the spring, and then a final concert in June. We take the summer off. This is subject to change as the band gets established.

  • Band members should have at least 3 years of experience playing their instrument (now or in the past) and be comfortable playing high school level music.

  • Our members pay annual dues: $60 -- this allows us to keep up with associated costs throughout the year (purchasing music, permits for use of the space, etc).

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About the Director

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Todd Hanlon-Alle has been a teacher since 2013. He started his career in teaching as a Spanish teacher. After teaching Spanish for six years, he decided to make the move to teaching music and spent the next four years teaching Band and Orchestra at E-STEM Middle School in the St. Paul Public School District. During the 2023-24 school year he moved to Johnson High School. There he currently teaches Band, Orchestra, and Guitar.

Todd plays trumpet and studied Music Education and Spanish Education at St. John's University and Minnesota State University - Mankato. In 2017 he earned a Master's Degree in Comparative and International Development Education from the University of Minnesota. He recently earned a second Master’s degree in Music Education from the American Band College in Ashland, Oregon through Central Washingon University.