American Brass Band Composer: William Himes

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American
BrassBandComposer:
WilliamHimes
Wouldyou guessthatthecomposer
of
Asryts of Praisewas also responsiblc
for SoloSecondo:
A Major Wo* lot SecondHofi andBand?
lf youhavemetBill
Himes,youknow thatis not only possible, but expected.Serious,yet funlovin& inbense,
yetwitty andcharming
- thescare attributes that fit both his
musicandhispersonality.
Suchseeming contladictionactuallyaidshis creativedriveand spirit!
NABBA membershavc known thc
musicof Bill Himes for quitc a fcw
yea$, with AsWIs of Pniseservingasa
In
testpieccon twod iffcrcntoccasions.
addition,Bill hasservedseveraltimes
asan adjudicatorat our contests.Somc
of the highestcommcndations
I have
receivedfor a judge's commentsand
observationshave
beenabouthisquick,
decisiveand insightful commentary.
In 1992we had the privilege of hearing
Ns superbwork with TheChicagoStdf
Band,whichhehasdirecd for nearly
two decadcs.Under his leadershipthis
fine brassband hasreachedtheir highest level of music rnakingin a long
distinguishedhistory. He has taken
them throughout North, Central, and
SouthAmerica,Australia and the Far
East,and Great Britain, recciving acclaimnot only for their fine playingbut
alsofor his imaginative programs.
As Territorial Music Secretaryfor The
SalvationArmy'sCenhalTenitorynl
mid-westemstateslHimes must overseethemusicprogramsof thatdenolni
nation - publications, music leadership trainin& music education prcgrams- for a vast region. He is not,
Degreesin MusicEducahonand Performance.
Priortoassuminghisprl'scnt
position,hc taughtinstrumcnklmusic
in thcpublicschoolsofFlint,
Michigan
and servedas adjunctlecturerin low
brassat Thc Univcrsityof Michigau
Flint campus.
therefore,
a full-timecomposcr.
A ll the
morc rcmarl'.ablcthc creativc output
hemaintains,as well asthe manyappearances
as a guestconductor,
clinician,andsoloistleuphoniumbcinghis
instrumentof choicel.
Background/Training/lnf
luences
Bom and raised in Michigan, Himes
attcnded The University of Michigary
receiving his Bachelors and Masters
Whileat Michiganhestudiedcomposition with Lcslic Basscttand Gcorgc
BalchWilson.Hccitesseveralgeneral
influencesin his developmentas an
anangcrand composcr.In thc broadcst terms20thccnturycomposcrs
like
Copland,Prokofiev,and Ravcl havc
providedmusicalinspirationwhilc,in
thenarrowerareaof wind writing tllc
worksofPersichctti,
WilliamSchuman,
andCraingershouldalsobcmcntioned.
Thc melodicculhrreof The Salvation
Army and its rich English heritage
Himeshasfoundto beof greatbenefit
- a sourcefor what he would label
"motivic contagion,"However, Bill
wouldimmediatelywantusto becareful with our applicationof suchinflucontimrcdol page3
NABBA'94
SCHEDULE
At Dresstime THIRTEEN bands were
commirred to NABBA',94, Aptil22 23,
at North Carolina State University.
Youth Section:Junior Varsity AllStars
BrassBand; Honors Scction:Commonwealth BrassBand; Eastem Iowa Brass
Band:Illinois BmssBand:NCSUBdtish Brass Band, Qu€€n City Bras8
Bandi Sheldon Theats€Brass Band;
Varsity All-Stars Brass Band; ChamDionshiDSection:Brass Band of Coiumbus; Hawthorn City Band (Australia); Ohio Collegiate Blass Bandi
Smoky Mountain Brass Band; Triangl€ Brass Band. Here is the tentative
schedule for our twoday event:
corltifi1rcdofi page5
N,4BBA
Editor's
Notes
Olicialquartsrtjoufnaiol lhe Norlh
AmeicanBrassBandAssoclalion,
Inc.
Foundedby J. PerryWatsonin 1980.
Uselulnewslor Brilish-style
bfassbands
in NonhAmerica.Th€viewsoxpressed
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Association,
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advertsingdeadin€sar€th€ 15thol
JanLrary,
April,July,andOcloberCopyfghl
o 1993by lhe NorlhAmerican
BrassBandAssocialon,Inc. All fighls
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TheErassBandBrldge
Asbury
Muslc
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College
Wllmore,
Kentucky
USA40390
(606)858'351
Telephone
1€nension
2246
(606)858'3921
Facsimil€
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Fevlewer
Tomilyers,Advenblng
Producton
Lynene
owens,
NABBA
Membership
Dues
lndividual
Sludent/ Retired
[.1ember
Band
CoDorale
Palron
Leadership
Ninc nciv brassbandsare listed in our
BrassBand News s€ctionthis issuellf
you havc cverdoubtedabout thehealth
of our relatively young movemcnt jn
Ameri€a,here is somemore proof fof
you that wc arc doing quite welMn
addition, thc solid number of bands
capableof making the great financial
commitmcnt to attcnd the ChampionshipsinRalcighisbuta furtherindicaWhile ive are making very good
progrest I am concemedabout some
of ofi brassband rolleagucswho are
plnying "lonc ra'rgcr" not supporti n g N A B B A o r i t s a c t i v i t i e sy e t
bcncfitting from thc rcccntupsurgc in
brass band culture hcrc in North
America.Thc issueis a vcry simple
oncj thc morc bands and band mcm
b!rs thatirin NABBA onay!'arlybasis
thc morc NABBA canoffer its membershiplNABBAisnow much morethana
yearlycontestandan occasionalnewslctter.
The Bndgel K@p up the good workl
Lefs make this associationwork.
Finally,The BrassBand of Columbus'
historic performance of Messidh,reported laterin this issue,remind€dme
of an observalionby Ccorge Bemard
Shaw, the Sreatmusic critic and playwright, madein 1941toTheTitnes- an
observationthat encouragesme notto
seilshort thc vibrantcultureand potential of thebrassband:"Had th€ lRoyal]
AlbertHall, theBritish BrcadcastCompany OrchesEa, and The Salvation
Army's International StaII Band been
within Handel'srcachthcscoreofMessianwould have been a very differe t
sp{rcificafion-Thcmusicwould nothave
been better, but the inshumcntation
wouldhavck\rn muchrichsand morc
cffcctivc." Whether you agree with
Shaw or not,lct it bc food for thought
and lct it rcmind us to ncvcr sell our
medium - the brassband -short.
Ronald W. Holz, Editor
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1994
2 TheBrassBandBridge February
Now,l may havcsaidNABBAismore
than Championships,but our fricnds
in The North Carolina State University British Brass Band (Frank
Hammond) and Triangle BrassBind
(Michacl Votta) have lined up a great
week€ndfor thoseofus thatcan 8et to
Raleigh.From thc thrcc geat conductor/adjudicators who will lead thc
NABBAReadingBandFridaynight
to
tho Hawthorn City Band ofAustralia,
that count{/s 1993national champions in our CALA CONCERT,wc will
have a great musicaltrcat in which to
revel. lRe$etfu]ly, Sellers Engineering and Phil Mccani had to canccl.l
I am dctightedin the upswingofband
proelam reports,band newsletters[a
recentonc from Triangle Brass Band
looked r€al fin€1,and featuressent to
N,4RBA
'94
READING
BAND
FridayNight
7:30-9:00
Guest Conductorss
Crrrnow, Gregson,
&Renton
BringYourHorn!
President's
Podium
I cannotthink of a better opportunity
than The North American BrassBand
Championships(April 22-23,Raleigh,
NC) by which a person can become
familiarwith thewonde.tul pcoplcand
musicof this continent'sBritish-style
brassbands.
b.assbandenthusiasts.
You will learna
lot atrout operating a brass band from
nearly cveryone you meet. And thc
brassband folks are really greatt
Our newestfeaturcin our Championships has been thc NABBA ReadinS
Band on Friday evenin8. Bring your
instrumcnt to Fin in plalng a broad
Theevcnt offersgreat bras:sband music performcd by our bestbands.One selc<tion of new, good brass band muofthehighlightswill bethcChampion- sic from a variety of finc publishcrs.
shipSectionperformancesofVariations Our thrqr guest adjudicatorswill be
our conducto$. This event is opcn to
for B'|assBondby Ralph VaughanWitall
NABBA m('mt'('rs,includin8 you!
liams.For somereason,this magnifi,
Percussionists
aro esF'cially welcomc
cmt i.\'ork is rarely recorded,so this
(to savethcaudacnccfrom listeningto
will beyouropportunityto hearit live
-and thenyou canordertheChampi- my cymbal playing). Our annual
NABBA meetingwill bc hcld just afrcr
onshipcontestre(ordings!
thc lastband performsSaturdayaftcrOneof the most important bcnefitsof
noon. Be therc and be involved in
theCharnpionships
istalkingwith other NABBA!
Thc Championships
also featurcdis,
playsfrominstrumentmakcrsand
sup,
pliersofbrassbandmusic/rccordings.
This will bc your b€stchanceto com,
pareinstrumentsthat you arc considering.For example,whereclsccould
you play, sidc-by-side,
all the rnajor
alto hornsoffercd (Boosey&Hawket
Willson,Yamaha)to tcst thcir color,
quality. and lovability! Only at the
Championships.
If youhavccompeted
before,you
know
thc thrill and musicalratisfacticnof
our cvent- and thcgrcatcomraderie
thathappns as wc cclebrato
togcthcr.
If you will bc thcrcfor thc firsr rimc,
you arein fora rcallywonderfultreat.
I look forwardto talkingwith you in
Raleigh,April22-23,at NCSU!
Tom Myers
WnanHfues
aonllnued
lrcnpage1
WarFahlasyand Bonelli'sSyrrproric Witness,for exarnplelhclpr{, along
ConcerlMarch- canlhe Mussorgsky/ with similar effortsby his American
laidzcn CleatCateol Kie, be expected compatriotsBrucc Broughtonand
IamesCumow, renew SA advanced
encts.Hc considershimselt in his own
words,a "primitive"wh€nit comesto
InhisiobforTheSalvation
ArmyHimcs litcratureinthcearly197(h.Hcisoneof
thc fow bras.s
bandarrange.swho can
thecompositional
proccss.He spends hasmanydemandsplacr{ on him for
jazz
write
in
the
idiom and have it
very little time studlng thc scorcsof
vcry practicalarrangemcnts,
Hc takos
succeedl
Innovativc
idcasaboundin
other composers,finding that to tre a
carr'lo providc finc musicfor small
kindof "cheating."
Hedoesthink
higNy cnsemblesand beginningbrassbands his morc advanced scores,from the
choricspeakingin Io t eChi4Musician
of activelistening,rathd than s<ore on a regularbasis.His flexibilityin a
unifyingclements
of
readingand analysit asanaid to kcrp
widerangeofstylesstandshimin good to thelargc!scalc
Aspects
ol
Pnise.
ing his creativeabilities sharp.
heasurefor suahprcssure.WhenglancIng througha list of his worlc I am Anslysls
CurentStatus
shuck by the contrasts:humorous
pieccsllerichoReuisited,SoloSecondol, BandmastcrHimes indicatesthat he is
Most of Himes' compositional work
jazz-stylearrangcmcnts
comesfrom cither a dirctt commission
lsoGlad,Thrce probablyan intuitive writcr. That does
or through the need to provide sorne- Kings' Swind, scrious works with a not rnean his picc{:sare not carefully
'messagc'
thing for his Staff Band. Rc'centexIIo the ChielMBician, As, united throughcompositionalcraftand
skill! Aspealsoltuaise, br instancc, i)ins
ampleswould includehis Flrrg€ilrorh pectsol Praisel,Eadinonalband litcraf.lJellruichls,Confualcel.
Tlrejuggling thatgrcatbody of WestemsacredmuConcertino
for River City Brass,his "inactthathcmustmaintaincomposer/ sic in which thc compos€rderiveshis
pr(8ress" work C44PDieDfor The US
AImy Bra3sBand, the lowerlevel test arrangctmusic€ducator/administra- prinrary motivic material from the inipiefe Cofifl|erce,or the sparkling solo tor,brassbandcomductor probably hal pitchcs of a h''rnn or prcviouslyexisting sacred melody, using both th€
heprovidedhis principalcornet,Peggy providcsthc rich stimulationsucha
newly-formcd idea and the oldcl ma teThomas,/rribnc€.Onepror.\ctheseerns complexpersonality
requires.
Spenda
rial to form a musical structureof sigfewminutcstalkingto Billandyouwill
to begraduallycompletingis a goalto
nificant mcaning on severallevels
soonknow to what I am referring.
arrangeall the pieceson Th€ Univermusical,
emotional,spiritual.Subtitlcd
sit Mt.higan Conc€rtBand's[Wil'ry'ariant Suite",
I wish Bill had morctimefor writin&
the work featurcs thc
liamRevellillateSrysSovictUnion
tour t'ecausewhen hegetsthe time he usuhymn
tunc
A-z,ron
IO For a Thousand
recordfor brassband!Thus far he has
ally producespac€-setting
works.His Tonguesl as the basis for a four-movedo e Elsa'sPteession,Arneican GoiI
earfierscoresINe& FrcnLier
a d The mentcyclc in which thecomposlruses
February
1994 TheBrsssBandBrtdge 3
every element of the tune. In movement l, PraiseinJoy,the intcrval of thc
risingfourth, coming liom thcopcning
of thehymn, is made theprogenitor of
all that follows. It is quickly unitsl
with the initial step-wiseprogression
of the first phraseof the hymn to providc all the "n€w" material to be manipulated hr this stimulating music.
Himes combinesseveralunusual, but
not inappropriatereharmonizatioisof
Aztnon with this material in a festive
romPof ioy.
Praisein Meditahon,Movement ll,
gains its primary mohve, thc falling
thirds and triad,from thesecondhalf of
the Azrmn tune; thisbalanceswell thc
aggressiverising fourths of thc opening movement.Specialnote must be
madeof the one(ompletestatementof
thc tune ,4:,flo, in this s€ction,a moment of harmonic suspcnsionatrout
trvo-thirdsthe way tluough the move-
BandWorks
A Selected
Listing
of Brass
byWilliamHimes
ment,an especiallyfine momentin this
wonderful score.It is in Movement lll,
Presecution/howPraiseinSadnessand
ever, that I find thc most interestin&
forwardiooking, and challengingmusic.Here thc composcrreturns to both
the fourth and anotherstep-wiseftagment from the hymn but in a transform€d context.A barbaricrirsaloscction is built on a figure made upof two
fourths,a half-stepapart IFor examPlc,
C-F, C#-F# thc sctlucncewould go
C, C#,F#,F I. The broad rhctoricalgestur.s madchcreremind oncof thescriouscanoniclvriling in the symphonies
notsurprizinglywhcn
of Shostakovitch,
you considerthc hiddcn rolcofsuffering in that composer'smusic.
(Turkington/Himes)
March
3 Jlbilance-{ornet
Soo 1
Able-Festiva
Thc Finalc, Praise in Fellowship, rc
(SenailleiLlght
Came
A-Tone
AllegroSpiritoso-Euphonium
Solo
outol Darkness,
storesthc full, prop€r inctptl loPcnnlS
1
Poem
7
Himes)
scricsof noteslof thc hymn tunc, adds
(BilldHimes)
Fanlasy
Eravura
2
American
CivilWar
3 March
the concluding notesof the hlmn, and
MarchTromphale--Optronal
organ(KargAmazrng
Gface
2
gainsa lilting melody notunconncctcd
El€rVH
mes)7
Afierica
theBeaulitul-Feslival
to thc ubiquitous fourth. The climax
The- Seection
1
7
Message
oi Christmas,
furangernent
combincsthccompletehymn tunc and
March
I
7
Mileslone-Feslival
Aspecls
ofPGse Suite
ncw melody,a danccoffellowshiPlcad7
Musc
The(WebbedHimes)2
BaileFTone
Poem
oltheNghl,
ing to a dashing,whirlwind of a coda.
Song3 MyCh.isl-Euphonium
Solo1
CelebGlion
oi Contemporary
Gospel
This largc-scalc suitc brokc ncw
NewFronlier
1
ShonandSuite-Colleclion
5
Chrislmas,
ground, both in th(:croativovariational
Nicaea
Concertrno
ForFlugelhorn
andBand
6
3
p()ccssi nvolvcdand in mu sicalscopc/
Rolling
Aong-Feslival
March
7
2
Conlluence--Ovenure
lfngth. In fact,itsli'nSthallowsittobc
Ellacombe-Fanlarc
Prelude
6
SoGlad-Flugelhorn
Solo1
co'rsidcrcdof full symphonic statur€.
(Wagne/Himes)
Homsoo7
Elsa's
Procession
1
SoloSecondo-Second
ln Corrfrlrn.c,a more rccentbrassband
Poem
7
FesivaFanlare
s1
Spiril
ol Freedom-Tone
onSt.Franc
(Bonelli/Himes)
7
work, Himcsby the verychoiccofhtle
4
Conced
March
Symphonic
GodotWonders-March
Medilation
1
showed his compositional attitude:
1
ToKnow
Thee-Hymn
Gods Chldfen-Mafch
(0ebussy/flimes)
7
TotheChielMusician-Suite
1
conflue cc a gathering togcthet or
colliwog
s Cakewalk
flowing togcthcr of separatcstreams;
2
Have
Solo3
Three
Klngs'
Swing
ld Ralher
Jesus-Comet
(Webbe/Himes)2
also,apointof juncturc for twoormorc
WihOneLook
I HaveDecded-Bolerc1
Mafch
1
slreams. In this picce the scParate
wihess,
The-Fesiival
Invictus-March
2
Piece
lorCorneland
Bmss
Band
streamsaretonal,tcxfural,mclodic,and
Afiangemenl
7 Conced
Jericho
Revisited-Festival
[1]
rhythmic.Theopcning toneclusteris a
7
Into
Peace-Euphonium
Solo
Joumey
Publlshers'
Code
r
York;5Hopelilusic;6
1SP&$London;2
Rosehlll;
3 TheSA.Chicago
i 4 TheSA-New
oak
williamHin|es,804
S.Cllnton,
Man6cript,
avallablelrom
StudlGlondon;7
(7mF4&5025.
Telephone
P8rk,
lL 60304;
andbrassensemble
overthirtysacred
brassband
Thislistingdoesnotinclude
anangements
by William Himespublishedby Thc SalvahonArmy in AtMusiclnde,
fanta.Ncw York,or London.Furfurtherdatach€ckbtst mefital
Army
Music
P!
published
by
The
Salvation
Aftl!
Music
bfi.atiors,
ofSalpalion
Deparhnent,
CcntralTerritory,10W. AlconquinRd.,DesPlaines,IL50016.
(704)-294
2133.
Telephonc:
superimpositionof pcrfe'ctfifthsr D-rqt
Bb-F; Gb'Db. The rriPartite structurc
ofthefull work, ABA, willexploit these
di fferences,particularly the key ccntcr
ofD, the opcningkey, and Bb, the final
key of "coMuence." Sjmilar obscrvations could be madeabout thc melodic
useof the firth or the contEst in rhythmic tcxtures.To continue the analysis
too much more in this vein, howevel,
might do violence to our "Primitive"
lhis own wordsl artist.
As with Iames Curnow, we have in
4 TheBr83sBandBrldge FeFuary1994
Coming
SpringBrassBandEvents
Williarn Himes an interesting
confluenceof SalvationArmy rnelodic
and llaic tradition v/ith Americanuniversity/conservatoryrcfinetnent.In not
being tied down rigidly to either of
theseheritages,being open indeed to
many other converging stleams,Bill
Himescontinuesto beoncof thebrass
band world's most imagrnativeand
gifted writers. May he contnue to be
strucl by "melodic contagion"and
otherpositivemusicalplagues!
BrassBand of Columbus and The
N€w Yoft StaII Band
MarchlgthrCod
andCountry
T:3O
Concera
P.M.
KingAvc
UnitedMethodist Church,
Columbus.
Ohio
F c'eAdmission,
Our judges' panel for this April pro(DonationsWill
videsa wonderful balance.Frcm Crcat be Received.)
Britain:FrankRenbon,
t€st known in
Contactr
Erigabrassbandcirclesfor his outstanding
Arthur
Hill
dier
workwithGrim€thtop.Colli€ryBand, 614-891-295E
wind band
but alsoaworld-renowned
and orchestraconductor. His cxperi- LexingtonBrass
encein ContestinS?He has s€tved as Eand
March27th:
iudge and officated at all the mai)r
Bandcompehdonsin
CreatEritainand ClassicPqrs
Europe!FromCanada:BramCregson, Extnwga,E;
Eandmaster
of The London Citadel 7:30P.M.
Wcisiger
Band, which is profiled in our dis.
revicwsthisissue.Olderbroths of com- Theatcr/Norton
poserEdwardGregson,Bramis recog- Centerfor thc
Arts, Centrc
nized as a c0nsummateband haining
and conductor.Justlast year he was College,
elecEdk| TheAirErican Bandrnasters' Danville,KY'
Aasociatiooonlythesecondbrassband FreeAdmission
conducbr ever to re(€ive that distinc- (Donations
tion (PaulDrostebeingtheothcr!).From Requested)
Contacl 506
the U.S:lamesCumow, who needsno
85&3511Ext
introductionto NABBAbandt havint
servedasa judge in previouscontesb. 2244or &62571707
His excitingpieceI-a dewill beplay€d
by sevenHonorsSectionbands.All
Thc United
threeof thesetoprank conductorswill
StatesArmy
be featuredalso at the Friday evening BlassBand
ReadlngBand Session!
Aprll12- 17
SpnngTour
Tues.t2th;8:00
P.M.Virginia
TechUniv/
Blacksburg,VA
Wed.l3th;8:00
P.M.EastTN
Team
Adjudication
IorNABBA.94
Shtc Univ/lohnson City, TN
Thurc.l4th,8:00 P.M. West Carolina
Univ/Cullowhee, NC
Fri. 15th;8:00P.M. TennesseeTech/
Cookville TN
Sat.l6th;7:30 P.M. David Libscombe
Univ/Nashville, TN
Sun. lTth; ll:00 A.M. Roy Acuff
Theatre/Opryland/Nashville, TN
Salt River Brass
Apil "10tft Carnival Time
Conc€rt Seriesat Chandler Center for
thc Arts, Phocnix,AZ
Admission $6.00/ Frson; All programs are on Sunday attemoon
contact; fi2-957 -9(69
I
NABBA'94Schedulecontrnuedtromprs
Ap l22
FRIDAY,
MeslirE
Board
300- 5!0 P.M. NABBA
lorExhiUls
3!0 - 500P.M. S€t.Up
Regislralion
Begins
4!0 P.M.
6!0 - 9:00P.M. Exhiulsopen
Bands
Fo.Compeling
6!0 - 11f0P.M.Rohoarsals
- 7115
UpSyshms'
P.M. Sleve
Collsy,
Clinlcian:'Iune
6:15
8and,withJamqsCumow,
Roadlno
730-9r00P.M. NABBA
(op€n
Renbn
loall
Eram
Grcgson,
Frank
play€rs!
Eingyouhom)
Uasyp€rcussion
Hawlhom
P.M.KenMcoonald,
Clinician
910- 10:10
lconduchr,
CiiyBard(Ausra[a)]
April23
SATURDAY,
830A.M.
825A.M.
855A.M.
P.M.
900- 6100
A.M.
935
1015A.M.
1055A.M.
r 135A.M.
1215P.M.
115P.M.
155P.M.
235P.M.
315P.M.
355P.M.
435P.M.
515P.M.
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7:45P.M.
800P.M.
Opening
C€remonies
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ErhibilsOpen
Eand*3;Honols14
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NABBA
Membership
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AmrdsCaremony
Hs|nho.n
CltyBand;Receplion
GahConced:
AlbrConced
inSiientC€nhrEalkoom
NABBA'94will beheldin ThePriceMusicCenter,North
NC.Forfurtherdctails
CarolinaStateUniversity,Raleigh,
pleasecheckwith
hotels/motelt
exhibits,
on schcdulet
FAX:
Dr.FrankHammond'sstaffby calling:919-515-2981;
919-5r
5-4204
Feb.uary
1991 The816 Bdd Erldgo 5
Sheldon
Theatre
Takes
TapeContest
GABB
The SheldonTheaueBrassBand(C!'nc
Beckwith)will rcproscntN A BBAat Thc
Creat Amcrican Brass Band Festival,
CentreColk€e,Danvillc,KY,Junel7
19.FiveNABBA bandscnterqj thctape
conte$t;their programsar.'liste\jin this
issuc.Sheldon Theahe was iudged to
be the bestentry, w|th Triangle Brass
scrvingasRunncr-Up,in casirSheldon
Theatre could not attond the Fcstival.
Congratulationsto all fivc bands for
their finc prot+ams and playinS. The
adtudication team was compriscd of
Dr. Ccorgc Foroman, coordinator of
the F!'stival, Profcssor Vinccnt
DiMartino, rcnowncd trumpct soloist,
and Ronnld Holz, NABBA Contcst
Chair
SheldonTheatre, which has acccpted
thc'invitation the attend the Fcstival,
will gct to pcrform thrsr concortsdur
ing thc wNkcnd. INotr': SheldonTheatre will bl']eli8iblc to comprto aSain
aftcra thrcr-ycar waitimgprnod; BBC
shll has two y!'ars b v,'ait!1.They will
be amon8 exct'llmt brass company.
Here is a partial list, carc of Dr. Foremnn,as of our publicationdate:
SummitBrass(Profcssional
S),rnplunic
BrassChoir)
N,4RBA
'94
Gala
Concert
Hawthorn
Ctty Band
Th€ U.S.ArmyBrassBandandHerald
Trumpets
The ChicagoStaff Bind ofThcSalva-
Doalworth Saxhorn Band (19th cen-
tury)
Village Brass(Quintct)
Ch€snut Brass Company (Quintet
HistoricalInstrumcnts)
Indianapolis Brass Choir
Whilc thcscricsofconccrtscommences
on Saturdav, thc l8th, thcrc will be a
Band Hisbry Confcrcncc during the
The Chosen Few Brass Band (Ncw
day Friday, thisyear focusingon 19thOrlcansstylc)
Century Instrumerts a|rd Insfrumcnt
Makcrs.For furthcr informationon the
AdvocateBrassEand (Host band)
Festival,writc to:Thc Crcat Amcrica
GoldRushCornetBand(l9thccntury) Brass Band Fcstival, C/o Dr. George
Forcman,CcntrcCollcge,Danville,KY
SheldonTh€aE€BrassAand(NABBA
40422.
Rhythm and Brass(Contomporaryand
Clas,sicstyles)
GABBTapeContest.
..
WhatTheyRecorded
The pro8rams rccorded by thc five
bands that cntcrcd thc Creat American
BrassBand Fc'stivalcontestare listed
below in alphaboticalorder by band:
Atlantic BrassBand(SalvatorcScarpa):
Mar frcm A MoolsideSr/ite(Holst);
TldCn"sd.k(Wm. Rimmerr,Na! YorkNe?t,Yolt (ara. Shimwcll)j S|got Blues
(Motfat); A'na.itg Crucc(arr. Himes)j
Prcludeand Fugtco Dam,?lls(Goffin);
Fiorerlirc Man (Fucik/Barsotti).
Eastem lowa Brass Band (lohn de
Salme):Marc, lrom A M@rsideSuite
(Holst), Tnrr+,lr Bltcs anlt Cantabile
(James/Geldard); Alpitrc Sa,nba
(Broadbeni); ShouliL Lisa Trot bone
(Fiflmorc/de Saln\e); AmericaftsWe
(Fillmorc/ DeSalmc);Se?ren
4l SilT rotj
,orcs(Willson/ Du thoit);ArnericjnCbil
lNar Fa lrsv (Bilik/Himes); Blerretfi
(Cumow)
Florrrts/res
(AUSTfiALTA)lllinois Brass Band (Colin Holman):
l March frott\ A Moorst'rcStltte(Holst),
6 The8.ass88ndBddge Febuary1994
Saxton'sCornet Band (19thccntury)
Cor.rrl Pfllrdr' (Sparkc)tConrctCarillorr(Bingc);Tancl.di(Rossini/Rimmcr),
Walchittglht Whcatlart. Csrhl), Mllsrc
ol lhe 16!h Ccnlury (Fcrnie); Cossrck
(Rimmer).
Triangle Brass Band (Miclucl Votta,
lr .r.Marchfrcrr.A M@rsideSflite(Holst)l
Feslirtal Fanlare (Himcs); Dovet
(Richards);HandsAclossll. Sea(Sousa);
Flatrish for lNind Band(Vaughan Wilfiams/Votta); SV,ryhonicRhapsod!lor
E phoni tnandBand(Cregson;BeTho
My yision ( La Rc'au); ,4rt ericanlhe Beau
tr.f//(HirYtes).
Sheldon Theahe B.ass Band (Cene
Beckwith)jMafc,fromA M@tsi,leSuite
(Holst); Trt' Crarnploxs (Willcocks);
Laryo al factohu| (Rossini/Roberts);
An V ol the Nile (Alfotd); SetiettySit
IrornrorLs (Willson/Duthoit)j Busfer
St/if"s Eark(Morrison); Me listopheles
March (Dovglas), Finale f rc.n.Yearof the
Dragon $parke); Tha Sta's atd Stripes
Ior.re' (Sousa/Skaar).
BandPrograms
RecentBrassBand Concerts:Music
LigtedIn ConcertOrder
BrassBandof Columbus(PaulDroste).
PeaceLutheranChurch. Columbus,
OH.Octob€r31,1993.FanfareandFlour
ishes(cxr ow)t loyds 71stN.Y. Re8i
tnenlMarch (v)yer /I akc); Miss Bl e
,orref (Simon/Smith)
Ion
Domachowski,Comet Soloist;Llglrf
CaualryOvertu/e (Suppe/lenkins);
Fiestorm (Blllar; Noblesof the MVstic
Shrine(Soue,;A v iclor'sPalr"(Cumow)
-James Moore,MarimbaSoloistPm.,e/
and Glory lSousa);me Neu Covenant
(Curnow); Oprs Orc (Oliver/Susi);
(Clinka/
Russlan
anl LudnillaOuerlrlre
Parkes).
EastemIowa Blass Band oohn de
Salme).Mt Vernon High School,Mt.
Vernon, Iowa. Septcmber25, 1993.
Marchfror A MoorsdeSrite (Holst);
TheLa* Ih TheClearAir (an. Langford)
-Judy Stine,Alto Horn Soloist;ft/ra
- ScoftWilson,
TigerR 8 (Henderson)
TubaSoloist;His EyeIs On TheSparrou
(arr. Bulla) - David Haaverson,
nugelhomSoloist TnrftpetBhEsand
Cantabile(Ianes/Mathias) - Joan
DeHoft TamamMct aughlin,Dcnnis
Pedde,DennisModracek,DabDavies,
Dan Daviet Cornet Soloists;Alpir€
Sa?tr, (Broadbent) - Featuring the
Percussion Section; The Klaxon
(Fillmore);Poefand PeasattOaerhtre
$tdpPP');Military Escott(Bennctt);Tre
Wistlin' FamletBoy (Fillmore),Billy
(an. Fillmorc);
Sunday's
SuccasfulSongs
Shotin' Liza (Fillmorc)- Fcaturing
the Trombone Section,,4rrmt 16 We
(Fillmore).
Easternlowa Brass Band (fohn de
Salme).ChristmasWith thc Eastcrn
Iowa BrassBand. Five Conce series,
December5, Z 9, 12,and t 8.In Coggon,
CedarFallt Delhi,Mt. Vemon,Iowa,
a\d Calena,IL. Fanfurea .l Carcl- O
(Ra*s);Tuo CanaCaneAll YeFaiLht'ul
dianChisbnasCarols(Calveri )TheLittIe
DrummerBoy(arr.Sparke)tOHolyNight
(Adam/ Bulla)-Joan DeHoft Soprano
Cornet Soloist; ChlishnasTriptych
(Cumow); Ile ChristnasSong(arr.
Sparke);,lt'gle Bells(an. Ashmore);
Sleiglt Ride (Anderson/Tomlinson);
Haae YotlrselfA Metry Little Clristtas
(Martin/Wormald); Santa'sPolka(arr.
dc Salme);Paf,4 Par (arr. Himes);Cod
Resl Yor (arr. Himes); arosfy fre
Srprufla, (arr. Himes)i M archof theTols
(Herbert/Hanmer);ClrishfiasSihS-Alrrl8 (arr. Woodfield);,4uld LandSVne
(arr. Drover).
Wld Rose* (McDowell/Bulla).
The SASFBrassEandofAsburyCollege (RonaldHolz), and Vocal Ensembl€(BeatdceHolz) Thc Salvation
ArmyLcxingtonCorps,LexinSton,KY.
December5, 1993.CuestConductor,
JamesCurnowTheRejoicing(Handcl
/Ski nncr);Crlisi
(Leidzen);The
'nas
Ki,lgdo'nTritffi
lo!
BrassBandof Columbus(PaulDroste)
- tr lrc
(Ball)iVocalSclcctions
prrrt
and Ohio Collegiate Brass (Les Susi
q
(Larcs....r,
Faccof Chiltl
BeholdlheTah
and Paul Droste).As.cnsion Luthcran
er
nq
cl
e
antincl
n
t
e
Li
lBall
;
ShtoI theWorId
Church.Dcrcmbrr 5, 1993.Ohio Colle(Cook);
Spitit
of
lcoffin\The
Chlisf,'as
Biarg EI Abatlico(Javaloyes/Hume); Vocal S€fections
- Thc Qri?l H@tl
L,rr Eot (Suflivan/Ball)j CanadianFolk (Collins),
Tre Blcssingsof Marll
SorBSlile (Caivert)jSix S satoDances (R.W.Holz);
Christmas Ttiptltch
(Susato/lveson),hlsticeWilh Courage
(Curnow);
(R.E.Holz).
Irc
Cdroiiels
(Richards).
BBC: Potocr ati Clot!
(Sousa); Miss BI e Bonnel (Simo /
Smith) - ]on Domachowski,comct
soloist; A Yiclof's Palrr (Cumow) JamcsMoore, Marimba soloist;Or?r
hm toMessiah(Handcl / Wright); SleE,
Ri,,te(Anderson/Tomlinso ); R|dolph
lhe lDnely Reit leer (aft. Susi'); Carcl of
,le Dnrr (Simone/Susi))The12
Dallsof
Crrisf,ras(arr.Carmichacl).Combin€d
Rands RussianChrishhasMrlsic (Rccd/
Leppla), with CharlesYanneiclla,organ
BrassBandof Columbus(PaulDroste),
with ChoiE from AscensionLutheran,
Karl RoadBaptist,St.Andrew Presbyterial, Maize Manor United Methodist, and Trinity United Mcthodist
Churchcs, thcir soloists, Charles
Yannerclla,organ. Mess,all(Handel/
Wright)j Dr. JamesCallaghcr,
conducting. D.rember 12,194. KarlRoadBap
tist Church, Columbus, OH. Two perLerington Bras6Band (Ronald Holz
and SkipGray).TheUnivcrsityof Kcntucky S'chool of Music, February t3,
1994.Philip Smith*,GuestCornetand
Trumpet Soloist. Flo lier Ooerlure
(Broughton); Intrada* (Ho^egger /
Fr&h); Laltde (Curnow); Q icksiirrel
(Craham) Philip Smith and Vincent
DiMartino,CornetDuelish;PonLombne
(Sparke)- David Hendersor! Euphonium Solois! Napoli * (Bellstedt); Spectnm (Vinter);Victoriolts * (Coth'r]);ToA
Smoky Mountain BrassBand (rohn
Wcst).ForcstCity,
FirstBaphstChurch,
Novcmbcr7, 1993.L,ttleSrilelor Brass
(AtnoldL HtoryatiqttMarch (Bctlioz/
Calclinet);EtenlalFalhcr,StrongToSauc
(dc Haa \ 1Bring Y& a Branchof May
(Strain/Trevarthen),Mr
tsiclrotnthc16th
Cefilulv Grr. Fer^ieri AL)eMatia
(Bizet/Wright);
lsahuberi; Farondole
Musicol the Nig,tt (Wc'bbcr/Himes),
Seleclionslrom RobinH@d (Katnetl/
Woude)Jsimilarprogam, two weekslater,at
PisgahAcadcmy,with the following
additionalrepertoire:
L chlanon.l(afi.
Fernic)tFirebellPolka(Strauss/Dodd),
SorsaOn Parade)
Smoky Mounfain BrassBand Uohn
West)andThe Ash€villeChoraleSociety (RobertP. Keener).Haywood
CommunityCollcgc,lan.uary7, 1994;
N,4RBA
Charnplonshlps XII
Aprtl 22-23, 1994
Ralelgh, North Carollna
(NcsU as Ho6l)
February
1994 TheBrassBandBridge 7
I
a
BrassBandNews
andWarrcnWilsonChapel,January9,
1994.CombinedItems:Onceln Royal
Dauls Ctfy0villcocks);IoVToThcWotld
(Rutter), SeeAttid lhe Winler's Snou
(Willcocks).
ChoralSo<Ieryt
A Maiden
Most Gentle(Carter\, A BabeIs Bonl
(M^Ihtait WetfordCtroi (Ruttcr); TTris
Crnst&sNiSht(Williamson);Stiil,Sli,
Srll (t€dger); I Won.lerAs I wandet
(Niles/Rutter).Smoky Mountain:
Christnas Triptych (Curnow);
(bngford); ln the Bleak
CreensleeLvs
Mid.utntsl (Trevarthen);I BringYouA
Branchol May lTrc'/arthen); Farcn.lole
Gizet/WrighD.Combin€dlt€ms: O
ConeAll Ye Faithlrt (Willcocks);/es!s
Clild (Rutter); The Fi..5tNowell
(Willcocks).
TrianSl€BrassBand (MichaclVotta)
OrangcH.S.,Hillsborough,
NC. Octo'1993
ber 24,
and Sande$onH.S.,Raleigh,NC,November17,1993.Flo|rish
for BrassBtnd lV aughanWilliams); Ir,e
Yearof theDragon(SparkertA Moorside
Sllite(Holst);FesliralFarfrre(Hirnes);
Dunlap'sCrceklBernat ; Ana2.itgCnce
(Hitrrsr; BeTho| My Vision(La Reau);
Hanls AcrosstrreSea(Sousa).Similar
program,Hill Auditorium,Chapcl
Hill,
NC,October29,1993,but with thefollowing sofo itefts: T ba Conaetlo
- KcvinStc€rTubaSoloist;
(Cregson)
TtutnpetConerlo,Mvts 2&3 (Haydn)
- David Bilger, Trumpct; Svmphonic
RhapsodV
lor Ettphoniun(Cregson)NealCorwellEuphoniumSoloist.
BultaloSilverB.nd (MichaelE.Russo),
with K€nmor€ PresbyterianChanc€l
Choir. KennrorePresbyterianChurch,
Bufialo,l.JY.Februa.y6,7993.Festive
Ooerlure(Shostakovich/Gordon);
Crirond (Richards);The Thwderer
(Sousa);,les!,
rrn s.rgepfe*et(J.S.Bach)
a d Now ThankWeNl At Cod 6n.
Smith),with ChancelChoirt Vorittions
on a ThaneoJHaydn(Brahms/Nash);
BelleoflheBall(Andersn /Tomlinson);
HufigatianDance#5 (Brahms/woodc@k\i Mefi of Ha ech(l-angford); Ire
war in Sfii.ler'sGloceryStorc (atr.
Cmdrnan),with ChancelChoi ; A Inerirrfia Stlitr (arr, Trevarthen).
supplemented
with communityband
directorsand othcr musicians.A euphoniumplayerin TheBrassBandof
Columbus,Pughformedthc cnscmble
with JohnE. Owcn, chairmanof the
departmentof
musicatHeidclbcrgand
a formercometplayer with theColuhbus band.Pughhad hopedto havethc
new band compete in this year's
NABBA Championships,
but beausc
of schedulinSconflicls,
thoseplanswere
postponed,Heidelbeds brassbandis
gearingup for i tsdebutperformance,a
tull concertslatedfor May 6th,on the
Heidelbergcampus.IAngie Souders,
HeidelbcrgCollcgcl
NINE new bandsto report! Here thcy
arc,as rcportcd to and registeredryith
B€rt Wiley, Secretary
/ Membership:
BeehiveB!assBand-Bountiful,Utah
(DavidRunyon,musicdirector)
FaragutBras6Band-Bainbridge Island,Washington
0ay Piper,musicdirector)
Heidelb€r8arassBand,Tiffin,OH
0oel Pugh,musicdirector)
LasV€gas,Nevada(no namcyct)
(PeterCooper,musicdirc'ctor)
Lo{isiana TechnicalUniversity Ruston,Louisiana
(FcmandoJimenez,
musicdirector)
SmokyMountain BrassBand.Philip
SciotoVall€y Brassand Percussion Smith,l'ri cipalTrumpctof TheNew
Company,Columbus,
OH
York Philharmonic,
will bc a VisitinS
WcstcrnCarolinaUnivcrsity
SpringfieldBrassBand-Spring6eld, Scholarat
fora fourday residency
in lateMarch.
Illinois
24th
he
will
On March
befeatur(dwith
(Contactpcrson,SusanWclls)
Mountain
BrassBandin a
TheSmoky
- EauClaire, public
Universityof Wisconsin
The
concert.
concert which
Wisconsin
Mountain
gavc
with The
Smoky
(RodneyHudson,musicd irc'cl,or) Ashvill€ Choral Soci€tywas,in the
VandercookUniversity- Chicago, words of BcrtWiley, "a bdlliant succcss."The Rutterand Willcockscarol
Illinois
arrangements,
now availablefor brass
(FredLewis,musicdirector)
scveralissue
bandandchoir(reviewcd
Paul
Droste)
were
particlarly
backby
Heidelb€t8B.assBand.A ncw brass effcctive.
band,undcrthcdirectionof JoelPugh,
instructorof low brassat Heidelberg
hasb€'cnformcdat thecollege. TriangleBrasoBandis busyworking
College,
for
Thc band is currcntly 30 mcmbers with NCSUBrassBandascohosts
a
NABBA'94.
Thcy
arc
also
planning
It
is
Heidelbcrg
strong.
comprisedof
studcntsand faculty,primanly, and Spring CnnccrtSeriet with Raleigh,
Durham,and Fuquay-Varinaas thc
concert sitcs. This scries will bc produc€dthrough thehelp of ThePearson
Music Company, SchoolMusic Division. Triangl€ has announcedthe releaseof a new tap€, FESTIVALFANFARE- s.€ Band Bulletin Board for
details(ConnieVarner).
N,4RBA
r995
ProJectedfor
Toronto. Canada
Eastern
IowaBrassBandIFurthernotes
from Don Stine on this group's fall
programt listcd under RecentBand
Programs- "The weathercooperated
beautifully.TheCalenaconcertled into
the communityluminaria ldisplays].
Fehuary1991 TheBrass8cd Bridge I
bandsrnColumb,u!
dr!'TheOhio State
University Var(hing arnd and Th€
Columbus Cilid€l Band oi T}letul!a
_ INTERNATIONAL_
Demands
aregreater,
so
more
andmore
Brass
Bands
areturning
towlLLSoN.
Dr.BrianL. Bowmanand
lhe world'slinesl
- the
euphonium
WillsonCompensating
ModelTA 2900
Be surelo lestour
instruments
in the DEG
boolhat Championships
Xl on April22 & 23, 1994.
Willson
background
specialist
lor:
Euphoniums,
tenor
horns,
basses.
Distribution
inUSA:
DEG
Music
Products
lnc.
LakeGeneva,
Wisconsin
53147
Distribution
inCanada:
AtWillson
brassinstrument
dealers
throughout
Canada.
Galenais vcry hilly, and has trcmc'ndous old buildings. Truly a lovcly
evening - a dusting of snow, the
luminaria, and evening of brass. AII
five concerts.All fivc concerts were
played to standing ovahons.The program containcdover$1500.00inads
this anotheridea from Bob Bemat and
The RCBB. This is the first rimc our
SendYour
Band News
Concert Prograrns
Pleasesendyourconcert
programsand arlicleson recenl
activitiesto THE BRIDGE
We wantto read
about your band!
10 TheBrassBandBrldOe February
1994
program 'made' money,about$300.00
Quite an cffort, but the tour and pro,
gram idcas played out wcll this time.
Wc havc contact!'dBrian Burditt lCanadian StaII Bandl for a lvorkshop
March4-5;...
thiswillhclpusgetready
both for NABBA and The lowa Band,
masters'Convcntion/
May 13th,our
third timl] in reccntycars!(Don Stine).
BrassBand of ColumbusrSeptembcr,
1993,rnarkedthcbeginningofthetenth
year of thc 8BC. Thereare now sevcn
brassbandsinthc Columbus,OHarea,
and The BBC isresponsiblefor starting
four of them. The Va$ity and Junior
Varsity All-Star Erass Bands were
founded by Eric Aho, chartermember
of the BBC. Thesebands are in their
eighthyear.In its tifthyearisTheOhio
CollegiateBrass,and the newcstband
is thc SciotoValleyBrass and Percussion Company. The other two bmss
A new s€asonal rlavs sLart, \rth a \F-cial pcrformanceofcsrnan (an j quaiCcrman) music for The Columbu:
Manncnchor.ThisOktobcrfL'st
tentcon,
cert feahrresthe bcst of Cerman food,
drink, music, and fcllowship. A scrics
of Sunday night church concerts in
October and November led to a maior
production in Dcccmber.On De.em,
bcr l2th the BBC combincd with five
localchurchchoirs to presentHandel's
Messiar.It is possiblethat thisis thc first
time in The Unitcd Statcsthata significant portion ofMcssiah was accompanied by brassband.
The brassband anangementisa dire.t
rcscoringof the orchestralaccompani'
mcnt.lt was made by the Englishcomposcrand arranger,Dr. Dcnis Wright.
Whcn thc scoring was complctcd in
1946,Britishbrassbandswcrcstill playinghigh-pitchcsirrslrumcnts
IA=452.5].
'Io
compcnsatcfor this,Dr. Wrightlowcrcd thc accompanimcntonc half stcp
and,ir a fcw casa's,
one full step.Therc
wcrc no compiaintsfrom the soprano
and tcnor scctionIl]. Intcrestingly
cnouSh,the tuning A of Handel'stime
is thou8ht to havc bccn onc half stop
lorv!'r than our own A-,140,so the accompanim€ntwas probably pitchedas
it was sung in Handel's day.
The brass band scoring follows and
supports the vocal lines.The35,member BBC balancedwcll with 175sirSers,The recitativeswere accompanicd
byorganto give thcbrassplayersarest.
Cucst cor'rductorwas JamesCallaghcr
of The Ohio Statc University, and the
soloistswere chosenfrom thc participating choirs. Due to the audiencc
response and thc enthusiasm of the
participants,this rnay becomean annual event, The conccrt raised over
$1400.00for Childr€n's Hospital in
Columbus.
On March'19the BBC wi:lbejoinedby
The New York Staff Band ofThe Sal-
,/1^ v\ . - , . t
funcfions, rhool sl'lows,and
festivals are just a fcw of the
types of events that the band
takes part in. Tlle band rehcarscs on Wednesday evenin8s,7:30 P.M., at the
Holloway StreetUnited MethodistChurch. IBill Ri]ey,Managclj 613-962-427
4l
"
r
,
I
nreConcerf
Br&ssol Bellville.
O)bio.H.Gerald
Muroi]v.
Jr..drccto/conducbr
vation Army in thc Annual Cod and
CountryConcert.The{'conccrtsstartcd
in 1986 and havc fcaturcd Salvati l
Army bands and soloistsin joint concertswith The Brass Band of Columbus.On April8 theBBC willbeappearing at The Music Educators'National
ConferenceBiennialI n-ScrviccConferenccin Cincinnati,OH. On April23 thc
BBCplansto bc in Raleighfor thcChampionships.
The BBC is complcting its first CD and
expcctsto releasci t beforecontcsttime,
CornetistJon Domachowski is the recording engineer a d producer. The
recordingsessions
were held at Dublin
High School,site of Championship V
and X. (Paul Droste).
The Springfield Illinois Erass Band
(Susan Wells, conductori Larry
Niehaus,assistantconductor)was organizcd this past November, 1993.
Membershipincludesa doctor,lawyer,
music educators,other professionals,
and three high school students.Their
first conccrt was on February 27, 2994,
atNew SalemStatcPark Visitors Center. The Sroup usesB€ssoninstruments.
The Cal State Fresno British Brass
Band (Dr. Ritchie Clendenin) per-
formcd at thc sr'vcnth annual Wost
CoastRaStimeFcstival,Novembcr 20,
1994,held in the local Hilton Hotcl.
StcphcnKcntCoodmanscrvcdasSuost
conductorand rarrator.
Th€ Concert Brass (Cerald Murphy,
Jr.)of Bcllville,Ontario,listedasa new
NABBA band in ourlastissuc,hasprovidcd us with an overview of their
historyand status.Formedin l968asa
brassquartetbyWilliamCampbell,The
Conce Brasshassteadilyincreasedin
sizc,from theoriginalquartctto scxtct,
thcn to an ll-piecc brass choir, and
finally to its prcscnt sizc as a 21-piccc
brassbandin the British tradition.Thc
music dir€ctor/conductor, H. Gerald
Murphy, lr., receivedhis Bachelorof
Music(HonorsinTheory,Performance,
and Conducting) from Queen's University at Kingston and has been dirccring thc band for thrcc ycars. Thc
membership is wide ranging both in
age and lffation, and includes members from Trenton, Belleville,Picton,
Madoc, and Tweed, as well as ages
rangingfrom 16 to 70years.Duringits
25 yearc of existence,the band has
playednumerousconcertsthroughout
the Quinte regionand asfarasToronto
and Kingston.Summerpark concerts,
fund-raiscrs,political rallies, church
A standing rlxlm only crowd
greeted Philip Smith with a
rousingstandingovationat the
conclusionof his appearance
with The Lexington Brass
Band(RonHolzlSkipCray)at
Thc Universify of Kcntucky,
Sunday,February13,1994.'Ihc
cvcning was also a nrght for
thisiewbrassbandto comeof
agein suchgrcat I iterature as Sprclrrrr
and lrrd.. Smith's technicalassurance
and lyrical approach to both trumpet
and cornct was matchd by a thoroughly maturemusicianship.Thiswas
indcrd an eveningdslicatcdto thc "arf '
of comet playing! [SccBrassBandProgramsl During his visit to Kentucky
Smith gavemastcrclasscsat both Ccrtrc ColleScand Thc Univcrsiryof Kentucky, witha good turn (rut from trumpetersand brassplayersfrom throughout the reSion.
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CD.TT71:48.Program:Motl
(Osgood),Cooenant(Broughton),Tre
Kitqtloft Ti nphakl (BFll), Sanctuory
(Ball),CornetsololTommywilson]P/aiseHinl The USA South€m TeEitorial Band (RichardHolz) and Song- Songsof Erin (Christrras),,4 Sorg ol
st€r€ (Christopher Priest).Thc Salva- S,lafon'sRose(Catherwood),Musir of
tionArm, Atlanta.CRD022.TT
60.22. Thanksgioing(Downie), Re?e/ie
(Downie),nuSel sololJulieMyers]
Pr rarr.:Preludr-PruiseH,rnl (Bullat
Anthen-Pmise Hint!+ (Priest), ,4t lre
He Is Irfd (Redhead),Trumpet solo
qleandTocca
Naneof] eslts'(Bulla),Chor
h
lstcwart Dahymplcl-ConcertEtude
(Bulla),Sacrifice+
(Himei, Prelude
on (Coedicke/Wm.
Broughlo), Lefmere
LabedenHerrm (Curnow\, LetThereBe Be Praise(Tunney/Gottr, Ercelsiot
(BriSht)
Pra,se*(Tunney), TromboneQuintat
Prais€Hinl (Wm. Broughton),EverlqstTheSofigol lheBrolher.Robertand Niing Hopd (Cymbala), Make Us One*
(Cymbala),Cl,rist'sParl* (Curnow), cholasChilds, Euphoniumsoloists,
with The London Citadel Band
Ptuise(Heato ), Cod,we will CiueYou (Bramrvell
Cregson).The Salvation
Clo4f Redhead),Synpron!ofThankArmy.
London,
Ontario.SA-LC8-18.Vocal
item.
8iuir,8(Coffin).
ProSram:
TheSonS
ofthe
CD.TT 65:02.
It is amply demonskatedhereinthat BrolherlLeidze ), The Betlet world
have (Bearcroft),Tre Sroan(5aint-Saens/
ensembles
theseAtlanta-based
joinedthe ranksof the world's finest Steadman-Alfen),The Cotquercr
(St!'adrnan-A
llen),Sy,npionicRharyod!
All themuSAmusiarepresentatives.
MV
atulBatd(Cregson),
sic is confidentlyand accu.atelyex- lor Euphotftun
ecud, inspirationbeingthecommon Story and Song(Foster/Steadman(Marshall),Siirer
Allen), Ranso,fled
denominator.
(Twitchen/Bearcroft),
DuetIlredds
Particularlysignificantare new brass
(La$son/Bosanko).
Back
l'll
Nol
Turn
band work by StehenBulla (Chorcle Duet-Ti,repieae
(Bearcrof
t).
andToccalq Fanfa/ePrelude: PraiseHih !\
den Thesetwo new rcleases
by The Lon
andJames
Curnow(Pr€l deonLobe
don Citadel Band of The Salvation
Henm). The band is also fcatureon
Dcan's Cofdn's stirring masterpiece, Army (BramGregson)
certainlyplace
this band in the forefront of SA corps
Syrtphonyof ThahkgioiflS. Including
William Broughton'strombonequin- bands.Ido notknowofanothcrNorth
SAcorpsbandthatcancomc
tel also entided P/aiseHi,rl, is a nice American
closetothemin thequalityand
scopeof
touch,and we hearhis virtuosityasa
memb€rof thequintet.Itis surprizin& their recordingsover the past twenryhowever,that only oneof thosegreat fivc ycars,
SA marches(Wilfred Heaton'sPraise) ThcErcelsroldisc
holdssolidbrassband
is included.
fromthe"classic"worksofBall
scores,
of
to theBroughton
andDowniescores
Therecordingquality is topsexceptfor
(though
problemj
is
more
recent
date
one
must
reone
a slight overbalance
tempted to rcach for the volumc con- membcrthatCarefirIl datesfromabout
19701).
I was particularlypleas€with
trol on someof the vocal pieaes.
inclusion
of Ball'smeditativemasthe
Consideringthat thes€performersarc
Americanauditetpicce,Sanctuary.
thisdiscis
not full-timeprofessionals,
might
havc
a
double+ake
on the
ences
amazing!Available from BemclMusic main htinn tune of Downie'sMusicof
orby callingTheSalvationArmy MuThankgiping,ternindin.gthem of "Far
sic Departmenl 40l-728-675.
aboveCa)'uga'swaters"or someother
(Notoriit is
PaulE.Bierle, guestreviewer
schoolalmamater!Nevertheless,
Each
field).
an
well-played
work.
of
exciting,
ous tuba player, low-priced
with
histhe
solos
includcd
are
handled
[Editols Note:And toPflightband
confidence.Indeed, my only "comto arl and musicianll
phinf would bewith thelasttwo short
Ercelsiot.
The London Citadel Band items,
contemporaryin style, where
(BramwellGregson).The Salvation
BandmasterGregson was pcrsuaded
to usetrumpetsinsteadofcomets.Thc
in thesetwo
band is leastsuccessful
itens. Overall,however,this is vcry
impressiveplaying - a very welltrained bandl Songof the Brcthetis a
total success.Euphonium playersand
brassband enthusiastsare in for a real
keat here. You get a large number of
the gleat SA euphonium solos with
that are
brassband accompaniment
now availableto the gencralpublic and masterfully played by Bob and
Nick Childs lsilaer Ttueailswas hrst
published as a cornet solq Sotlgof lhe
Brolrerwaswitten by Leidzenin 1916
as a cornet solo, revised in 1932for
euphonium with band accompanimentl. Both rccordings have beenrecorded and editert by Ted Marshall,
1994 TheB.assEandBridge 13
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1994
(Bearcroft),A Happv Dav lLcidz. ),
R.ctoxO}' Me(Calvert),BeauLiftlChrist
(Leidzen),WordrorsDdy(Leidzen),I'rj
R flelHd?e,l.Tls(Himcsl,TheOld R]Jg
sed C/oss (Lcidzen), My All I Bring
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So gsin lhc HeNt (Ltidzc ),ln lheLlx)e
of /esr.s(SteadmanAll€n).
SahrdavNightadS davMorniry.'l}.e
London Citadel Band (Bramrvell
Cregson).The Salvation Army, lnndon,Ortaio.SA-LCB-I4 CD.TT65r08.
Progr am:Mi neapolis I v (Sodersrrom),
Fbnl ef o,nSytnphonv#2 (Tchaikovsky/
Cordon), Comet solo lcrahah Wil'
sonl-Wondrcrc Da! (Leidzen), Proces
sion of the Nobles(Rimsky-Korsakov/
CDrr'owJ,ShallWeGathel(Ballantine),
Cclestisl Plospecl (Heaton), Tsd.i Me
(Herikstad), Wlat A Frimd (I Eidzen),
Cornet solo [Tommy Wilson]-I'.1
RntherHauele,sus(Himes), Lord Thotl
AtL Q esLionitry(Davis), Euphonium
solo [Benlard Doers] A!! I HaueI Atn
Brir.girs (Catherwmd), CclnsFor His
Cro?rr'(Condon),Comet SololTommy
Wilsorll It Is Well With My So l
(Davies),Hn{,Si{,??r
fr?Nd,r?(Tremain/
Osgood).
Theseother two r€cordinSsbyLondon
Citadelarc notquitcsorecenlthough
onlydafinSfrom1991and1992.Again,
two sdid hitsl Father and son team,
Tommy and Craham Wilson, teamup
for quite a lyrical display ofcornet artistry in Son.qs
o/ l,tsH.arf. A finebalancc
is givcn bctwccn thc dcmanding tcchnical solo and the dcvotional hymn
arranScmcnt.Thcrc is just onc ovcrlap
bctwccnthc two dis{s: Wo drcusDay
(Lcidzcn) shows up on botl\. Sal ftlay
Nilhtls.,l,dav Mornirs showcasrsthc
great vcrsatility of most bp Salvati(nr
Army brass bands - thcir ability to
play the most dcmanding brassband
music at a Fcstivalof Music lconccrtl
followedby tlleequallydcmandingtask
of providing sensitivcmusic for worship scrvicethe next momirrg.London
Citadel dcmonstratcsqualily in both
avenuesof "s!'rvice," for SA bandsdo
not approach their assignmentswith
split pcrsonalirics.BandmastcrCiegson
and his Londonorstakc sccmingly as
muchcarewitha short WrafaFtiet lWe
HaL,eI't les s as&ey do with a Heaton
tour-do-force like CelestialPtospccl.
Thesetwo discssharcthesamequality
as thc first two rcvicwcd (again.Tcd
Marshall's work). I recommcnd all
fourll [R.W.Holz]
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recordingscanbe secur€dftom Bernel
Mllsic or by ordcring dircct from thc
Band;makecheckspayabletoThe London Citadel Band. $16.00US per CD;
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Ontario, CanadaN6J 1H3.
NewMusicReviews
Ros€hillMusic is continuing its serics
of brassbandarrangementsof the music of Andrew Lloyd Webb€r.Two
piecesfrom his latestmusical,sllfiset
Bouleual, arc r.ow a\ailable.
With OneInk is arrangedby William
Himes.Ithasthebeautyandsimplicity
of many of Webber'stunes.Thc solo
cornet g€ts the firct statementof the
maintheme,andthcnitisanswered
by
the full cometsection.Thealto homs
and flugel have a tuIn, followcd by a
sopranoand flugel duet. Throw in a
nicekeychangealongwith a repeatof
the cornet solo, thcn finish with a
grandioso
ending-a provenformula
formusicalsucccss.
Plalng timeis almostfour minutes.Thc technicaldemands are minimal in this ardanae
tempo,but thereare enoughpitchcs
abovethestaffto causcsomeproblcms.
If you like Webbe/smusic,you'll likc
WithOneLDok.
AsIl WeNeoerSaidCoodryeis armaged
by Bill Geldard.This pieceis castasa
tromboncsolowi th brassband accompaniment.Thesoloistneedsshonghigh
chopsasthelessifrrra
startsandremains
highth@ughoutthepiece.Theslowto
moderatetempoallowsplentyof op-
Great
Arnonloen
Brass Band
Festlval
June r7-rg rgg4
C€nhe College
Danvill€, KY 40422
Feahtifig, atnng olher groups:
Summit Brass
Chicago Staff Band
Sheldon Theahe
portunitiesfor expressiveplaying and
nrrdlo. Thc band accompanimentis
tastefully scored,but the soloist still
needs to "sing through" the background. Thc euphonium and solo cornet parts are set in a high range and
play important roles. Playing time is
about fivc minutes.
When SunsefBotleuqrd gains in popularity, to the lcvcl of carlier Andrew
Lloyd Webber musicals, then thcsc arrangementswill be much bettcrundcrgtoodbybrassbands,andmore apprcciated by North Amcrican audicnccs
who have yet to get a tull dose of this
Gorrections:
Oopsl
In last issue's A Sel€cted Listing of
BrassBand Works bytames Curnow,
several piecesreceived the wrong putF
lishqs codc. Thc numbcrs SP&Sand
RoseNll gof reversed.Thus, numbers
marked 3 are really by Rosehilliitems
ma*ed 2 are really by SP&S.
T|:.epicrcyefi in Provence,rcvicwcd by
Paul Drostc in our last issuc, is published by Studio Music, notRosehill.
Apologies to Jamie Hoover, tuniot
Varsity All-Stars, whorrr. The Btidge
identificd as malcl SHE is doing finel
Paul Droste,Rcviewer
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