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GhampionshipsRules Liberalized To BoostEnjoyment and Participation Morley Galvert 1929- 1gg1 NABBA's Boardof Directors,in anexten- nonpointcommentsin 1992from Cap- sivediscussion thafeconsidered the found- tainTom hlmafier on staging,showcraft, ing fundamenrals of NABBA, hasdecided and,if desired,announcements. The distinguishedCanadian , to liberalize the Championshipsrules to Morley Calvert has died in llamilton, enliventhe contestfor theaudience and to Ontario. He was 62yeus old. The cause encourageincreased participation, NewTest Pieces for 1 992, espe- of his deathwas not disclosed,although cially by yet bandsnot able to stagea JustChoose 0nel we know he simply did not awakenone completeBritish-style brass band. moming. ChampionshipSection Changesinclude: Connotations by Gregson Mr. Calvert was a graduateof McGill o Bandsmay now choosetheir required Variationson a Ninthby Vinter Universityin Montrealand the founder of test piece from three works for each Balletfor Bandby Horowitz the McGill ConcerrBand and the Lake- Section. HonorsSection shoreConcert Band. For l0 years,starting in 1960,he was the Bandmasterof The o A Ente rtai n me ntsby Vinter two-minuteon-stage tuning before SalvationArmy's Montreal Citadel Band, the performance Pagentryby Howells will be permittedfor succeedingthe legendaryNorman Audoire. eachband. A MoorsideSufte by Holst He beganwriting for SalvationArmy bands o The Open Challenge& OpenSections Sectionhas been furtier re- in the 1950sand produced a bodyof work Iaxed permit A DownlandSuite (parts 1,2,4) to brassbands that use that was characterizedby meticulous woodwinds(turn-of-the-century by lreland bands, compositionaltechnique married to great for example). A CelticSuite by Sparke The British brassband emotionaland spiritual depth. Evensuch testpiece for Three Hawonh lmpressio ns the Open Sectionmust lighterworks as Canadian Foll

Moving? PaulE. Droste The BrassEand Bridge can President1987-1991 not be forwardedbecause it is mailedthird class. So, be Editor'sNotes sureto mailtoDavid Pickett yourold and new addresses, Errors- how I hatethem. Despiteour doggedattempt to or your copy of the Bridge extricateall of them,every so often we seea wooferlike will bediscarded bythe U.S. muttedfor mutedin the Codasection of the prior issue. PostOffice, and you will miss' And Zondersis thecorrect spelling for theJunior Varsity the nextissuest I All-Star BrassBand conductor. Enjoy this issue!

The BrassBand Bridge August1991 BrassBand News

Threeseries are available at eachlocation Fanfare! (November7-16). It's hard to The River Gity - Fall, Winter, and the Family Carols believe,but it will be ten yearssince the BrassBand Concert. River City BrassBand g'ave its first public performanceinNovember 198 1. To mark Seriesprices for the Fall or Winter series theoccasion, Bob Bernat has chosen some Flourishes in the CarnegieMusic Hall in of the piecesthat havebeen particular fa- rangefrom $23 to $51 each,$17.85 for Music Director Bob Bernat,by way of a voritesof RCBB audiencesduring the past seniorcitizens and students. Family Car- very niceletter, reports that the River City decade:John William s' Olympic Fanfare, ols Concertwhen purchased with a series BrassBand continues to expandits aggres- theGalop and Finale from Rossini'sWil- range from $7.75 to $17 each,$6 for siveschedule. They have, atpresent, 135 liam Tell Overture,Rimsky-Korsakov's seniorsand students. Purchased alone, the services(which is the way they now pay The Flight of the Bumble-Bee,Amazing Family CarolsConcert ticket ranges from their musicians,with rehearsalsand per- Grace, Seventy -S ix Trombo nes, andLeroy $9 to $20,$7 for seniorsand students. The formancespaid equally)scheduled ttrough Anderson'sBugler' s Holiday, to namejust 6-concertseason ranges from $43.20 to theend ofthe l992fiscalyear on June30. a few. Of those,56 performances are in theRCB B $96,$33.60 for seniorsand students. Concert datesfor thesePittsburgh (Oakland) con- regionalconcert series, 30 arecontracted The Winter Series performances(including rehearsalspaid certsare September 13, October 11, No- vember 15, December13, February7, for by the contractors),2 ue recording Spark(e)lers & Flourishes (February 6- March 6, andApril 3. sessions,and 40 arerehearsals (including l5). BritishcomposerPhilip Sparke, whose 6 sectionalsfor low brassand percussion Hereis the brochure'sdescription of the musichas been so wellreceived by RCBB and for cornetsand flugelhorn) for the concertsin eachseries. audiencesover the years,will conductthe band'sregional concert series. In addition worldpremieresof two workshehas writ- to those,another l0 to 15 contractedper- The FallSeries tenfor theRCBB: A Pittsburgh Symphony formancesare undernegotiation. andC o nc er to for Trumpetand B rass B and, SingA SongOf Freedom(Sepwmber 12- featuringBernard Black assoloist. Shar- The scheduleabove is for the full brass 21). TheRCBBopens the l99l-92 season ing the podium with Bob Bernat,Philip band.Smaller groups collectively provide with a flag-wavingparade of American will also conducthis OrientExpress and 30 to 40 additionalservices. Seven mem- music to commemoratethe Bicentennial Barn Dance and CowboyHymn, while bers of the RCBB coachthe River City of our Bill of Rights:William Billings' Bob hasincluded IMalcolm Arnold's ^Flar- Youth Brass Band during 26 Saturday Chester,Ronald LoPresti's Elegy a ish a Birthday and Philip's Jubilee morningsessions per year. And a sextet, for for YoungAmerican, Bilik's Civil WarFan- Overture on his part of this all-British ThePrincipals, and two quartetswithin the tasy,andCopland's Fanfarefor the Com- program. band also perform. During the coming man Man are amongthe program'sfea- year,another small group - 10brass and Appal ac hian H oedown(March 5- 14). The tured pieces,along with someof Amer- 2 percussion- will addtheir sound to the musical heritage of the Appalachian ica's best-lovedmarches (including, of RCBB'sofferings. Mounlains is the sourceof this RCBB course,The Starsand StripesForever), pro$am. Gospelsongs and haunting folk This addsup to a busy schedule,some- Add to thisthe excitementof singing some melodiescontrast with the lively rhythms thing very similar to the schedulesof the of America'smost stirring folksongsand of Copland'sHoedown and limmy Crack betterchampionship section bands in the patrioticanthems, and you'llrealize this is Corn,whileWilliam Himes'Jericho Re- U.K.,according to Bob,and, more impor- a programyou won'[ wantto miss. visited presentsa very different - and tantly,one that enables the RCBB players Oktoberfest(October 10-19). RCBB per- funny- versionof a raditional Southern to beginmaking a decentliving from their forms a feast of music by Austrian and spiritual. 16-year-oldBobby Hupp, a talents. Germancomposers: Wagner's Under the wizardlybanjo player and country fiddler Bob also senta handsomenew brochure DoubleEagle, Brahm's boisterous Hun- from easternOhio, will takecenter stage for their L99l-1992concert season. There garian Dance No. 5, the lilting Merry with his own trio andthen join the RCBB are eight concert locations- Oakland WidowWaltz by FranzLehar, and marches for the finale in the OrangeBlossom Spe- (Pittburgh)in thewonderful Camegie Music andpolkas by JohannStrauss, Senior and cial. Hall, SouthHills in ttreMt. LebanonHigh Junior. One of our most popular guest All ThatJ azzl (April 2- 11). Oneof Amer- School,North Hills in the CarsonMiddle artists,MyrnaParis, returns to singtheatre ica'sleading jazz trombonists, Pittsburgh's School,Monroeville in theGateway High songsby the German-Americantheater own RandyPurcell, joins theRCBB in an School,Greensburg in thePalace Theatre, composerKurt Weill. And, in thespirit of exciting tour throughthe history of.jazz. Washingtonin the Trinity High School, Oktoberfest,the singalongincludes such ScottJoplin rags, New Orleanslazz, and and Lawrence County in Westminster traditionalfavorites as Edelweiss andThe the "cool" jazz of Dave Brubeck'sBlue College. I Happy Wanderer. Rondo a la Turk are just a few of the

August1991 The BrassBand Bridge 3 concert'shighlights. Randy is featuredin Director of RCBB); and R. Daniel thefirst Americanperformance of Gordon PhilipSparke McMichael,Vice President(Secreary of Langford's jazz-inspiredRhapsody for to conduct the CarthageFoundation). Mr. F. Worth Tromboneand BrassBand, plus several Hobbswill join the Board as an at-kuge jazz standards.Whether you're a brass RCBBin 1992 Director. He is Directorof Communica- bandfan or a jazz lover, this is a progmm tions for ALCOA and Presidentof the you're sureto enjoy. I hopeyou didn't missthe detailson page ALCOA Foundation. 3 thatPhilip Sparkewill conductthe RCBB FamilyCarols Concert in performancesof his music. The con- certs will occur February6 to 15, L992. Westwinds Family CarolsConcert (December 5-14). The concertin the CarnegieHall in Pitts- BrassBand Bring your strongestvoices and spirit of burghwill be February7. Pleasecontact theseason to RCBB'sannual carols con- the RC B B offi ce at 4 12.322.7222 for ticket SummerUpdate certand enjoy a delightfulevening of brass information. filled with manyof theworld's best-loved By JackRigney Christmascarols, Hanukkahsongs, and audiencesingalongs. A holiday tradition Roy Newsomeand for audiencesof all ages,RCBB's Family One rehearsalon Sundayafternoon, fol- CarolsConcert is a wonderfulway for you NYBBof GBto visit lowed by a public outdoorperformance andyour family andfriends to get into the in 19937 the same evening: that is the summer joyous spirit of the holidayseason. schedulefor theWestwinds Brass Band of Bob Bernat also mentioned that Roy Lubbock,Texas, during the band'seight RCBBHires Newsomeis consideringthe possibility of weeksof summerperformances. leadingthe National Youth Brass Band of Sponsoredby the City of LubbockParks New Orleans Great Britain on a North Americanvisit andRecreation Departmen t, theC o nc erts fromApril9 to April 17or 18in 1993.The InThe Parkhavebeen an annual affair for SymphonyTubist tour'sinitial focuswill bePittsburgh. Any manyyears, with localresidents setting up bandwishing to hostthis outstandinggroup theirlawn chairsor spreadingpicnic blan- After a year-longsearch, Pittsburgh's River of 75 super, youthful musiciansshould ketsto havean enjoyable time listeningto (412.322.7222) City BrassBand has a new principal tubist, callBob Bernatat theRCBB great marchesplayed by their favorite NealTidwell. Tidwell comesto theRCBB for moreinformation. band. from theNew OrleansSymphony Orches- tra where he has servedas tubist since Presentinga differentprogram each week 1967.During his 24 yearsin NewOrleans, Smith Becomes involvesa gooddeal of sight-reading.Of Tidwell also taughtlow brassat Loyola course,summer vacations alter the players Universityand at the University of New New Chairmanof from weekto week,and sometimes guest Orleans. soloistsdecide not to perform at the last RCBBBoard minute.This createsan exciting rehearsal A native of Centralia,Illinois, Tidwell with substitutionsand alterationsbecom- Mr. W. Keith Smith,Vice Chairmanof beganplayingthe tubain the seventh grade ing routine. Fortunately,the band has Mellon BankCorportion, has been elected and went on to win many Illinois state somegreat talents who canperform solos Chairmanof the River City BrassBand contesthonors while a high school stu- withoutadvance notice. dent. By the time he graduatedfrom the Boardof Directorseffective June 1991. Universityof SouthemMississippi in 1967, Mr. Smith succeedsMr. John Marous, In additionto the park concerts,the band Tidwell had alreadybeen contractedto retired Chairmanof WestinghouseElec- always plays during the Fourth of July join the New OrleansSymphony Orches- tric Corporation,who servedas RCBB celebrationin Lubbock. We alsorecently tra. A formerstudent of severalof Amer- BoardChairman for the pastsix years. performedat a retirement home and helped opena VeteransOutpatient Clinic. It was ica'sfinest tubists,Raymond Young, fu- Board officers for the 199l-1992RCBB a lot of work, but it wasGREAT FUN! nold Jacobs,and the legendaryWilliam seasoninclude W. Keith Smith, Chair- Bell,Tidwellis an active soloist, clinician, man;John C. MarousJr., Vice Chairman; Hereare the band's park concert programs jazz and performer. Richard M. Hays, Secretary(Assistant from this summer,all beginningat 8:15 He will be oneof sevenon retainerin the GeneralCousel of USX Corporation);Jay p.m. in WagnerPark. band and one of 25 who considerthe C. Juliussen,Treasurer (Partner , Ernst& RCBB their primary livelihood. Young);Robert Bernat, President (Music :

4 The BrassBand Bridge August1991 June2, 1991 GershwinFor Brass(Gershwin) Valdres(Hansen) The Star-Spang led Banner FrenchNational Defile (Turlet) Klaxon(Fillmore) Texas,Our Texas 12thStreet Bag (Bowman) MusicMan Selections(Willson) Bravura(Duble) South Rampart StreetParade (Hag- Oio de Aguila(Maxwell) Tan n h a user Overture (Wag ner) gart) Memory from Cats(Webber) HandsAcross the Sea(Sousa) On TheMal/ (Goldman) Menof Ohio(Fillmore) La VieEn Rose(Louiguy) You'll Never WalkAlone (Rogers) America,The Beautiful (Ward) StrikeUp TheBand (Gershwin) Ju bi la nt Brass (Maxwell) New ColonialMarch (Hall) AllThroughThe Night July21, 1991 You'llNever WalkAlone Blue Tail Fly (lPeberdVl The Star-S pa ng led Ban ne r BlockFour (Maxwell) TheBillboard (Klohr) Texas,OurTexas Show Me The Way To San Jose America,The Beautiful (Ward) Thunderand Blazes(Fucik) (Bacha rach ) Coro n atio n March (Meye rbeer) Ampa rita Boco(Texador) June30, 1991 VikingMarch (King) Purple' Ca r nival (Alford) The Star-Spang led Banner Trum peter's Lu I la by (Anderson) America,The Beautifu I llDragon) Texas,Our Texas Sound of Music Selections America ns We(Fi Ilmore) ManhattanBeach March (Sousa) June9, 1991 lrvingBerlin For Band(Berlin) You ng e r Tha n Spri ngti me The Star-Spa ng led Banner NationalE m blem (Bagley) DannyBoy Texas,Our Texas Yellow Roseof Texas Cascadi n g B rass(Maxwel |) King Cotton(Sousa) ServiceMedley Aura Lee WaterMusic (Handel) SemperFidelis (Sousa) TheE ntertarner (Joplin ) Glory of the Gridiron(Alford) AmazingGrace The Starsand StripesForever (Sousa) SandpaperBallet God BlessAmerica America,The Beautiful (Ward) FiveFoot Two, Eyesof Blue lmpactMarch (Maxwell) MiI ita ry Escort (Ben nett) Auld LangSyne WestwindsBrass Band Selectionsfrom My Fair Lady Patriotic Medley PlayerRoster for the SoundingBrass March (Maxwell) TheStars and StripesForever (Sousa) Whenthe SaintsGo Marchingln America,The Beautiful(Ward) Summer1991 Concerts T6Trombones,from TheMusic Man : Mary Benner, Max Chance, (Willson) July7,1991 Richard Drawley, Ruth Homes, Lloyd AlloueteMa rch (Goldman) The Star-Spangled Banner Jenkins,Marty Phillips, Kent Rylander America,The Beautifu I (lDragonl Texas,Our Texas Patrick Solomon,Phil Sutherland,Rich- El Capitan(Sousa) ardTolley (NABBA Director),Sally Walter, June16, 1991 Pavanne(Gould) Lany Williams. Tenor Horns: Don The Star-S pa ng led Ban n e r Salutation(Seitz) Adams, Bob Anderson,Edwin Cozby, Texas,OurTexas What'sThe Use Of Wondering EverefiMaxwell, Walter Miller. Baritones: Chimesof Liberty(Goldman) SlaughterOn TenthAvenue Keith Little, Bill Nelson. Trombones: StudentPrince Overture (Romberg) Standardof St.George (Alford) EddieChance, Mike Cline,Chuck Harris, ChicagoWorld's Fair (Maderl Musetta'sWaltz Song (Puccini) BobKem,CarlWard. Euphoniums: David Serenade(Drigo) Smoke Getsln YourEyes Ratcliff, Roland Roberts. : John LochLomand March Differente(Manryel |) Hayes, Lawrence Long, Jack Rigney, Hosfsof Freedom(King) Men of Harlech GordonWolfe. Percussion:Judy Johnson, Summertime I Left My Heartin SanFrancisco David Kraus,Dennis Teasdale. Vocalist: Smoke Getsln YourEyes (/Crawley) Terrv Hines. Director: DeanKillion. Wallof Brass(Maxwell) Neddermeye r Triu m p hal (Ki ng ) FairestLord Jesus America,The Beautiful(Ward) Blue GooseRag (/Starks) CornetsAvailable Law and Order(Alford) July 14,1991 America,The Beautiful(Ward) TheSta r-S pa n g led Ba n ner The Salt River Brassin Phoenixhas four Texas,Our Texas Jupitercornets available - in like-new June23, 1991 March Gloria(Losey) condition- perfectfor a newbrass band. The Star-S pa ng led Ban n er Tru m pet VoI u nta ry (Pu rcel l) Price is $180 eachor $675 for all four, Texas,Our Texas H. M. Jollies (Alford) shipping included. Pleaseconiact Bob ThemBasses (Huffine) : Bugle r's Ho liday (Anderson) Croft at 602,957.9669. August1991 The BrassBand Bridge 5 WestwindsBB OSUMB- U.S.Army Band FeaturesMaxwell World's Largest Auditionsfor Marchesin Brass Band- Trumpet,, SummerPrograms Joins NABBA Trombone& Sax

EverettMaxwell, currentlyplaying tenor During the SeptemberNABBA Boardof TheUnited Sates Army Band(Pershing's horn for the WestwindsBrass Band, has Directorsmeeting held in Columbus,Ohio, Own) hasannounced auditions for trum- hada distinguishedcareer as band director Dr. JonWoods, Director of TheOhio Srate pet, trombone, and tuba, as well as at Andrews,Abernathy, and Lubbock Ctris- University Marching Band, presenteda .Applicants must demonstrate tian High schools,and Lubbock Christian check covering the band'sannual mem- excellentsight-reading skills, as well as University. He is the author of many bershipdues. We arevery pleased to have stylisticproficiency. Dutiesinclude per- marcheswritten for band, 17 of which theOSUMB join NABBA. Dr. Woodsis forming in the United ScatesArmy Brass have beenpublished by SouthernMusic alsothe co-director of theOhio Collegiate Band (exceptfor saxophone)and Army Company. Brass,which won this year'sHonors Sec- chambermusic ensembles, in additionto tion at the Championships. the primary duty of marchingperform- This spring,WBB DirectorDean Killion ancesin ceremonies. Successfulappli- obtainedfrom thepublisher permission to TheOhio StateUniversity Marching Band cantsalso mustpass the Army's physical assemblethe completelist into a single waschanged to anall-brass andpercussion examand meet other standards required to march book entitled Brass is Beautiful, bandin 1934by ProfessorEugene J. Weigel, enlistin theU.S. Armed Forces. BrassBand Marches by EverettMatovell. who modeledOSU's band directly from the British andEuropean brass bands. Musicianswill be promotedto Staff Ser- The WestwindsBrass Band is the only geant on successfulcompletion of four organizationin theworld to havethis new Overthe years,the instrumentationof the monthsof active duty service,including marchbook. Duringthe summer Concert- bandhas evolved. Initially, cornetswere basicuaining. Extensivebenefits include in+he-Parkseries, the audienceheard at the orderof theday and were in abundant full military pay; free medicaland dental leastone of Maxwell'smarches in eachof supply. Later, studentsarrived canying care; supplementalallowances for hous- theeight summer programs. In additionto their trumpetsfrom high school,and the ing, food,andclothing; retirementand tax the 17 marches,lhe book also includesa bandcould not fundall thecornets needed benefits;30 dayspaid annualleave; and a compositionentitled Te nor Hor n Fe atur e, to maintainthe sweetersound. Reluc- stabilizedassignment. Uniforms and in- showcasing,of course,the Wesnvinds horn tantly,the trumpets were permitted. Slide strumentsare provided. section. trombonescorrectly replaced valve trom- boniums.And triple-tomdrums were added To apply, pleasesubmit as soonas pos- The greatMaxwell marches,adapted for to theband's magnificant parade snare and sible a resume,current full-length photo- brassband by Maxwell, includedin the bassdrum sound. graph, and a casettetape that includes bookareBaz d Campers,Bi gP urple,B lock examplesof your technicalproficiency in Four, CascadingBrass, Impact, Jubilant Today,as the band takes the footballfield a varietyof musicalstyles to - Brass, The Lively Ones,Marcho Vivo, in its 113thyear of existence,still the ProudlyWe P lay ,The Roadrunner , Sound- world'slargest all-brass band, t}te group's Commander ing Brass, Wall of Brass,Diamond Jim instrumentationconsists of 12Eb soprano The UnitedStates Army Band March, March Dffirente, Llerald Trum- comets,51 Bb cornetsand trumpets,21 ATTN: MSG SandraS. Lamb pets,Ojo De Aguila,Satellite, andTenor flugelhorns,28 Eb tenorhorns, 28 Eom- P.O.Box 70565 Horn Feature. bones,28 Americanbaritones, 28 brass Washington,DC 20024-1374 sousaphones,14 paradesnare drums, 5 The individual marchesfor concertband MasterSergeant Lamb canbe reachedat triple-tom drums, 5 bass drums, and 5 cunentlyare available from SouthemMusic 703.6963&3. pairs of hand cymbals,plus one drum Company.Maybe a brassband set soon? major(and one in reserve).Of those,192 Applicantsselected to auditionand inter- marchon the footballfield while 33 alter- view in Washingtonwill be providednavel natesremain ready to go in at a moment's expenses. YAMAHA notice. A weekly challengesystem plus The Band is tle Army's premiermusical A Long-TermCommitment vigorousstudent leadership and self-moti- organizationand is headquarteredjust 10 vationkeep it "TheBest Damned Band In toHelp Develop minutesfrom Washington,D.C. BrassBands in NorthAmerica TheLand." ************* 6 The BrassBand Bridge August1991 NABBAto NABBA

BrassKissers? ..PERSHING'SOWN"

The UnitedStates Army Band The questionfrom a NABBA member ColonelL. BryanShelburne, Jr., Leaderand Commander (from our previousissue) was - presents lgot married many yearsago and nei- ther my spouse nor any of my prior TheNinth Annual amorous friends were brass players as I am. I haveoccasionally wondered if brassplayers, with their well-devel- TUBA. EUPHONIUM oped embouchures, are vastly better, stronger, more sensitive, and more CONFERENCE expressive at kissing than non-brass players. January 29 - February 1,1992 BruckerHall, Fort Myer,Virginia I do notthink it is appropriatefor me at this point in my life to risk confusing featuredguest artists my spousewith a kissingexperiment, however scientific, so I thought a NABBAmember or two might be able Tubists Euphoniumists Conductors to comment on his or her findings. GaryButtery LuisMaldonado GommanderLewis Buckley Also it might be interesting to f ind out U.E.Coast Guard Band CentralMichigan University U.S.Coast 6uad Band if there is a significant difference in MelvinCulbertson WendyPicton CaptainDavid Gole kissingability among cornetand fluegel- 0rchestraBadio France GreatBritain H.M.Boyal Marines horn, tenor horn, baritone,trombone, BobStewart DavidWerden R,Winston Moris euphonium,and tuba players. andthe'New LineBand' U.3.Coast Guard Band TennesseeTech University Surprisingly,we received only oneanswer to thisdilemma, and the response was oral. All clinics,concerts, exhibits, and recitalsare FREE and opento the public It camefrom a director on NAB BA'sboard duringthe recent meeting. He saidthat his Exhibitswill be held at: Forfurther information contact: wife earlier had completedconsiderable The DaysInn SergeantMajor Jeff Arwood researchon thesubject. She stated to him, 2201 ArlingtonBlvd. P, O. Box 70565 definitively, that brassplayers were tle Arfington,Virginia 22201 Washington,DC 20024-1374 bestkissers and that lower brassplayers, 703.525.0300 703.698.5420 apecially homboneand euphoniumplay- ers in particular,were the bestof thebest at kissing. He, of course,is sucha player. This strongtestimonial will standas the final answerto ourmember's question, un- Rumors,Rumors, Rumors lessother well-detailedresponses (refut- ing or concurring)from NAB BA members arereceived. International comments are A recent NABBA visitor to the Black We'veheard that the new Moe-JoeBlack alsoencouraged. Dyke Mills Band learnedthat they were Magic Brass Band will feature an all- - consideringa North American tour that Caribbeanprogram in its first entry into Pleasesend your responseto could include the third annual Great tlreChampionships Section nL992. Anyone Editor American Brass Band Festival in Dan- knowingthe whereaboutsof this band,or Tom Myers, ville, Kentucky. The tour might occurin anybrass bands in Bermuda,the Bahamas, The Brass Band Bridge Ave. June 1992. ConductorDavid King also Jamaica,the Caribbean,or othet nearby 156 N. Highland receivedoutstanding marks from thetough- tropicallocations, are asked to pleasecon- Akron, OH 44303-1504 to-pleasevisitor. tact the editor. USA Oneof us may retire soon?

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August1991 The BrassBand Bridge BrassBand Bridge Travelling?You Are lnvited To Rehearse Correspondents With A NABBABand! MartyBarvinchak, Allegheny BB The following NABBA bandshave the RockyMountain Brassworks - British Brass AnitaCollings, Atlantic Brass Band welcomemat out for all NABBA members Band,Westminster, Golorado, Tuesday, Ken EdMobley, Bainbridge British BB who are travelling. You are invited to Anderson. 303.438.0363 BasilWentworth, Bloomington BB attendthe band's rehearsals and play along SaltRiver Brass Band, Phoenix,Arizona, Mon- PaulDroste, BB of Columbus if youbring yourinstrument. The only ex- day,Bob Croft, 602.957.8206 Mike Russo,Buffalo Silver Band ceptionis whenthe bandis preparingfor Screamers& Lyric Brass Band, Akron, 0hio, RitchieClendenin, CSU Fresno BB theChampionships. Tuesday,Tom Myers, 216.867.7821 To be named,Capitol English BB Here are the NABBA (and other brass) SheldonTheatre Brass Band, Red Wing, Min- KenFoote, Chester Brass Band nasota,Monday, Bill Gillis, 612.385.3172 Jon Topy,Commonwealth BB bands,cities, rehearsal day, contact, and MikeGoater, Eastern lowa BB telephonenumbers where they will be SmokyMountain British Brass Band, Gullow- happy you RobertSutherland, Hannaford Street to have visit. hes, NorthGarolina, Tuesday, Bert Wiley, 704.293.9312 SilverBand AlleghenyBrass Band, Pittsburgh, PA, Tobe named, Junior VarsityAll-Star Wednesday,AlDuerig, 412.286.1 888 St.Johns River City Band, Jacksonvills, Flor- BrassBand BainbridgeBritish Brass Band, Tuesday, Ed ida,Thursday, Joanne Cellar, 904.396.396.0020 Andy Ernest,Milwaukee British BB Mobley,P.0. Box 953, Eainbridge, Georgia TriangleBrass Band, Research Triangle Park, DebraPriest, Mississippi River BB 31717 NoilhGarolina, Wednesday, Kathryn Davis, RobertGoodier, National Capital BloomingtonBrass Band, Bloomington, Indi- 9l9.560.2736 Bandof TheSalvation Army ana,Thursday, Jake Wonder, 812.824.6048 VarsityAll-Star Brass Band, Golumbus, Ohio, FrankHammond, NCSU BBB BrassBand of Columbus,Golumbus, 0hio, Thursday. J eff Snyde r,6l 4.442.9380 BillWagner, Northwinds BBB Tuesday,Paul Droste, 614.888.031 0 WenatcheeBritish Brass Band, Wenatchee, PaulDroste, Ohio CollegiateBB Buffalo Silver Band, Buffalo, New York, Tues- Washington,Wednesday, Glenn Kelly, To be named,The Ohio State day,Homer Fay, 716.836.5660 509.663.1861 UniversityMarching Band WestonSilve r Ba nd, Weston, 0ntario,Tuesday, RobertBernat, RiverCity Brass Band ChesterBrass Band, Chester, Nova Scotia, Monday,Roger Aalders, 902.876.7239 StanVan Zuylen, 416.742.4237 JosephZuback, River City Youth CommonwealthBrass Band, Louisville, Ken- WhitbyBrass Band, Whitby, 0ntario, Tuesday BrassBand & Thursday,Lauren Sorichetti,4'16.668.1 100 To be named,Rockville Brass Band tucky,Wednesday, Robert Webb, 502.425.2660 KenAnderson, Rocky Mountain CSUFresno British Brass Band,Fresno,Califor- Brassworks- British Brass Band nia,Tuesday and Thursday in Spring,Ritchie PamelaVoisin, St. Johns River City Clend e n in, 209.27 8.2137 Band Easternlowa Brass Band, Mt. Vernon {Cedar BobCroft, Salt River Brass Band Bapids),lowa, Thursday, Bob Upmeyer, Tom Myers,Screamers & LyricBB 3l9.644.2944 BrassBand To benamed, Second Company MilwaukeeBritish Brass Band, Milwaukes, Governor'sFoot Guard Band Wisconsin,Tuesday, Jill M itchell, 414.895.61 63 ompact Discs GeneBeckwith, Sheldon Theatre BB MississippiRiver Brass Band, Ouincy, lllinois, BertWiley, Smoky Mountain BBB Sunday,Mick Fe e, 2n.n31812 Thpes& PhilMoore, Southern Nazarene Brass NationalCapital Band of The Salvation Army, To be named,Triangle Brass Band Washington,District of Columbia,Monday, EricAho, Varsity All-Star BB RobertGoodier, 202.543,8063 PrintedMusic GlennKelly, Wenatchee BBB N.C,S.U.British Brass Band, Raleigh, North JohnVan Esterik, Weston Silver Band Garolina,call for days,Frank Hammond, JackRigney, Westwi nds Brass Band 919,515.2981 LaurenSorichetti, Whitby Brass Band NorthwindsBritish Brass Band, Spooner, Wis- consin,Sunday, Bill Wagner, 715.635.7709 Bernel Music Pleasesend 0hio CollegiateBrass, Columbus, 0hio, 704.293.93L2 yourbrass band's Wednesday,January to April,Paul Droste, newsto 614.888.03 I 0 P.O.Box 2438 Tom Myers,Editor RiverCity Youth Brass Band, Piftsburgh, Penn- Cullowhee, NC 28723 The BrassBand Bridge sylvania,Saturday, Joseph Zuback, 156N. HighlandAve. 41L322.7222 Akron,OH 44303-1504 Visaand MasterCard accepted USA t

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More on Firestorm BrassBands Doctor OnThe Air BrassBands Chuck Amold, NABBA director and comperefor the MilwaukeeBritish Brass You probably missedit. New Zealand Band,has shed new light on Desford'suse brassband enthusiastswere able to hear Mark Hosler,a memberof theBrass Band of StephenBulla's Firestorm before its highlightsfrom the 1991NABBA Cham- of Columbusand a doctoralcandidate in publicationin April nextyear. As you re- pionshipsbroadcast on New ZealandNa- musiceducation atTheOhio State Univer- member,the work wascomposed for The tionalRadio's The B and Pro gramme. The sity, is presentlyconducting a surveyof United Sates Army BrassBand, and the showwas hosted by JohnHarrison, who is brassband directors. band hasthe right to performit for a year. editorof Mouthpiece, journal the official Thesurvey, mailed in earlySeptember, in- ChuckAmold wasthe compere for Desford of theNew Zealand Brass Bands Associa- vestigatesthe overall healthand current tion. He is alsoExecutive Colliery CaterpillarBand's first two con- Officer of the statusof the brassband movement in the NZBBA. certsin theUnitedSlates last year. Desford United Statesand Canada. The survey Conductor James Watson then invited Theprogramon Sunday,September 15, at questionnaireserves as thedata gathering Arnold to serveas compere for a concertin 1:35p.m., permitted listeners to judge the instrumentfor Mark's doctoraldisserta- England. North Americanperformances of Stephen tion. He hopesthe resultswill make a valuablecontribution to brassband devel- Watson expressedinterest to Arnold in Bulla'sCanticles in Brass againstis pre- performances opmentand growth and adult amateur mu- havingDesford perform Firestorm. Bert miere duringthe 1990New ZalandChampionships sic-makingin North America. Wiley at Bernel Music sent Amold to B Gradetests, for which the work was CaptainPalmatier. Palmatier agreed that commissioned.Har- If your band'sdirector has not receiveda risonencouraged listeners evaluateBullas F irestonn'sperformance in Englandwould to questionnaireby October15, and you would commentsfrom Ron benefitthe reputation of TheUnited S tates Holz's Champion- likeyourbandincludedin thestudy, please shipsreview in "...several Army BrassBand, of brassbands in North theBridge, of forward your band'smailing addressand the performances America, composerStephen Bulla, and were well above the conductor'sname to Mark assoon as pos- standardheard NABBA. Palmatieralso knew the work duringthe ShellNew Zea- sible. land Brass would be performed magnificently by Band Championshipsof May Mark Hosler,Ph.D. Candidate Watsonand Desford. CPT Palmatierau- lgg0." 11660U.S. Route 62 thorizedthe two requestedperformances. We hope they enjoyedthe comparison. Orient,OH 43146 The first UnitedKingdom performance of Betteryet, how abouta directcomparison, USA F irestorm w ill begiven during the evening completewith warmand enthusiastic brass Telephone614 .869 .44 62 GalaConcert in theRoyal Albert Hall in bandfriendship? London,following the NationalChampi- onships,on Saturday,October 5, 1991. We hopeseveral British-style bands from Championships The second performance,with Chuck overseas,including New Zealand, will Arnold servingas the concert'scompere, chooseto competein theNorth American Coordinators Brass will occurthe next day, Sunday, in Wind- Band Championshipsin 1992and 1993. sor. April10 & 11,1992, in Golumbus For the contestand gala concert on Satur- andDublin, Ohio: day,Chuck Arnold andhis wife, Barbara, OrchestralNotes Dr.Paul E. Droste will be guestsin JamesWatson's box in 1310Maize Road Court Royal Albert Hall, along with Hany and In caseyou haven'tvisited your local re- Columbus,Ohio 43229 MargaretMortimer. Arnold is alsowrit- cordingshop recently, we noticedthat all USA ing condensedprogram notes for theoffi- nine Ralph VaughanWilliams sympho- cial program. nieshave now beenrecorded by Bryden April2 & 3, 1993,in Washington, Thomson and The London Symphony Distriqtof Golumbia(America's A total of nine visitors from Milwaukee Orchestra,Theyareavailableon the Chan- capital): and two from Washington,DC are ex- doslabel. Greatmusic and perfromances, CaptainThomas J. Palmatier pectedto attendthe contestand concerts. superprogram notes, colorful andattrac- The UnitedStates Army Band Chuckpromised to reportto us the high- tive cover graphics. We wonder if Dr. P.O.Box 70565 lights of his brassband trip. Droste,who holdsthe musicof Vaughan Washington,DC 20024-1374 Williamsin veryhigh esteem, has nine? USA t all

August 1991 The BrassBand Bridge I vanced. Works of this type makesuch a piece is of mediumdifficulty due to the BrassBand Music beautifulcontrast to loudermore technical countermelodyaccidentals and rhythm. Reviews piecesthat they canbring an audienceto The work is well worth thereading and of tearsif performedeffectively. greatuse in building concertprograms. Chorale by RaySteadman-Allen, published River City Suite Wishing You Were by RosehillMusic Company. by James Curnow,published by Somehow HereAgain by Andrew Lloyd Webber from This newwork by Ray Steadman-Allenis RosehillMusic. The Phantom of the Opera, basedon theold carol melodyLow how a Thiswork wascommissioned in 1989by arrangedby StephenBulla, rosee' er bloomingandis organized into an the River City BrassBand of Pittsburgh, publishedby The ReallyUseful introduction,four variations,and a finale. ,Robert Bernat conductor. Group in associationwith Rosehill Theintroduction is fast-pacedand marked allegrocon brio at 138beats per minute There are threemovements in the Suite, Music. andfeatures sixteenth-note groupings with howeverthe composer notes that they also This balladfromThe Phantom of the Op- wide leapsfor solocornet and tenor horn. can be performedseparately. The first era feattresthe trombonesection and the The theme is introducedin a partially movement,/rl trada, is markedallegro bril- tenor horns playing the melody at two disguisedform andends the introduction. lante and is an apt description. Thereis differentpoints.The arangement is nicely Thefirst variationis againmarked allegro lots of flash and excitementwith some scoredand lasts approximately three min- andis very technicalin its rapidsixteenth- sixteenth-notepassages, but theylay very utes. A drum set is called for in the notepassages (scales as well asleaps) for well for thefingers. Just what we all want percussionsection, and two playersare just aboutevery section in theband. The - somethingthat soundsgreat without needed. StephenBulla is an excellent secondvariation features the themeat an- beingtoo difficult. The second movement composerand again shows his talentwith dante and is beautifully scored for an is entitledHymn and is full of beautiful this fine arrangement. This is another expressivesound. The third variationis melodieswith the famous Curnow scoring work that can be useful to all bands- indicatedas allegretto and requires excel- and harmonization- a very effective youth to advanced.In building an enter- lent technique. The last variation is an movement.The lastpart of the ,Sriteis tainmentprogram, it would be wise to andantein 9/8 and returnsto expressive calledAlleluia and is a contrastof two considerthis arrangementfor a sure-fire scoringand long beautiful lines. Another styles:one fast and vibrant and the other successwith theaudience. allegro heraldsthe finale in alla breve, moremelodic and hymn-like. The end of whichlaterchanges toa6/4 section featur- thismovement combines the two styles. The reviews above were wrilten by ing legatophrases. The ending is setup in The Suiteis a little morethan eight min- Don W. Kneeburg, Presidentof NABBA alla breve again,gradually slowing to a utesin lengthand is in the moderately and Professor of Trombone & Eupho- grandfinish. difficult category.As mentionedabove, nium at the University of South Flor- Thispiece is difficulttechnically and will there are some technicalpassages, but ida. challengea strongband with its demands they are approachedso well that they are of facility and expressiveplaying. It is withinthe grasp of mostof thebands in our ldylle alsoworth performing for is musicalcontent Association.This work is well worththe by EdwardElgar, transcribed for aswell asits usefulnessin programming. time and will be very appealingto audi- euphoniumand by Eric Durationis about10 minutes. ences. Wilson,published by Rosehill The River City BrassBand and Robert Music. The Holy Boy Bernat.areto be for work commended their Thisis a companionpiece to Elgar'sMot by John lreland,arranged by Eric in commissioningthis fine composition. Wilson,published by Rosehill d'amaur,originally written for violinand Music. piano. Themelody is very prettywith the A Welsh Lullaby (Suo-gan) usualElgarian harmonies. The arrange- If you arelooking for a short,slow, beau- arrangedby PeterGraham, mentfitstherangeand soundof the eupho- tiful work to balancea program,look no publishedby RosehillMusic. niumvery well. Bothbass and neble clef further. This little masterpieceby John solo partsare provided and the piano ac- Irelanddates from 1918and is reminiscent This traditionalWelsh melody works very companimentis notdemanding. Duration of the lovely secondmovement of the well asa changeof pacenumber for band is about3 minutes,gade 3 to 4. DownlandSuite also by Ireland.The flow- programs,and it hasbeen arranged by one ing melodyis in 6/8 timeand is carriedthe of England'sfinest composersfor brass majority of the way by the cornetsoloist band. The work is aboutthree minutes in and solo cornets.Lasting about 2.5 min- lengthand featuressolo tenorhorn, bari- utes,this piececan be a greatworkout for tone,and cornets,with the melodydeco- expressiveline developmentand could be ratedby beautifulcountermelodies from used with any group from youth to ad- the euphoniumand sections. This

10 The BrassBand Bridge August1991 Capriccio RecentlyPublished BrassBand Muhledorf (Ballil by RodneyNewton for tuba or Eb Contrasts -Lo hengrin (Invoduction to Act bassand piano,published by BrassBand Music III) (WagnerAMright),Sc hanfi g ger Bau- RosehillMusic. (Tobe reviewedin next issue) ernhocfueitMyere/Fraser), Cqrnival Cock- This solois definitelyfor a high tubaand nil (SyY,a),Darrceof tluTurnblers(Rimsky- could also be played (with a few excep- FromThe ReallyUseful Group plc Korsakov/Ashmore),Sugar Blues (t{il- tions)on euphonium. An openingc adenza in associationwith RosehillMusic: liamsfforrison), Firedance (de Falla/ with overtonesof the VaughnWilliams From Andrew Lloyd Webber'slhe Sykes),Disco Swiss (Broadbent), Ravens- Tuba Concerlobecomes the basisfor the Phantom of the Opera: wood @immer),Mermaids Song (Owen/ Fraser),Black and WhiteRag (Botsford/ maintheme. A contrastinglyrical section Overture (Act ll, arrangedfor leadsto a retumof theoriginal theme. The Femie), BlenheimFlourishes (Curnow), brassband KeithWilkinson. piececloses witl a flashy cadenzasimilar by William Tell Overture(Finale) @ossini/ to theopening and a final statementof the Think of me, arrangedfor brass Hawkins),(Jaeggi). 50:17 minutes. Elite SpecialCDE767. theme.This is an interestingand exciting bandby StephenBulla. piece that will challengeadvanced tuba players,mostly because of the high range TheMusic of the Night, Williams-FaireyEngineerin g and tessitura.Solo partsare providedin arrangedfor brassband by Band(Parkes & Lawtonl both bassand treble clefs. Duration is WilliamHimes. about7.5 minutes. The piano accompani- Processionto the Minster - The Boys in mentis difficult, makingthis a majorpiece What brassband will be the first to stage Blue (Banatt), TuesdayBlues (Bany), for both performers. the completebrass band performanceof Concertino Clas sico (Horovitz),Autumn ThePhantom of the Opera? Lcaves (Kosma/Catherall),The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (MacCunn/ Shepherd'sSong Bragg),The Gladiators' Farewell (Blank- an album of four cornetsolos RecentBrass Band enbarg), B a t rnan @lfman / Catherall),Fes- with piano accompaniment, tival Music (Ball), Caprice(Woodfield), arrangedby EricWilson, published Recordings Processionto the Minster from Inhen- by RosehillMusic. TenderkistWanganui City grin. GrasmereGRCD 42. Included in the collection is The Shep- SilverBand (Jarrett) (NZ) herd'sS on g, awell-knownAuvergnat folk SellersEngineering Band Champion Brass - Doyen (Richards), song.This lovelymelody is presentedin (McCann Rob er to's B o/ero (Hensber gen),Tr ue lnv e & Blackledgelwith two differentkeys and hasa quotefrom Ways,Rodelinda (Flandel), Slupherd's Song, HuddersfieldChoral Society J.S.Bach at the end. Napoli,the second Pil grim'sC horus (Wagner), Da nc e N apo- Youth Choir(Rothery) cornetsolo, is theHerman Bellstedt set of litane (Tchaikovsky), Ash Wednesday virtuosovariations with very few changes ChristmasJoy - Joy to theWorld(HandeV (McKimm), I ntermezza(Hempel), Fl'dg- from theoriginal version. Rusalla's Song Phillips),C hristmas J oy Nativ- ety Feet (La Rocca),Memories (Wilby), Q-eidzen), to theMoonby Dvorak and O My Beloved ity Carol Il Est Ne (Norbury), Scherzo(Bolotin). 50:52 minutes.Ode @utter), Fatlar from Puccini'sGianni S chicchi round Kwmbayah(lDinham), The Teddy Bears' RecordCompany (NZ) CD Ode 1306. out the set. Picnic (Brattan/Roberts),Christ-C hild in theManger A Christmas Theseare beautiful melodiesand nicely @othery), Suite JaguarCars (City of (Bulla), Let There Be Peace Earth arrangedfor cornet. All thesesolos have On (Farrl (Jackson Miller/Stickles), beenfeatured by JamesShepherd, leader Coventry)Band & The Shining ,ltr (Graham),Wln Is He @hillips),Christ- of The VersatileBrass and former solo Adventures in B rass- Adventure s I nB r ass mas Swing (Sratford), White Christmas cornetistwith TheBlack Dyke Mills Band. (Farr), Tete a Tete (Newsome),Gospels (Berlin/GoffRichards), S c hneew altzer ( This is a good collection for cornetists, andSpirituals (AMoodfield) Song of Mem- , Richards),We Wishyou a Merry Christ- with suitablemusical and technicalchal- ory F estival P rellrde (Nielsen), flMoodfield), mas (Wwrell), A Christmas Fantasy lenges. My pianistwife commentedthat Yesterdny (-ennon, McCarmeyflVoodfield), (I-angford). 59:20 minutes. Souvenir thesize of thenotes in thepiano accompa- LalceLwern Sutnrnertimefrorr. Porgy @arr), RecordsSRCD 312. nimentwas smallerthan usual, but still and Bess(Gershwin/TVoodfield), Finale legible. from Orpheusin the Underworld(Offen- bachAMoodfield),Variations In Blue Theserecordings were sourced from Bemel (Broadbent),AT ouchof Ger s hwin (Gersh- Reviews of the lastthreeworks above Music. They are also availableby mail win/Broadbent),Trouble S lpoters (Broad- were written by Paul E. Droste, past from Egon'sin England,and by special bent),O Mein Papa (Burkhard/Golland). President of NABBA and Professor.af orderfrom your local recordstore. Music and euphonium instructor, The 51:01minutes. Brass Records CD 829. . ,

August1991 The BrassBand Bridge 11 ILABrass Band Celebrates20 Years Ray Farr'sprograms are famousfor their purchaseit directlyfrom Ila BrassBand, FromMs BeritMalm Morkved interestand variety. For thiscommemora- P.O.Box 2221,N-2Wl Trondheim,Nor- tivedisc, Ray has chosen some of hisbest wav, Trondheim,Norway, is tie homeof oneof arrangementsthat have not previouslybeen thecountry's top bands, the Ila BrassBand. recorded. Included are Four Scottish To celebrateits twentiethanniversary, the Dances, Softly Softly, Bubbles Was A Sun LifeBand band has createda specialcompact disc Cheerleader,Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Recordings recordingthat featuresan "all Ray Farr" andothers. For theconnoisseur, Farr and program,for which Farr conductshis ar- Ila have includedthe completeFirebird Available rangementsand plays fl ugelhom,trumpet, (Stravinsky/Fan). andcornet solos. The Sun Life Band,Champions of the Ray'sflugelhom playing is highly regarded 1990 British Open, has recentlyauthor- Farr'sassociation with Ila beganin 1987 aroundthe world. On this disc, he also ized BernelMusic as a distributorof the when he guidedthe bandto first prize in playsthe brilliant trumpetsolo For Me,as band'srecordings. Currently available on Norway's entertainmentcontest. Since wellas the sensitive cornet soloAdagioby both compactdisc and cassettearc Avon- then, the band has earnedmany cont€st Rachmaninov. dale,Recorded Delivery, and, Le RoidTs. successes,including first prizein theNor- The recordingwill be releasedDecember Availableonly in cassetteform is Puttin' wegianNational Championships in 1989, I in Norwayand should be availablesoon OnTheRitz. seventhprize in theEuropean Champion- thereafter from Bernel Music shipsin 1989,and third prize in the Own (704.293.9312)for about$20, or you can Choicesection of the EuropeanChampi- onshipsin 1990.

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August 1991 The BrassBand Bridge 13 Morley Calverl, continued from page 1 achoral communion service for theAngli- canchurch. At his death,he was the Music Directorof Toronto'sWeston Silver Band. The funeral was held at The Salvation Demandsare greater, so Army's Hamilton Temple and included moreand moreBrass Bands the performanceof one of Mr. Calvert's hymn settingsby a compositeband con- areturning to WILLSON. ductedby CanadianSraff Bandmaster Brian Burditt. Willson for: backgroundspecialist Morley Calvert'sdeath leaves asignificant Dr.Brian L. Bowman Euphoniums,tenor horns,basses. void in theranksof composersof musicfor andthe world's finest brass.The pain of our losswill beeased by euphonium- the Distributionin USA: the knowledgethat he left a relatively WillsonCompensating DEGMusic Products lnc. small but uniquebody of music for our pleasure ModelTA 2900 LakeGeneva, Wisconsin 53147 andinspiration. - DouglasField Distributionin Canada: At Willsonbrass instruments Mr. Field served for many years as a Director of NABBA. Besure to test our dealersthroughout Canada. instrumentsin the DEG boothat Championships X on April11, 1992. Answerstothe BrassBand Challenge 1 onpage 19 I have intentionally made thesea little North American difficult to find soyou won'tbe inclinedto lookup theanswertoo quickly. Besides, I hadto makethem fit on the page.

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14 The BrassBand Bridge August1991 sion on both Friday and Saturdaycon- MembershipChairman David Pickett re- Minutesof NABBA cludedwith a motion,passed unanimously: portedthat membership continues to fluc- Board of Directors ThatNABBA recognizesits primaryfocus tuateeach year based on the bandscom- as supportingBritish-style brass bands in peting in the Championships. He also Meetingin August NorthAmerica. This recommitsNABBA noteda steadymembership growth over to the instrumentationof theBritish brass the last four years,with the curent mem- band and to the highest quality music bershipexceeding 600 individuals. written and arrangedfor brassband. FromNABBA Bridge Editor Tom Myers discussedthe SecretaryBert Wiley Also discussedin Friday evening'sfree lengthypreparation of eachEridge issue forum - in preparationfor decisionson andhow thepublishing schedule was (sort Saturday- werethe benefits of screenedor of) catching up to the standarddates he The 1991Annual Board Meeting of the unscreenedjudging, how to increasethe established.Articles on bands,as well as North AmericanBrass Band Association, numberof bandscompeting in theCham- advertisements,were encouraged. Inc., was held in Columbus,Ohio, on pionships, should the Championships The Board authorizedthe publicationof August23 and24,1991.Paul E. Droste, Sectionsbe reduced,should the require- the NABBA membershiproster, which Presidentof NABBA and local host for ment of using the standardBritish brass will be sentto all NABBA members.The ChampionshipsX in 1992, openedthe bandinstrumentation be loosenedfor the Boardalso authorized the saleof mailing meetingat 8:07 p.m. by introducingthe Championships,should a more formal labelsof themembership for $ 150per set. new membersto the Board: Brian Bow- contestmanual be preparedand passed to man, Beth llronek, Tom Palmatier,and eachsuccessive Championships host band, After discussingNABBA's British-style MichaelRusso. shouldregional competitions be sponsored brassband orientation(reported above), Board memberspresent were Chuck Ar- by NABBA, andshould tours of bandsbe theDirectors further liberalized theCham- nold (MilwaukeeBritish BrassBand), Brian promotedby NABBA. pionshipsOpen Sectionto permit unre- strictedinstrumentation in that class,but Bowman@ittsburgh, PA), BobCroft (Salt Dr. Drosteclosed the Friday eveningses- continuedto requirethe Open Section test River Brass),Paul Droste(Brass Band of sionby presentingthe NominatingCom- pieceto beperformed using only brassand Columbus),George Foster (Illinois Brass mittee'sslate of officersforthe 199l-1993 percussion. Band),Tony Guerere(Atlantic Brass Band), term: Don Kneeburgfor President,Ron Bethlllonek (Henderson,KY), JamesJoyce Holz for Vice President,Bert Wiley for TheBoard approved a requestby a Salva- (Smoky Mountain British Brass Band), Secretary,and SaraNorth for Treasurer. tion Army band to perform at the 1992 Don Kneeburg(Lutz, FL), Tom Myers Championshipsfor commentsonly. The The meetingwas reconvened at 9:07a.m. (Screamers& Lyric Brass Band), Sara AsburyCollege group, to beconducted by on Saturday. SecretaryBert Wiley pre- North MississippiRiver BrassBand), Tom Dr. Ron Holz, waswarmly welcomedby sentedthe minutesof the prior meeting Palmatier(The United States Army Band), the Board. Holz hadreceived permission held in CedarRapids, Iowa. DavidPickett (Bloomington, IN), Michael from The SalvationArmy for theband to Russo(Buffalo Silver Band), Don Stine Wiley also reportedthat very little new performfor educationalcomments. This @asternIowa Brass Band), and BertWiley materialhas been received for theNABBA further strengthensthe friendly relation- (SmokyMouncain British BrassBand). archives.As NABBA Archivist,he stessed shipbeween NABBA andSalvation Army PresidentDroste had prepareda substan- theneed to continueaccumulating NABBA's bands.(The National Capital Band of The tial agendatitled "NABBA at the Cross- historicalrecord in thearchives. Dr, Droste Salvationfury, conductedby Stephen roads". Topics included:In the British mentionedthat a doctoralstudent at The Bulla,in 1990was the first SalvationArmy tradition,a brief historyof NABBA since Ohio StateUniversity is preparinga dis- bandto join NABBA.) sertationon the history and statusof the 1983,status in 1991,and optionsat the Anotler major departurefrom past con- North AmericanBrass Band Association crossroads.Each topic was discussedat tests was the Directors' decision to in- and memberbands. Sincethe archives lengthby Drosteand by the directors. crease[o threethe numberof testpieces will be a vital resourceto him andfuture - availableto eachSection. Eachcompet- One major subjectwas Canada how to researchers,Wiley encouragedregular ing bandmust choose one of the threeto increaseCanadian membership in NABBA, shipmentsof copiesof your band'sactivi- perform. While direct comparisonsamong bothin membersand member bands. One ties andhistorical records to the NABBA competingbands may be slightly more possibleanswer, which we will try, is to fuchivesat P.O. Box 2438,Cullowhee, complexforthe judges, the Boardbelieves add active board membersfrom Canada NC 28723. and encouragetheir sponsorshipof the that NABBA's high-qualityadjudicators NABBA Championshipsin a Canadian TreasurerTom Myerspresented NABBAs will have no problem maintainingequal city. We will alsoencourage more brass financial statementand condition,which standardsacross the works selected. is suable. Given the soft economy,he bandnews from Canadafor theBridge. TheBoard also decided o dropthe adjudi- encouragedcontinued caution in spend- cators'screens that haveblinded thejudges The secondmajor topic focusedon recon- ing. sideringa founding fundamental- how from knowing which band was perform- British shouldNABBA be? The disaus- ing. The benefit shouldbe bettersound

August1991 The BrassBand Bridge 15 o Sectionwinners who reside ouside Nofttr Americamust leave their rotatingtro- phiesin North America.

DennisEamber BRASSWINDS? o Test pieces were selected(listed on Company President/ If you didrt't buy pagel). fromme... You Thepossiblelocations for the 1994Cham- probably paid pionshipswere discussed. Chuck Arnold presenteda proposalfrom tle Milwaukee British BrassBand to hostthe Champion- It's not just our great prices you'll appre- ships. Sincethe Allegheny BrassBand ciate. There'salso from Pittsburghhad also indicated interest our incredible se- in hostingthe eventagain, and sincethe )t a complete line Boardwould like to encouragea Canadian venue,the subject was tabled until the April1992 Boardmeeting to permitaddi- tional preparationtime for proposals. The Boarddecided to continuethe Video Competitionso that bands could be judged without the expenseof travel. The rules will be fine-tunedto reducethe impor- tanceof the videographyand increase the :; emphasison musicalperformance. Video contestrules should be mailed to each TOLL FREE memberband by late October. 1-aoo-348-soo5 Incoming hesident Don Kneeburgex- pressedhis thanksfor the Board'sconfi- dence in him. He stated his plans to contacteach band and !o strengthenfur- ther the associationand the benefis of NABBA membership. Tom Myerswarmly expressed the Board's appreciationto Dr. Droste for his out- standingleadership and accomplishments quality for thejudges. The movealso an- Thenominees for office receivedthe unani- duringtle four yearsof histwo successive ticipatesexpanding the scope ofjudging in mousapproval of the Board. two-year lerms as Presidenl Tom pre- 1993to include eachband's staging and After a delightful lunch at the home of sentedPaul with two Mollard conducting announcements.The judgeswould then Presidentand Mrs. Droste,the Directors batonsas a modestsymbol of the Board's beable o evaluateeeh band'sentip concert addressedchanges to the Championships gratitude. The meetingwas adjournedat presenadon,not just the auralportion. rules to reflect the prior decisionsof the 4:45p.m. TheBmrd of Direcon believethese changes Board.Therevisedrules willbe mailedto to the Championshipswill increaseaudi- all NABBA bandsby SecretaryWiley. enceappeal, increase the numberofbrass North American OtherChampionships changes include - bandscompeting, furtler encouragenon- BrassBand British-stylebandsto competein theOpen o The testpiece will be weightedequally ChampionshipsXl Section,and improve each band's tocal (50/50percent) with the remainderof performancestandards. They further be- the program(had been 60/40 percent). April2 &3,1993 lieve that the impeccableimpartiality of o A fourth judge (CaptainTom Palma- in theadjudicators will continueto be main- tier) wasapproved for the I 992contest, tained. Washington,DC who will provide nonpointcomments Dr. Drostereported on the preparationfor on the visual appearanceof the band, Forinformation, please contact: ChampionshipsX in 1992. He expectsas stagepresence, announcements, and so CaptainThomas J. Palmatier many as 15 bands to participatein the on. TheUnited States Army Band exciting event. Each NABBA band.will P.O.Box 70565 o A maximum of two minutes will be receivedetailed Championships informa- permittedfor each band to check its Washington, DC 20024-1374 tion soon. tuning on the conteststage prior to its USA performance. 16 The BrassBand Bridge August1991 A shortdemonstration and concert brought Yamaha/NABBA the workshopto a successfulconclusion. ThankYou SummerBrass The third workshopwas held in Dayton, Very Much! Ohio,on July 12-13.The hostswere Ed TheNorth American Brass Band Associa- BandWorkshops Nickol and Jerry Hauer of HauerMusic tion gratefully recognizesthe following Company.The workshopparticipants were 1991 companiesfor their support. Pleasepa- a good mix of college students,adult lronizethese fine firms. amateurs,professionals, and visitors ftom By Dr. PaulE. Droste Norway and Iceland. YamahaDistrict LeaderchipMembers ManagerJay Schreiberplayed in the cor- ($1,000and above) For theseventh year, the combined forces net sectionand JohnnyWoody, Yamaha Yamaha of America,Band YamahaCorporation of America of Corporation Market Development Manager and a & OrchestralDivision, and the North Band& OrchestralDivision NABBA Director, played a tenor horn American Brass Band Associationhave GrandRapids, Michigan solo.NAB BA Treasurerand Editor of The presented seriesof five summerbrass a BrassBand Bridge, Tom Myers, played PatronMembers band workshops. The purposesof these percussionalong with Ed Nickol. Hauer ($500to $999) workshopsare to startbrassbands in areas Music provided refreshmentsand lunch Boosey HawkesBuffet Crampon wherenone exist and to supportnewly- & for theparticipants. A concertwas held in Libertwille,lllinois formedbrass bands. park. a nearby TRWlnc, In each situation,the approachis quite Therehas been brass band activity in the Cleveland,Ohio similar. Yamahasends a completeset of Daytonarea previously, so this workshop brassband instruments, including percus- WillsonBand Instruments was held to revive interestand develop A Flums,Switzerland sion, to covera full-sizedbrass band. newleadership. Dr. FrancisLaws, Profes- local music dealeror schoolserves as a sor of Brassat Wright StateUniversity, GorporateMembers host, providing facilities and recruiting sightread euphonium solos by Sparkeand ($100to $a99) participants. For about nine hours on a Curnow and anchoreda fine euphonium AllegroBand Music weekend,the participantsform a reading secdon. Auckland,New Zealand band,with music and directionprovided by NABBA PresidentPaul Droste. At Workshopnumber four was held at The BernelMusic someworkshops, an informal concertis University of Oklahomain Norman on Cullowhee,North Carolina given at the endof the session. July26-27 . ProfessorLegh Burnswas the Boosey& HawkesBand Festivals organizer.He hasjust startedthe Territo- The first held Middlesex,England workshopwas at California rial BrassBand with playersfrom Norman StateUniversityin Fresnoon May 31-June and the surroundingregion. The work- GetzenCompany 1. The hostwas Dr. RitchieClendenin, shopenabled him to invite potentialnew Elkhorn,Wisconsin ProfessorofBrass Studies. Ritchie directs membersfor thefall season.The enthusi- RosehillMusic Publishing Gompany BritishBrass Band which theCSU-Fresno asmof theworkshop was dimmed only by Beaconsfield,Bucks., England he foundedin 1988. CSU studentswere a rainout of a planned concert on the joined by severaladults from the sur- TheSelmer Company campus. roundingarea. The workshopband pre- Elkhart,Indiana senteda short concert at a retirement- The last workshopwas held in SantaBar- R.Smith & Co.Limited birthday celebrationfor the CSU hesi- bara,California, on August9-10. It was MusicPublishers dent. YamahaDistrict ManagerLaurie hostedby Nick Rail Music and met at London,England Barbara There is On attendedher first brassband workshop Santa City College. Studio MusicCompany genuine and assistedRitchie in organizing the interestin startinga brassband in London,England weekendactivities. this area. The workshop was featured three times on Channel 3 newscasts. The Woodwind & The Brasswind Evansville,Indiana, was the site of the WeathermanPhil Mannis a trumpetplayer SouthBend, Indiana secondworkshop, held on Jane 2I-22. and did his live weathercastsfrom the Thelocalsponsor was H andHMusicwith paysthe expensesof the Clinician. Spe- workshoplocation. He was trying to relate Tom Mace chieforganizer. There is cial recognitionis due to JohnnyWoody asthe thebrass band horns with the fog hornsin of communitybands in and Jay Wanamakerfor Yamahas sup- a strongtradition his weatherreport. thistri-state area, and the potential is quite port. NABBA has gained many new good that a brassband will be formed. On behalfof the officersand membersof membersand new memberbands as a NABBA Board MemberBeth }konek is NABBA, I wouldlike to thankYamaha for resultof thesesummer workshops. its tremendousfinancial support. Yamaha assistingwith the recruiting. Yamaha For informationon the 1992workshops, shipsthe instruments to all theworkshops, Disrict ManagerMike Swaffar,a includinghosting a workshop,please con- (KY) thensells them at reducedprices at theend playerin the Danville AdvocateBrass tactPaulDroste at 6 14.888.03 10 or Johnny of the workshopseason. Yamahaalso Band,played tuba in the workshopband. Woody at616.940.4900.

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BrassBand Challenge 1 BrassBand Challenge 2 Answers By Al Duerig By Al Duerig

D A U B U F o s A s c A P This puzzle appearedin the DOWN ChampionshipsVIII Official I Superiorrecording method R w N E L I E N T H A N E Programin 1990in Pittsburgh. 2 Firstname of Pittsburgh E F L A T T E N o R H R N Symphonyprincipal cellist o s Answersare shown on pagex. 3 Prefixmeaning son of G U I T A R s w H E E L E R 4 Slush-pumpin Frankfurt ACROSS 5 Numberedmusical work S L c V A T s U N D 1 Backto $e top 6 Lively(musical) E w E A T o M s R o N 0 Demon 7 Birds'songs player 9 Famouseuphonium I Neededby brass bands to get H o N o R s E R B A H o Y 15 Stateof Championship lV recognition(abbr.) A B s E N T E E B A L L o T s 10 Categoryofmusic 9 Raisewhile hanging by ths 18 Concerningthis hands R o E s A B R D o o D L E 19 Africanantelope goddess l0 Greek ofyoutr P E D A M B E R U E 21 Tarnish I I Nonconforming c 22 Pulsatingmusical eflect 12 Conductor'sduty D I D E K A p.m.pastimes s c s w 23 British 13 lt sdds50 percentwhen at side (abbr.l 24 Vision butshortens it if below F o R T U N A P U E R I L E 26 Requirement 14 Wift suddenemphasis R o Y A L A L B E R T H A L L 27 Britishdrink allowancs 17 Eloctricalsafety agency 29 Forexample (abbr.l 20 Complete E N A c T M E A D E N o L 30 0bjectivefirst person plural 25 Britishbandmembers' place to T A N K s S E T S iiii{iiiE s T s pr0n0un relaxafter concert ifiiiiiiil 32 Yellowroad terminus 28 Affirmativeexpression 33 ForeverinNew Zealand ZY Workunit 34 Homsof first non-North 31 Mainci9 ofKashmir AmericanNABBA contestant 32 Numberof flugelhorns ina brass BrassBand Challenge 1 35 Forearmbone band I 0 ll 13 4 37 0f considerablesize 2A Treble(tenor) clef F location ' 39 Proceed Eiiiiiil' 38 Firstnams of Britishbrass band t6 7 E 40 Strsngo compossr 42 Residentof MonteCarlo 40 Typeof current(abbr.) 9 48 WhatWintonMarsalis plays in 41 Static-freeradio svstem )? h iiiii a6 Italy 43 Numberof sopranocornets in a 50 Fabricsurface bressband n a 29 t0 5l Number2 ofthediatonic scale 44 Bandcompetition mont'r t4 t< t6 52 Positiveterminal 45 Lastname of 38down Fastmusical movemsnt 54 46 Shelleypoem, "_ a t7 l8 t9 l::;:::;:;* 40 58 Directiontravsled by lastyear's Skylark" t tz t3 A Challengewinner to 47 GreekKing of Calydon ChampionshipsVlll :!r::::!::i]lii:iii 48 RarelVused brass band clef 5 46 f8 t9 i0 tl 59 Burden 49 Symbolof airlinehubbed in iiiiiiii 6l Treilingwing surface Pittsburgh 53 54 t6 t7 64 Gafiers Profanityin Hawaii i8 '9 t0 'l ,3 60 Confened 55 Aneasy gait 68 0rganizationon EastRiver, NY .A i< 56 Norwegianviolinistwho has a ro ,I ili::::i i:!:!:!:!l 69 Constsllationcontaining PennsylvaniaStato Park namod 'E 69 t0 lt Regulus afterhim Sleepingplace il;;;i;i;i;l 70 16.5feet in Britain t2 t5 r6 72 Doublereed insf uments 60 Vessel power /t t9 30 75 Govornmentwifi in the 62 Watchintently handsof the people '78 63 Wisely 'J t4 ,5 t6 Roast 65 Hecheers for hisfavorits brass 79 Peopleexcluded from he first band t7 iLir.ij.:.{ IE playing .l!:{lLi bands todey 67 Hsartparts 82 Stratum 71 Ouarrel 83 Hisinvention fried his son in 73 Vessel,not like 00 down my$ology 74 lmaqe(combining forml 85 Coralisland 76 Timefor Allegheny Brass Band Al Duerig is a Directorof NABBA, servedas 87 Nonconialinsfurments ussd in members Coordinatorfor ChampionshipsVIII, andis the brassbands il Thatis (abbr.) 88 llluminatingdevice 79 Ecclssiasticalgarment mastedulbass trombonist in theAllegheny Brass 80 Pair Band. 8t 0rganizationwith many ships ' 84 Broadcastband radio Answersare shown on page14, column 3. 86 Stateof ChampionshipsV August 1991 The BrassBand Bridge 19 Goda:Bass Drum Lesson "Youcan take great pictures and write great copy, but playingbass drum is somethingelse." - GeoffreyBrand

As theBrass Band of Columbuswas being struckthe down beat. I wasstill thinking Of course,the rhythms got morecomplex, rehearsedby GeoffreyBrand, great con- in the photographypart of my brain, not and I was still in four trying to play in ductorfromEngland, inFebruary of 1990, themusical part, and in4/4. sevenas I wasstill usingmy photo-brain. I wasphotographing Geoffrey as he worked. I finally regainedmusical consciousness Of course,I madea critical mistake,not I alsowas concentrating on thewords that andrealized that sevenwas my problem. checkingthe time signature.He was quick might accompanythe photosand barely One-two-three-four,one-two-three - no. to stop the band to help me fix the bass heardHolst'sThe Perfect Fool, withwhich One-two,one-two, one-two-three - there, drumpart (quarter, quarter, eighth, eighth, Geoffreywas flogging the band- hard. that'sbetter. eighth) and sang it to me as I played. At onepoint, midwayttuough the rehearsal, Already shockedbeyond recognition,I Thebass drum lesson, ofcourse, is - I wasfairly nearthe bass drum. About the listened intensely and tried to perform First, checkthe time andkey signature; sametime, Geoffrey was lamentingthe properly. With as much bright light fo- absenceof the importantbass drum part. cusedon me,there was no wayI wasgoing Second,better not sight-readbass drum Thebass drummer (wisely?) was unable to to rememberto checktle time signature, partsif you don'tknow what you'redoing attend.The missing part wasa simple4/4 and no one was able or knew to whisper andaren't mentally prepared for it (percus- boomtap, boom tap. (mercifully),"It's in 7/8,"which, of course, sion partsalways seemharder to follow wasthe problem. thanones with melody- I know,count); I thought, "Well, I can certainly handle thaton bassdrum, since I own one." With MaestroBrand earlier in therehearsal had Third, practiceproblem sections 50 times my camerasstill aroundmy neck,Ipicked vigorously instructeda few players to correctly,preferably before rehearsal; up the proper mallet and beganto play practicetheir problemparts 50 timescor- And Fourth,do takeevery opportunity to boomtap, boom tap. No problem. rectlybefore tomorrow'srehearsal and he , rehearseunder Geoffrey Brand. He is fan- wouldcheck to hearhow gloriously won- In only a few measures,Geoffrey returned tasticand very demanding.The resultis derful theparts would thensound. I knew to a differentmovement and immediately greatmusic. what I wasdoing tonightafter rehearsal!

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