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British-Style Brass Bands in U.S. Colleges and Universities BRITISH'STYLE+BRASS+BANDS+IN+U.S.+COLLEGES+AND+UNIVERSITIES+ Mark+Amdahl+Taylor+ + + + Dissertation+Prepared+For+the+DeGree+of+ DOCTOR+OF+MUSICAL+ARTS+ + + + + UNIVERSITY+OF+NORTH+TEXAS+ December+2016+ + + + APPROVED:+ Eugene+Migliaro+Corporon,+Major+Professor+ Dennis+W.+Fisher,+Committee+Member+ Warren+Henry,+Committee+Member+ Benjamin+Brand,+Director+of+Graduate+ Studies+of+the+College+of+Music+ John+Richmond,+Dean+of+the+College+of+ Music+ Victor+Prybutok,+Vice+Provost+of+the+ Toulouse+Graduate+School+ + Taylor, Mark Amdahl. British-Style Brass Bands in U.S. Colleges and Universities. Doctor of Musical Arts (Performance), December 2016, 178 pp, 16 tables, 2 figures, references, 55 titles. Since the 1980s, British-style brass bands – community ensembles modeled after the all-brass and percussion bands of Great Britain – have enjoyed a modest regeneration in the United States. The purpose of this research study was: to discover which schools sponsor brass bands currently; to discover which schools formerly sponsored a brass band but have since discontinued it; to describe the operational practices of collegiate brass bands in the U.S.; and to determine what collegiate brass band conductors perceive to be the challenges and benefits of brass band in the curriculum. Data for the study were collected between February, 2015 and February, 2016 using four custom survey instruments distributed to conductors of college and university brass bands. The results showed that 11 American collegiate institutions were sponsoring a brass band during the period of data collection. Results also included the conductors’ reported perceptions that both challenges and benefits are inherent in student brass band participation, and that brass band is a positive experience for students. An additional 3 community-based brass bands were found to include collegiate students among their player personnel. A total of 9 schools formerly sponsoring brass bands were found to have discontinued their program. A repertoire analysis of 733 titles of compositions performed by both active and formerly active brass bands revealed that bands performed original works for brass band nearly as often as transcribed or arranged works. + + + + + + + + +Copyright+2016+ by+ Mark+Amdahl+Taylor+ + + + ii+ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS+ I+am+indebted+to+a+Great+many+people+on+the+occasion+of+this+capstone+project’s+ completion.++My+major+professors,+EuGene+MiGliaro+Corporon+and+Dennis+W.+Fisher,+ have+been+exceedinGly+Gracious+in+sharinG+their+wisdom+and+in+shapinG+my+world+view+ as+a+conductor.+Warren+Henry+has+expanded+my+perspectives+on+music+education+in+ ways+both+praGmatic+and+philosophical.+Nicholas+Enrico+Williams+provided+countless+ hours+of+counsel+and+support,+alonG+with+exceptional+opportunities+to+hone+my+craFt.++ I+wish+to+express+my+admiration+and+gratitude+For+the+conductors+of+colleGiate+ brass+bands,+who+enthusiastically+served+as+subjects+of+this+study.+Without+the+ extraordinary+Generosity+of+time+and+insiGht+From+these+GiFted+and+impassioned+ teachers,+this+document+could+not+exist.+One+could+not+ask+For+two+Finer+mentors+than+ Colin+Holman,+conductor+of+the+internationally+award'winninG+ChicaGo+Brass+Band,+and+ Brian+Bowman,+whom+I+was+privileGed+to+serve+as+teachinG+assistant+For+the+UNT+Brass+ Band.+Their+examples+of+consummate+professionalism+continue+to+inspire+me.+The+many+ exceptional+brass+band+musicians+alonGside+whom+I+have+had+the+Good+Fortune+to+ perForm+are+the+motivatinG+Force+behind+this+project.+I+like+to+imaGine+that+these+players+ are+even+today+carryinG+on+in+the+spirit+of+the+Victorian'era+workinG+class+musicians+who+ developed+a+centuries'lonG+tradition+of+spellbindinG+virtuosity+and+stirrinG+perFormance.+ Finally,+this+project+and+the+deGree+it+completes+would+not+have+been+possible+ without+the+numerous+sacriFices+and+abundant+love+of+my+wiFe,+Andrea,+and+my+son+ Kevin,+who+bravely+endured+two+years+of+lonG'distance+Family+liFe+durinG+my+coursework+ in+Texas,+and+have+served+as+my+daily+cheerinG+section+alonG+my+dissertation+journey.+ + iii+ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................. iii LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................... viii LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................... ix CHAPTER 1. RESEARCH PROBLEM ............................................................................ 1 1.1 Introduction and Need for Study ........................................................... 1 1.2 Historical Context ................................................................................. 2 1.2.1 Brass Bands in Great Britain ....................................................... 2 1.2.2 Brass Bands in the United States ................................................. 4 1.3 Statement of Purpose and Research Questions ...................................... 9 1.4 Factors Examined in the Current Research ............................................. 9 1.5 Definition of Terminology .................................................................... 10 1.5.1 Various Meanings of Brass Band ................................................ 10 1.5.2 Use of Brass Band in this Study ................................................. 12 1.5.3 Other Definitions ....................................................................... 12 1.5.4 Abbreviations ............................................................................ 15 CHAPTER 2. STATE OF RESEARCH ........................................................................... 16 2.1 Introduction........................................................................................ 16 2.2 Brass Bands in the United Kingdom ...................................................... 16 2.2.1 British Authors .......................................................................... 16 2.2.2 American Authors ..................................................................... 20 2.2.3 Repertoire and Instrumentation ................................................. 23 2.3 Brass Bands in the United States .......................................................... 24 2.3.1 Civil War Era and Civil War Reenactment Brass Bands ................. 25 2.3.2 Salvation Army Brass Bands ....................................................... 28 2.3.3 The “American” Brass Band ....................................................... 29 2.3.4 Modern Brass Bands in the United States ................................... 31 2.4 Brass Bands in United States Colleges and Universities .......................... 32 iv 2.4.1 Chatwin .................................................................................... 32 2.4.2 Bliss ......................................................................................... 33 2.5 Conclusion .......................................................................................... 33 CHAPTER 3. DESIGN OF THE STUDY ....................................................................... 35 3.1 Assembling Target Lists ....................................................................... 35 3.1.1 Sources Used to Identify Institutions and Bands ......................... 35 3.2 Institutions with Brass Bands ............................................................... 38 3.2.1 Institutions with Active Brass Bands ........................................... 39 3.2.2 Institutions with Affiliated Brass Bands ....................................... 39 3.2.3 Institutions with Formerly Active Brass Bands ............................. 41 3.3 Creation and Management of the Survey Instruments ........................... 41 CHAPTER 4. RESULTS: ACTIVE BRASS BANDS .......................................................... 43 4.1 Institutions with Active Brass Bands ..................................................... 43 4.1.1 Characteristics of Schools with Active Brass Bands ...................... 44 4.1.2 Profiles of the Active Brass Bands .............................................. 44 4.2 Characteristics of Active Brass Bands.................................................... 57 4.2.1 Credit for Participation ............................................................... 57 4.2.2 Student Types .......................................................................... 59 4.2.3 Staffing .................................................................................... 60 4.2.4 Rehearsals ................................................................................ 61 4.2.5 Instrumentation ........................................................................ 63 4.2.6 Performance Schedules ............................................................. 67 4.2.7 Student Experience ................................................................... 68 4.2.8 Challenges ................................................................................ 71 4.2.9 Benefits .................................................................................... 73 4.3 Comments by Conductors of Active Brass Bands ................................... 75 4.3.1 Prompted Topics ....................................................................... 76 4.3.2 Unprompted Topics ................................................................... 81 4.4 Summary ............................................................................................ 86 v CHAPTER 5. RESULTS:
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