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ISSUE33 BRfDcE: a link,afie, a bond,an alliance, -* aconneclion.tobandtoqether, to unifq, Aug. 1988 Courtesyo/ MusicalInstrument Division, Yamaha Music Corporation, USA REFLECTIONSFROM WHITBY With ChampionshipVI over, we cant help but reflecton our activitiesover the last twelvemonths. fu you willsee, contesting is but one aspectof our musicalyear. Our 1987 Springseason included four NONTH AMERICAN BRASSm'SBAND ASSOCIATION. INC. parades(rain or shine)for local community groups,playing the anthemsat a Blue Jays Game in Toronto, a with a local youth band, and playing at the old folks home for a 100th birthdaycelebration. The firstsummer event was an outdoor CONTESTLINEUP churchservice forthe 14lst anniversaryof the Anglican Church, followed by a straw- berrytea. Then we were into our summer seriesof ,this time in the bandstand in a local park. Every second Thursday North American Springduring the monthsof eitherMarch or fh" throughoutthe summerwe gaveconcerts, fusociation invitesyou to perform in April. Test selectionsand adludicatorswill t which proved very popular with the local their upcoming contests.The first is the be finalized at the NABBA Board meeting residentswho enjoyed the informality of PREMIER NABBA VIDEO COMPETI. held this September.Entry packetswill be these occasions.The weather was very TIONto be heldOctober 12, 1988.This is mailedto bandswell in advanceof the event. cooperative,though we did weargloves for an EntertainmentContest and is designed in our final concert there, one Sunday in sucha way that bandswill not haveto travel October! to participate.The adludicationpanel will The Fall seasonincluded the Remem- be made up of expertsin brassband litera- branceDay parade for the Legionand then ture and performance,video production we were straight into Christmas activities. and audioengineering. Here's your chance We did four Santa Claus paradesin the to participatein a contestwithout incurring area,though experienced frozen valves one the expenseof traveling,so pull out those frigid Saturday, and could not make a entertainmenttunes and UncleBob's video soundlWealso held our Christmasconcert camera and enter!!!For complete details and played for an outdoor Carol Sing at and entry packetcontact: J.Perry Watson, the bandstand. Box 7311 NCSU, Raleish, NC 27695. Immediatelyafter Christmaswe began Deadlinefor entriesis October12,7988. rehearsinghard for our first-everrecording, The NorthAmerican Brass Band Cham- whichwas done in February.Thetapes sold pionshipsVII, VIII, IX andX areto be heldat well at our Springconcert on March 10. All in all, quite a year.All our engage- the followinglocations: ments in Whitby are done free of charge ChampionshipVII 1989 Asheville, which is our way of earningthe grant we North Carolina receive.(We do earn some money for the ChampionshipVIII 1990 Httsburgh, few outof-town engagementsthat we do.)I Pennsylvania love the varieg of musicalexperiences that ChampionshipIX 1991 Cedar thisband provides, together with the fellow- Rapids,Iowa shipof itsmembers, and feelfortunate to be ChampionshipX 7992 Columbus, ChampionshipVII will be hostedby the a partof it.We would certainlybe interested Ohio : Smoky Mountain , its in hearingwhat other NABBA bandsdo for Although exact dates have not yet been conductorRichard Trevarthen and Manager the restof the year. established,all contestswill be held in the Bert Wilev. JackyBramma WhitbvBrass Band 2 ruE sBAss snxD BRIDGE The lastmovement is indicated as Vivace in threefour time with a few shortsections of c'5 sixteenth notes (comfortablefinger pat- tems) among the quarter and eighth EWsrhythms.This would be an excellentpiece for a good youth band.All of the partsare very accessiblewith a few exceptionsin the THE NATIONAL BRASS BAND comet partswith all cornetsplaying a few FESTIVAL 1987 measuresof high A and B in the lastmove- Officialpublication ol the North American Nattonal Champions : Desford Colliery ment. Percussionneeds are minimal with BrassBand Association. Dowty Band (Watson) Massed Bands: , Desford Colliery Dowty, Brltannia bassdrum, and For, about and by British-type brassbands .A full scoreis alsoprovided. throughoutNorth Americo. Bullding Society Foden, and Brlghouse & Rastrlck, Conducted by ZITHER CAROL Czech Folk Tune Howard Snell Editor..... Karen D. Kneeburg arranged by Roy Slack &Cecil Bolton (POLYPHONIC)PRL 036D Assisfont StudioMusic Company Slde One: 1. Flourish For A Birthday Editor..... Don W. Kneeburg The Christmasseason is not too far away (Arnold/Sparke),2. Pastorale(Richards), 3. when you is 17304 LynnetteDr., Lutz, FL 33549 Concerto (Arutyunyan/Antrobus), considerthat now the time to planning (8131 949.1022 4. ProcessionTo The Minster (Wagner/ begin and orderingmusic for this "Zither Snell). festiveevent. The Carol"would make to anyprogram and it is Side Two: 1.Prelude To Act III - Lohengrin a welcomeaddition MEMBERSHIPDUES: not to play.As it would not (Wagner/trVright),2. Mountain Song difficult a result Individual .....$ 20.00 great prepare. (Sparke),3. SpinningSong (Mendelssohn/ requirea dealof time to This Associate 10.00 Snell),4.Harmony MusiC (Sparke). arrangementby RoySlack and CecilBolton Memberband 50.00 has good varietyin scoringas the melody Thisis one of the betterrecordings from repeatsand all partsare well within a com- Corporate 100.00 the National Championshipseries in that Susiaining 250.00 fortablerange. The tempo is indicatedas the selectionof music,its performanceand no percussionis re- Patron 500.00 Allegretto, unusual musicality are excellent."Flourish for a quired,and it is approximatelytwo to three Leadership 1000.00 Birthday" originallyfor orchestralbrass, was minutesin length.A goodbuy. adaptedfor brassband by Philip Sparke. Moil to: Guestsoloist Rod Franks,trumpet, gives a INFANT HOLY (A Polish Carol) Mi!e Swollar,Treosurer N.A.B.B.A. stunningperformance of the Arutyunyan 225 W. MopleAue., Loncoster,KY 40444 USA 'Concerto" arranged by Roy Slack accompaniedby the Brighouse StudioMusic Company & RastrickBand. Howard Snell'sarrange- Need tune? ment and conductingof Wagner's"Proces- anotherbeautiful Christmas Roy relies The North Americon Bross Band sionto the Minster"istruly an inspirationfor "lnfantHoly"as arranged by Slack the lugubrioussounds of tenor horns Associotionproudly recognizesthe all brassplayers. Side two opens with an on and baritonesas this arrangementbegins. their support: excitingperformance of the "Preludeto Act following for The instrumentsin the bandare grad- III" from Lohengrinwith everyone'striple other added until a full legato section is tonguein fine form. The "MountainSong" ually The melody is enhanced by Philip Sparkedeserves special mention finally achieved. with passingeighth note lines which add here not only for the performance,but for LEADERSHIPMEMBERS: and intensity.All in all a fine pieceof thefine composition. Almost seven minutes beauty craftsmanshipfrom Mr. Slack.All partsare in lengththis piece is wellwithin the graspof MusicalInstrument Division wellwithin comfortable playing range for all the majorityof brassbands and should be YamahaMusic Corporation,USA instruments.No percussionis usedand the consideredas fine programing material. GRANDRAPIDS, MICHICNN length is approximatelytwo to three min- The secondguest soloist is Mark Oldham, partswith a conductor'sthree xylophone,who playsthe "SpinningSong" utes.Good CORPORATEMEMBERS: linescore. Another good buy. by Mendelssohnas arrangedby Howard -Don The Selrner Company- Snell.This is also good program senseto Kneeburg ELKHART,TNDIANA featurea percussionistand givea varietyof sound to the brasscolor. The highlightof Purdy'sBrass Connection this recordingis the performanceof "Har- RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA mony Music" by Philip Sparke (the 1987 CORRECTTON RayburnTours, Ltd. testpiece) by DesfordColliery Dowty Band DERBY. ENGTAND underthe directionol JamesWatson. Again, In the last Critic's Review, this not only is this a good compositionbut the reviewercriticized Rosehill Music for The Brass Bond Bridge is sponsored in-port by per{ormanceis more than worthy of thetitle not providinga full scoreto the "Orient of champion. the Uniuersity of South Florida's Deportment of Express"by Philip Sparke.This would Music, Tompo, Florido. Rosehilltoaccom- LITTLE SUITE NO.III OP. 131 berather difficultfor by plishsince they do notpublish the piece. StudioMusic Company "OrientExpress" is published by Studio Forthoseof you who know SuitesNo. 1 Music.Apologies go to Rosehill. andNo. 2,this newworkwillcome as no sur- UPCOMINGDEADLINES prise.It followsthe sameformat asthe others October 15, 1988 with threecontrasting movements. The first movementis titled Giubiloso and is basically January15,1989 We want to know about April 15, 1989 fanfarein characterwith a softending. Solo cornetsneed a stronghigh Bb for th.ismove- YOUR BAND'S activities!! ment. The second movement (Allegretto) your beginswith a sopranoand flugel duet and Send story to containsgood legatoplaying for everyone. The BrassBand Bridge. THE BRAss BAND BRTDGE 3 WHAT IS THE TENOROF -H/-?dA YOURHORNSECTION? BULLETIN B by J. Perry Watson,Past hesident of NABBA The North American Brass BandAssociation's Board of Direc- Those of us in the torswill meetSaturday, September have the soundsfrom orchestrabrass 17, 1988 in fuheville, North Car- , olina.This is the Board'smost im- sections,brass choirs, brass portant meeting of the year and concertbands, and other similartim- bres"in our system".French horns are tr- plans fir" manyimportant willbemade for future NABBA activities.All part and parcel of what we expectto NABBA membersare encouraged hear when the soundsof brassinstru- to submitmaterials or motionscon - ments issueforth. ALL compositions U^qtrl!t^ cerningthe organizationto: and arrangementsfor any of the above DouglasField, Secretary musicalorganizations have parts writ- 4156 FieldgateDrive #35 ten specificallyfor the French ; Mississauga.Ontario substitutionby any other instrument 1i'E-.@ CanadaL4W 2N1 hassimply come to be musicalheresy! By those conductors and who know, a substitutionis simplynot Htr- -g< NIOVING? allowedor permitted.It would be dif- iumsand evento the secondand third ficult to imagineany conductorof any .British composers and arrang- Pleasesend us your new addressso orchestraallowing a to sub- ers indicatethey give the Frenchhorn that we may forward your copy of the 'lound" stitutefor a Frenchhorn at any time. to the baritonesand euphon- BRASSBAND BRIDGE. And yet,there are those who seeno iums as this "frees"the tenor horns to dichotomy of musical integrity when serveas the alto voiceof the ensemble. THE CIASSIFIED'S Frenchhorns are substitutedfor tenor The lightnessof the tenor horn servesa horns.Tenor horns are listed and called specificneed found only in the instru- Are you wonderinghow to sellthat for by the composersand arrangersof mentationof the brassband. you antiquecornet or where canadver- allbrassband musical literature. Since cornetscan imitate the bril- your tise musicservices to brassbands- Permit this writer to state a few liantsounds of the trumpetsection, the people? The followingis a list of cate- points regardingthe matter of French crystallinequality of the tenor horns gories place and detailson how to an homsversus tenor herns. Elgar Howarth must be protectedand maintained. ad: has stated,....'thebrass band oddly Otherwise,by removing this unique ProfessionalCards enoughis a lyricalmedium". Allother tonequality, one diminishes the overall For Sale brassensembles and brass sections, characteristicsound of the brassband Players/tlusic DirectorsWanted due to the use of French horns are whichin turn soundsmore like the brass Music,Accessories and Supplies basicallyhruroic in essence.Certainly sectionof an .This substitu- Wanted one cannotfind a more heroicsound tionmay be prefened and/or advocated Miscellaneous than that of the . Brass for many reasons.However, musical per Rates issue: bandscan and do playheroic music too, standards,and thatphrase must include (with $.50perword 12 wordminimum ), but lyricism is the stylistic frame- standardsin instrumentation,are the (inclusive $20 for 2Yz" x 1" box of work of brassbands. essenceof our art form. Without musi- (in- wording),$30 for 2Vz"x 2" box To these ears it is the gossamer cal standards artistic confusion will quarter clusive of wording), $40 for quality of the tenor horn which main- abide.And whatwill followwillbe some page page ad,$60 for half ad,$100 for tainsthe integrityof the Saxhornfamily; typeof hybridorganization which could full page ready must ad. Camera art be after all, THE INSTRU- not be calledfish nor fowl. It behooves provided for all ads. MENTS ARE THE BRASS BAND! NABBA, and all others interestedin Pleasemake checkspayable (U.S. cunency) The unique tone quality of the tenor brassbands, to maintainstandards and to the North American Brass Band Association horn,and not the Frenchhorn, is asked to seethat the presentinstrumentation and sendad informationwith checkto the Editors (addressand deadlineson page 2). for by the creatorof all musicwritten for is not diluted. the brassband. The brassband has been fine tuned It is interestingto comparethe man- for over 150 years.It has achieveda FOR SALE ner in which tenor horns are used in perfectproportion carefully worked out transcriptionsof standard orchestra and developedover generationsof brass 1961 BESSON4 ValveCompen- most part, the players.We can do no better than to - - compositions.For the satingEuphonium SilverPlatedr Frenchhorn lines are not given to the honorthat tradition, .... in factwe would - firm. Rarelyused $800 Write tb tenor ,but rather to the do well to keep that tradition alive. Box 165,Rye, NY 10580 baritones,tenor ,euphon- What'sthe tenorof your horn section?? 4 rHE nnass sAND BRTDGE

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We specialise in arranging Music our organization, the National Asyoumaybeaware,thel-ewington Tours for brass bands in the U.K. We Associationof Letter Carriers,willcele- Yamaha Brass Band is recognized as arrangetheir transport, accommodation bratebrate- its cg$letnialcentennial anniversaryanniversanr in itsifc oneana ofnf theiho topfnn tenran bandshrnJc in the+lia countryr,^^,,-+-, and concertvenues. ^- Our clientsinclude cfty of,IvtihraukeeiwBd6frsiri'*j and has recently entered into negotii. youth bands as well as famous $Un*ng ?uring late August 1989. As part of that i tion with the AtaianticAtalantic Brass Band with a pionshipBands. Until ydrrtours celebration,-ryea!,e preparing a major visitingthe USA next year, at a have been ;ruryto t Europe, historicalexhibitio{ to illustratethe his- iaualiat -he_arransed. but *af€ now actively ,Vifrahfuiqjn developing tory, developmentland special role of i Wtitrt the name, tours the U.SA. We havehad several lettercarriers in Am'grica. ,thereis no directinput to i-ndgarJfro;; from well-knownbands wish. I amwriting to urlfootyour ussistance fohem'@ill and whilst the sp".*r ir gef."i"r, ingto the U.S.A.and wewouldvery inourpreparations.wearecontactinga Lewigtonimports the ins]hLments much to build up a network of con- numberoJ band socfotiesthroughout intothe ux;tne levelof suppoftcannot------tacts, brassbands in the U.SA. +L^ t I-:+^l Qr^r^^ :- ^-i^------. - I t the united statesin an'bttemptto id"n- ip to free trips to tne stutlJ.lr- as well potential concertvenues. We tifu sourcesof informati&non American I nr u method of offsetting'thecosts, recognisethat such involvement with letter carrier bands. Lilp many other &re Band coutd make itself i;ailable to the brass movement in the U.S.A. major labor organizatiohs, individuat the yamaha summer schoob and shouldbe an active just level,and not branchesof the NationalAssociation of possiblyyamaha could organize some of correspondence.To this letter Caniers often ha<{ their own oncerts. i end, we willing to participate in marching bands which RQrformedat ; These are merely suggestions,but eventswithin ur count4l and, hope- local paradesand other occAsions.fu a ahy supportyou gr.i" to fully, be a of the mutual interest result, the history of these fundsupnds con- ujould be greatly"ouldappreciated and could whichhas grown up over stitute an important aspec\ of our obly produce good; publicity for the last few betweenband people organization'shistory.WehopQthatyou Ybmaha. in Britain and U.SA. might be able to help us locatdlsources i e.g. Goddard A.D. of informationon lettercanier\ands I il"n;6d,ThorpeHesley Raybum Wouldvvuur(r vuuyou Pleaseplease contactconracr mQ if yolyou jp-^r--r Tou Umited Tqu 1I Rotherham/-e^+r_.r.-* ---'-"'-..'/ -"1 561e41 2ppoDD Pentagon Nottingham Road have such information or if you kdow of i Derby, 6HB any other sourcesof informationi The NALC is very interestedin our baseof information bands as soon and . I look for- to hearing from you in the near

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