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OfficialJoumal of the NorlhAmerican Brass Band Association, June2003 lssue 92 OST-CONTESTISSUE 2OO www.nabba,otg lnside this issue . President'sPodium lllinoisto representNABBA at BritishOpen NABBA2003 Reviews Cuyahogaplay Severance Hall SleighBells with Magic BrassBand Programs AthenaBrass at IWBG BrassBand Recordings NewMusic for BrassBand :i :.) ll TheBrass Band Eridge June2003 Collnw. Holman,Editor Tho Bra!. Sand Bridg. 31 JosephLane Edito,'sNores GlendaleHeights, lL 60139 ColinHolman........,... ................4 Telephone(6:10) 66t{213 ErassEand News E-fi ail colin.w. hol m an@ un o. c o m submittedbyourreaders...............................-........... 4 Rrlph P. 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All dghtsreserved- The Bress BendBddge welcomes news, matedals for review,communications, pholographs, new adverlisers andscholady articles on all aspectsrelating to, andfor the benefitof brassbands in NorthAmerica. Scholadyarticles should include tootnotes and bibliography where appropriate. Eleclronicsubmission is preferredwhere possible. Materials may be editedfor content. Publicationand adverlising deadlines are the 1slhof January.April, July and October. ' Printedby Joe Dymit,Perasol Printing, Lombard lL. June2003The Brass Band Bridge Overthepasi I monthsyou ve probably TheAthena Brass Band is the brain- casethe very best in brassband reper- nolicesa ralherseriesotsporadic Bruss childof LauraLineberger, a euphonium toireand for this soecial occasion chose BandBidge magazinesshowing up on playerandlib€rianwilh the Uniled Slates to placethe emphasis on originalworks your doorslepot compulerscreen. ArmyBand. Alhena will performat the forbrassband. Asw€llas luxu ating in NABBAhas continued to undergosome lnlernationalWomen's Brass ConfeF the magnificentacoustics of lhasfine significanlchanges in lhe way it does enceheld June 17-21 in Bloomington, auditoriumthe membeEof CVBBwere businesswhichhas included moving the lL. UponLaura's organization, a group delightedby the warm response totheh entire productionprocess of editing, of ladiesfrom variousNABBA bands performanceby the largeaudaence. ll producing,printing, and mailing to Chi convenedat the2002 NABBA Champi- wascertainly an evening the m€mbers of cago. The eleckonjcversions ot the onships,held in Cincinnati,Ohio. The theband will never forgel and they were magazine,and lhe stroamlinedprocess resultofihismeeling was the enlhusias- delightedto receive an invitataon toretum willsave NABBA considerable amounts tic formalionof AthonaBrass Band. soonimm€diately following their pedoF of moneyand improve ihe efficiencyof I\,lembersofthe band were selecled fiom mance.CVBB'S prog.am included Folk the process--amporlantaspecls an an NABBAbands lhroughoul lhe United Fesfivs/(Shostakovich arr SnelD,Cel organizationofonly 1000 m€mb€rs and States.Athena Erass Band was chosen ebralion(Condon), Napot (Bellstedt arr wilha limiledbudget. as lhe nameof the €nsemble,paying Brand),TravisScott, eu phonium soloisti homagetoAth€na,GoddessotWsdom, Deep lnside Tho SacrcdTenple (Bizel Nowweare caught up with our produc- whowas regard€d as the prolector ofall arrWlkinson).Travis Scott and Wlliam lion, you can enjoy in a morelimely citiesand stales. Anila Cocker-Hun| Bauer,euphonium soloists; Gaudele/ fashionsome of the very significani NABBAPresidenl and direclorof the lNoy'oury):EleSyfrcn A DownlandSuile rccentevents. In lhis issueyou can CincinnaliBrass Band. isAth6na's con- (frefand):Yarialiors on Laudate eitherrclive anolher wonderf ul compeli- ductor Soloistswiih lhe groupwill be Domrhum(Gregson). tionfrom Little Rock, or hopefullyget a Amy Nelson(comel, Chlcago Blaaa good flavor for the variety and excite- Band),Lisa Galvin (tenor horn, Br.3a Thellllnois BrasaBand (Peter Lipari) mentthatNABBA members 6xperi€nced Bandof Col!mbu.)iStacy Baker(tuba, haveacceoled an invitationto oarlici- lhis year. I am gratefulto thosewho L.xlngton Bra!. Band), and Laura pate in this yea6' 151stBritish Open volunieercdto reviewlhe vadoussec- Linebergerand Gail Robertson (eupho- compelitionlo be heldon September tions of th6 cofip€tilionwhile I was niums.SDlrea Braaa gand and Contral 13th.In doing so, they arelhe llrsl band compl€lingmy own busy dutieslhal FlorldaBra8s Band) At lheirIWBC inthe 150yearhislory ofthecompetilion weekend.Across from this column, you performanceon Friday,June 21sl at to oarticioalefrom outside the UK and canread how NABBA is gettinghislori- 1:30o.m. Athena Brass Band will o€r- Commonw6allhcountry. They wil' com- calexposu re at the 151st British Open as forma workbyAnn€ lvlccinty which was Detewilh sevenleenof ihe top brass th6y are represenledby the lllinoi6 commission€dforlh€m by the IWBC, as bandstromlhelJK. Thslestpieceforthe BrasgBand {Peler Lipari), aswellas ihe well as brassband favorites. such as compelitionis twomovements from 7h€ newlytormedAthgna Braas Band (Anita Joumeyinto Frcedom laall), St ke up P/anels(Holst), "Venus" (The bringerof CockerHunl) at the IWBC,and the Band(at. Richards)and Celebl.a- peace)and "Jupite/'(Thebringer ot Cuyahoga Braaa Band (Keith lror (Condon). For moreinformalion jollity),transcribed for brassband by Wlkinson)playing in one ofthis country's aboutAthena Brass Band. email Laura StephenRoberts. OrganizerB€m Gay '\l/e greatconcert halls. Lineberyet [email protected] notesihat ar€ managingthe most difficultband contesl in the worldwith Oneofthe highlights ofthisyea/s com- One of the highlightsin lhe careerof easilythe bestcollection of bandsand petitionwas hearing rcally excellent new CuyahogaValley B.aaa Band (Keith conduclors.We arenow recognising a brassbands from James Madison and Wllkinson)occurred on Aoril 14th when responsibilityto bands worldwide rather HendersonStato University, Spokane, lheyperfomedal Severance Hall, home than simplyto our domesticpeople. OzarkI\Iountains and Stavanger making of the CtevelandOrcheslra. They ap- H[arry]M[ortime4 and Margaretwere theirfirst appearance. Let's hope we pearedthere as guesls ot Case Westem committedtoan exclusive ODen. a con- seemlhem allagain and regularly. ReserveUniversity, CVBB providing ihe tradictionin lerms. l4artin[Mortimer] first parl of th€ programand CWRU and I see lhe possibillyof makingthe Happyreading, and bestwishesforyour Symphonic VVindsth€ second half. The upcomingbrass bend activities. CVBBprogram was selectedto show- conlinueclon page 6 ColinHolman, Edilor 4 fte BnssBand Bridge June2003 June2003TheBrassBand Bridge continuedfron page 4 BritishOpen a WorldChampronship bydegrces " Weall sendthe band our best wishes as theyrcprcsent NABBA in a hislory- makingmomenl nal onlyfor NorlhAneican bandsbut alsobress bands worldwide. MARKYOURDIARIES!! NABBA XXII 2OO4 Hostedby the BrassBand of the Tri-State & MountainState Brass Band GalaConcert by the MoreheadState Universitv Percussion Ensemble & NorthAmerican Gala Brass Band Forinformation: www.nabba2004.com [email protected] mflUffi CAI\Svtatza Eaace" ' InnN[CGd[tsP0xst lu lll Eress/l{lrdInttTmrn$ CANYOUR INSTRUMENT USE IMPROVEMENT? 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