rssuE28 BRTDGE:a link, alie. a bond,analliance, Tln{ET BRIDGE,IOI{DOiI aconneclion, to bandtoqether, 1o unifq, MAY 1987

Courtesyo/ MusicalInstrument Division, Yamaha International Corporation FESTTVAL OF WORKSHOPS BEGINS

The secondannusl At eachlocation, the workshopwill Participantsin each one of these FestiualoJ Brass Band start around 6:30 on Friday evening workshopswill form a British brass lastinguntil approximately 10:00 p.m. band in order to play and study the Workshops wiII be held The workshopwill continuethe next music and composersof this world- in six stCIfes. morningfrom around9:30 to approxi- wide movement. The historv and current operations oi brass bands in thrs 'Th" North American country and the I BrassBand Associa- British Isles will tion,Inc., is pleasedto be highlighted. announcethat duringthe Suggestionsand re- summerof 1987 it will offer BnlssBmrn 0r CorumBUScommendationsfor six brassband workshops. starting a community Sponsoredby the Musical CONQUERSCHMPIONSHIP British brassband, possi- InstrumentDivision of ble sourcesof sponsorship YamahaInternational for this type of band,and Corporation,these two- the generalmakeup and day workshopswill be working operationsof these held in Fredonia,New bandswillbe studied in depth. York; Bainbridge, WRAIWnrs Honons Yamahawillsupply a matched Georgia;Denton, set of brassinstruments and Texas;Indepen- will providea full setof percus- dence,Missouri; sion instrumentsfor eachwork- Minneapolis,Min- shop.As a directresult of last nesota;and Quincy, Emrnmrlowl Tmns year's series of workshops, at Illinois.NABBA leastthree new brassbands were Board Member formed.So, find a dateand location RichardTolley will CnnrnNGE that suits you and bring a be the instructorat potential"brass bander" to the Denton,Texas a summer workshopl workshopand NABBA (See Special Championship Insert) For more information, ChairmanJ. PerryWatson contact J. Perry Watson, will be the instructorfor all NABBA Chairman.atthe tLri.other workshops. NCSU Music Department, In order to accommodate mately 5:30 that afternoon. A Iee of Box7311, Raleigh. NC 27695, phone the many high school band directors $40.00per adult and $10.00 per (919)737-2981. For dates, deadlines, needing certi{ication renewal credit, student will cover registrationfees. locations,contact persons, registra- Nr-rr1fi6u.olina State University will materials,supplies, etc. The workshops tions and other such information, oiitzr one certification renewal credit are free of charge to all NABBA refer to "Workshops" on page 2. for.any one of these workshops. membersholding valid memberships. -Continued on Poge 2 ONE VOICE by Barry Manilow arranged by Ray Farr c'5 MusicCo. f'6.50 Studio This beautifully scored arrangementfeatures EWS unaccompaniedsolo at the begin- ning with the theme, and continues to build to the end with increasingsonority and intensity. Official publication of the North American A very playableselection, this is a guaranteed BRICKS AND BRASS. The John Laing BrassBand Association. audiencepleaserwith possible standing ovation. (Hendon)Band. Conductor:Donald Morrison, This is a must for the band's popular music (). For,about and by British-typebross bonds with George Chisholm Iibrary,and anotherwinner for Ray Farr. throughout North America. (POLYPHONIO PRL O3ODf5.50 _D.K. SideOne: 1. Bishop'sBlaize (Richards);2. Ev'ry Editor ..... Koren D. Kneeburg TimeWe SayGoodbye (Porter/Morrison); *3. I'm Assistanf Beginningto See the Llght (James/Eilington/ Hodges/Georgel;*4. I Fall in Love Too Easy WORKSHOPS Editor..... Don W. Kneeburg '5. (Stein/Cahn); Lisa (Gary and George Chis- Continued lrom Page 7 17304 LynnetteDr., Lutz, FL 33549 holm); 6. Romancede I'amour (arr. Barry);7. (813\ 949-1022 TritschTratsch Polka (Strauss/Richards) May 29 & 30, contact Mr. Grant Side Two: 1. The Snowman (Blake);2. Post- Cooper, School of Music, S.U.N.Y. *3. MEMBERSHIPDUES; Horn Galop (Koenig/Herbed); Change Fredonia,Fredonia, NY 14063,(716) *4. (Elling- Individual .....$ 20.00 Partners(Berlin); SophisticatedLady 673-3151,deadline May 15. *5. (Ellington); Medley- Associate 10.00 ton); Satin Doll 6. Waltzesof Love (arr.Morrison). *Soloist: George June 19 & 20. contact Dr. Edward Memberband 50.00 Chisholm. Mobley,Bainbridge Jr. College,Bain- Corporate 100.00 With easy listening in mind, most of the bridge,GA 37717, (9121246-7642, Sustaining 250.00 contentof this recordingis in keepingwith the Patron 500.00 style of playing synonymouswith the guest deadlineJune 5. Leadership 1000.00 trombonist,George Chisholm. Devotees of this June 26 & 27, contact Mr. Richard pro- type of music may wish to listen to the Tolley,Music Department, Texas Tech. Moil to: duction at one sitting,others may prefer to be Mi ke Swallor, TreosurerN.A.B. B. A. selective,since continuous music of one genre University,Lubbock, fi 79409, (806) 225 W. Mople Ave., Loncoster,KY 40444 USA can begin to pall. 742-2270,deadline June 72 As well as its full ensembleplaying the band alsofeatures its own soloists,particularly Steven July 10 & 11, contactMr. GaryLove, The North Americon Brass Bond Willcox(flugel), Paul Sutton (), and Richard Route 2, Box 58-D, Grain Valley,MO Associofionproudly recognizesthe Welsh in the Post-HornGalop. 64029, (816) 224-0673, deadline following for their support: A concessionto the true brassband idiom June 26. is Goff Richards'march Bishop's Blaize with which the productionopens. July 24 & 25, contact Dr. David LEADERSHIPMEMBERS: Baldwin, School of Music, University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, MN 55455, THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. Point of Ayr HooksDrugs (612) INDIANAPOLIS.INDIANA Colliery (EIMCO) Band. Conductor: Denzil 222-1040, deadlineJuly 10. Stephens. August 7 & 8, contactMrs. Pam Potter, JamesPoyner (POLYPHONTC)PRL 029D f5.50 RALEIGH.NORTH CAROLINA Side One: 1. Opus99 (Prokofief,an. Stephens); 2208 Jefferson,Quincy, lL 623OI, 2. Pastorale(Richards); 3. Tired (2I7\ 224-3799, deadline July 24. MusicalInstrument Division (Chester);4. The Dove (arr.Stephens), soloist: YamahaInternational Corporation Natalie Bamet (horn);5. Anyone Can Whistle GRAND RAPIDS,MICHIGAN (Sondheim,arr. Snell);6. Elen Fwyn (Hughes, arr. Stephens),soloist: Geraint Jones (cornet); THEBRTDGE CottApSEO CORPORATEMEMBERS: 7. CranberryCorners USA (Klein,arr. Stephens). Side Two: 1. Army of the Nile (Alford);2. Tuba In the last issue of "The Brass Band Carnegie-MellonFine Arts Smarties(Flowers, arr. Stephens),.soloist:David Bridge,"we inadvertentlyannounced (arr. 4. ExtensionDivision Owen; 3. Nuts & Wine Stephens); that Bram Gay would be one of the Myfanwy (Parry,arr. Stephens),soloist: David three judges for ChampionshipV. PITTSBURGH.PENNSYLVANIA Roberts (euphonium); 5. The Blue and the Bram Smithwas the thirdjudge at this MirafoneCorporation Gray (Grundman). Comprising short items which would find eventand our apologiesto bothof you WALDKRAIBURG,WEST GERMANY ready acceptancein a concert of light music, for this mistake!We were pleased, Boosey& HawkesBand Festivals this record succeedsin alsoproviding a variety however, to receive a letter from of styles. Mr. Bram Gay (from Great Britain). Arrangementsof enchantingmelodies, ex- The SelmerCompany Apparently while reading "The Brass ELKHART, INDIANA hilaratingmarch music, novelty numbers as well as transcriptionsfrom the Americanwind band Band Bridge," he learned of his repertoirecombine to producean entertaining "supposed"duty as judge and wrote programme. to us explainingthat he would not be UPCOMINGDEADLINES Four soloistsmake fine contributions,and in the Statesat that time and hoped arrangementsby the band's director of music that our contestwent well. We were July31, 1987 , form a significantpart of the repertoire. -Michael Kenyon happy to learn that our friends over- October97,7987 courtesvof "The British Bandsman" seas read our publicationand that January31, 1988 there is indeed a BRASS BAND -Reuiews continued nextcolumn BRIDGE. The1987 NorthAmerican Brass Band Championship V

l\l / Q pfl rras just com- from Vinter's"Salute to Youth," proved Becominga traditionof the NABBA Ll,nbtLrFlpleted its fifth to be too much for the other five Championships,when the dayis done, North AmericanBrass Band Champion- bands.Will the BBC give NABBA a the celebratingbegins. Members from ship with great success.Three out- hat trick next year? Not so, says the bands(yes, even those from the same standingjudges, Stephen Bulla, William Aruanrrc BRAss BnNn (Anthony division!)intermingle, talk over their Himesand BramwellSmith spentthe Guerere)who won secondplace in the band's past activitiesand share the day with thirteen participatingbands Championship Division. This band reliefof monthsof rehearsingthe test- that traveledfrom variousareas of the from southernNew Jersey has literally piece. Spiritsflow freely at this yearly United States.The eventsbegan with "risen"to the occasionfrom yearspast. gatheringwith cheersand challenges the opening ceremonypresented by Three outstandingsoloists were for the yearto come. the SalvationArmy ColumbusCitadel recognized with medallion awards. A few "SpecialThanks" are in order. Band. Immediately {ollowing were Cornet soloist Jim Rosenbergfrom The Board of Directorsof NABBA, the concertspresented by two youth bands the Rockville Brass Band gave a Contest Committee and Host Band with the VRRsrrY All-SrRn BRAss brilliantperformance of "Bride of the are expectedto carry out certainjobs BeNo (Eric Aho) winning first prize. Waves"by HerbertL. Clarke(Challenge pertainingto the Championshipsand Three bandsfought for the Chal- Division).James Buckner from the all three groups did indeed do their lenge Division title with the ERsrrRru MississippiRiver BrassBand won in jobswell, howeverthere are two "other" IowR BnRss BRruo well at the lead. the ChampionshipSection with his individualswho need some special SteveWright's interpretive musician- beauti{ully played Eb cornet solo recognition.Anne Drosteand Phyllis ship guided this band to the top "Capriccio"by PhilipSparke. Winning Swaffarare to be commendedfor their (suspenders,hats and all!). Second the Honors DivisionAward and the dedicatedwork duringthe competition. place went to the RocxvtLLE BRASS SchilkeTrophy for OutstandingSoloist These are the ladieswho organized BRNo (Ernest E. Wolfe, Jr.) from of the Day went to WRAL's James the band materialson the NABBA Rockville,Maryland. Both bandsper- Ketch for his superb execution of table, made sure all band members formedthe test-piece"A MalvernSuite" "Rhapsodyin Ebfor SopranoCornet" were "signedin" and distributedsou- by Philip Sparke. by Robert Eaves.Bravo! to all three venirprograms. They both volunteered The Honors Divisionwinner is a of you. their time and worked very hard to relativelynew organization-the WRAL NABBA was able to raise one help the day'sactivities run smoothly. Bness BRNo from the Raleigh/Dur- thousanddollars during their instru- To you two ladies, all of NABBA ham/ChapelHill areaof North Carolina. ment auction. The Conn Company appreciatesyour tirelessefforts. Our The band (not even one year old) donated a euphonium which was many, many thanks. soared to excellencewith their per- quickly snapped up by a potential RESULTS "Hinemoa" After formanceof test-piece by brassbander. whatseemed to be CHAMPIONSHIP GarethWood. Conductor David Reed a contestin itself (an almostendless BrassBand of Columbus 276 wasquite crafty in hisprogramming by bidding match betweentwo people), Atlantic BrassBand 259 selecting"Barn Dance and Cowboy Paul Drostefinally went home with a MississippiRiver BrassBand 254 Hymn" by Philip Sparketo finish off new Yamahatenor horn for the BBC. SunshineBiass 252 Smoky Mountain British BrassBand 249 their portion of the day. Not a bad SunshineBrass was happy to buy the BloomingtonBrass Band 215 pieceto "dust off' withl The AI-r-ecHrnv BbBach cornet donated by The Selmer BnRss BnNp (John Culp) received Company after some instigating by HONORS WRAL BritishBrass Band 270 secondprize in this Division. principal cornetistWendy Sweat. AlleghenyBrass Band 241 For the secondconsecutive yepr, The evening'sgala concertwas a CHALLENGE THe BnRss BRno Or Colurueus wonderfulwayto end the daywith the Easternlowa BrassBand 258 (Paul Droste) is North Ameriqa's United StatesArmy CeremonialBrass RockvilleBrass Band 242 Champion.Their technicalplaying.of and Percussionwhose program in- NCSU British BrassBand 241 test-piece"Connotations" by Edward cluded "their" test-piece,"Blitz" by YOUTH Gregsoncoupled with two movements Derek Bourgeois. VarsityAll-Star Brass Band 243 WRAL -DAVID REED, CONDUCTOR Flrst Place, Honors Dlulslon

BRASS BAND OF COLUMBUS ATI..ANTICBRASS BAND-AI{THONY GUERERE,CONDUCTOR Ffrst Place, Cham Second Ploce, ChompionshipDiuision

lgtt.Q!r"4 EASTERNIOWA BRASS BAND-STEVEWRIGHT, CONDUCTOR Flrct Place, Challenge Dlolslon

'PAUL Guest Bqnd DROSTE, CONDUCTOR UNITED STATESARMY CEREMONIALBRASS AI\D PERCUSSION pionship Diuision CAPTAIN DAVID H. DEITRICK,JR., CONDUCTOR BRAMSMITH: WIIIIAMHIMBS: STEPHENBULIA: Sonorityand Sound LowBrass Composingand Arranging in HighBrass Techniques for BrassBand by BosilWentworth by Tod Morkin by Dovid Pickett The keynote of Mr. Smith's talk, In a 45-minutesession thatseemed As arranger "by appointment" to which was punctuated by displaysof to be much shorter,Mr. Himes,who is the White House and for many presti- dazzling technique, was: Play as you the Territorial Music Secretaryfor the gious ensemblesin Washingtonand sing; if it sounds right and feels right, SalvationArmy's Central Territory as elsewhere,and with many creditsas it is right. However, the details of well as the Bandmasterof the Chicago composer and arranger for British achievingthat state of rightnessare a Staff Band, presentedmuch informa- brassband, Mr. Bulla was alreadywell bit more complicated.Here are a few tion of value to all brass players. He known to his audience.He accurately of his hints: alsoaddressed some specific problems assessedthis audienceas consisting Air and breathing:Use the tongue of low brassplaying and the problems mainlyof musiciansactively involved to release the air, not to "hammer" faced by people transferringfrom the in the performance of brass band the attack.Focus the air stream,keep high brassesto the low brasses. musicand straightwaytold them that the tongue in command of it. Above He began with some suggestions thisexperience gave them a headstart all, use the air economicallyand effi- for "non-playingmaintenance," that is, over anybodyelse who wantedto write ciently. whata personwho doesn'thave much for the ensemble.In sayingthis he was Muscle control: Keep the face a time to practicecan do to keep the mindful of the inside knowledgeof "mask," firmly controlled, with all chops in shape. His suggestionsin- instrumentation which comes from motion (tongueand lips)internalized. cluded"facial isometrics" and buzzing. playingin a band,and whichno class- Make all of the musclesof the body He then moved on to the warm-up, room experiencecan duplicate. becomeparts of the instrument. emphasizingthe need to listen and Findingcontrasts was the key point Warm up: Use the warm up not diagnosewhile warmingup. of Bulla's presentation.Discussion only to startthe bloodflowing through Mr. Himes then moved on to the ranged from choice of key centers, the muscles,but also to initiate the specificproblems of low brasses,dis- throughcontrasts between brass choirs disciplineof integratingthe body cussingmouth pieceposition, opening (the most obviousbeing betweenthe muscleswith the instrument. up the teethand throat, tonguing tech- "bright"choir- and trombones, Tonguing:For fastdouble tonguing, niques and dealing with the longer and the "mellow" choir-the restof the varythe vowelset of the mouth.DIH- valve throw of the low brassinstru- brass band) and the use of the dif- GIH is a very fast combination.For ments. He covered techniques for ferent mutes. He encouragedcom- extremespeed, try the consonant"N." playinghigh notesand pedal tones. posersand arrangersto take careover Alwayskeep the sidesof the tongue Finally, Mr. Himes talked about clarity of line, that the instruments securelyanchored, using only the tip the "three M's of mistakes:"mental, don't step on each other, and to for articulation. muscles,and mechanical. experimentwith differentdoublings as The term "lip trill" is a misnomer. The only point of disagreementI the best means of securing good The consciousaction should be modu- had with Mr. Himes'presentationwas balance. lationof the vowelconfiguration of the hisassertion that mostadult musicians Naturally, he also stressedthe mouth (AH-EE-AH-EE),rather than probablyhave all thetechnical abilities importance of interesting parts and motion of the lips. that they are ever going to have. I adequaterests for the players;both of believe that following an intelligent these to keep the interest of the practiceroutine, even for only a few playersfrom flagging,not to mention hours a week, will result in slow but their sagging chops, and to secure steadyimprovement over the years. furthercontrast. The clinic was a valuableexperi- Mr. Bulla'sown preferredmethod ence, for which all who attended of writing is to start with a three stave were grateful to Mr. Himes for scorein concertpitch with instrumental providing. indications;and he claimedthat, if this stageis done well, the restcan be done in front o{ the television.Except for certain spectaculareffects, he writes his percussionparts into the full score @/,r^ lastof all. Thiswas a wellattendedand highly Editors' Note: Friday evening, April',l0th, the three outstonding informativetalk for the beginner,which adjudicators Jor Championship V presented clinics on uarious will hopefullyinspire many to try their topics to ouerwhelming crowds. The aboue are reuiews ol hand at arrangingand composingfor these clinics. brassband. B NN D BRIEFS BRASS BNTS SunsnneBRnssphoniumistMarc Gordon ("Blaydon has completedits Races"),and trombonistDon Kneeburg most successful ("FantasticPolka"). Decemberfound THERoCxy MoUNTRINBRRsswoRxs. fall concert series Sunshine Brass on tour with its under the direction of Paul Curnow since its organi- Christmasprogram. After performing performedan activeChristmas season zation in 1983. the concert in Tampa, the Band and plan a challengingspring series of Under the dy- traveled to Sarasota. Florida. as concerts:May 17 and June 7. Any namic leadership featured artistswith the Florida Sym- NABBA members planning an early of its conductor, phonic Band, performing for 2,000 summer vacation in the Rockies are Karen Kneeburg, people. In the evening of that same cordially invited to any or all of the the Band per- day, SunshineBrass presented its full Brassworks'events. formedfor a fund- Christmasprogram at Sun City Center, -Roy Hess (303) 238-7926 raising dinner in Florida. Audiences at Sun City have September for Straight Inc. (a drug continuedto grow overthe threeyears rehabilitation organization) whose of performancesthere and this year guests included some of the most approximately400 werein attendance. important leadersin the stateof Florida. Weary from the long day's activities, A band formed in 1936, the OsHnwn The first subscription concert was the Band retumed to Tampa to cele- CruIc Bnno (Ontario,'Canada)is busy givenat the Universityof South Florida brateChristmas and to begin prepara- preparing for their spring/summer in Octoberand wastaped fortelevision tions for ChampionshipV. This year concerts.Along with peformancesin by WUSF for broadcast in February Sunshine Brass competed in the April and May, the band is engaged of. 1987. This program spotlighted Championship Division for the first for the city of Oshawa's "Concerts three soloistsfrom the Band: cornetist time as a resultof hat trick wins in the in the Park" June 17; July 8-22 and Wendy Sweat ("Summertime"), eu' HonorsDivision for the pa. August 5-19. Music to be performed tflirfflr; will include Langford's "New World Fantasy,"Curnods "AppalachianFolk Song Suite" along with solo features "The Lark in the Clear Air" (Langford) Our band, THe Cepnol ENGLTSHpieces together again. They decided and "Dublin's Fair City" (Newsome). BRAss BnNo, began in 1972 after its that the challengeof the musicand the founderandsponsor, Doug Brown, Sr., value of an outlet for their musical retumed from visiting the National abilitieswas worth the effort to con- BrassBand ContestFinals in London. tinue.The membersdug into their own Sincethat time, the group has worked pocketsto provide funds to purchase hard to perfectitself and to presentand music; and, with much appreciated promote the Britishbrass band styleof loans of music and the provision of a playingto Utah. They haveperformed placeto practiceby somevery generous in manycivic,school and paradeevents. individualsand organizations,we are The band was Utah's official Bicen- on the way back. Severalof our old tennialband in L976-77. membershave returned and we have EnsrrRn Iown BnRss BAND pre- However in 1986, due to health added new ones.We still have a long sented its second annual clinic which reasons,Doug Brown felt that he could wayto go,but we havea verydedicated concluded February 1st with a gala no longersponsor the band.Since that and optimisticgroup of musicians. concert in Marion, Iowa. time, the band has tried to work with We would be very interested in The clinic attracted 37 musicians two different sponsors,both of whom hearing from other bands that may from as far away as Hamburg, New proved to be less than satisfactory. have been in similar circumstances York. The guest clinician was Robert In fact the last situation resulted in and their ideasand solutionson find- Bernat, founder and director of the the loss o{ our funds, music library, ing good sponsors,raising money, and River City BrassBand in Pittsburgh,PA practicefacilities, and severalmembers. solvingorganizational problems. Mr. Bernat spent three days with In short, we were back to squareone. We feelthat playingin a brassband the clinic participantsrehearsing and In December1986, the remaining is a unique musicalexperience and we leading discussionabout the history, members held a meeting to decide hope to continue doing so. make-upand organizationof a British whether to disband or try to put the - Mury J. Elwell, secretary brassband. The clinic culminatedin a two-hour concert that featured the Capitol EnglishBrass Band o 4380 South 5100 West o Hooper, UT 84315 chnlc band and The Royal Rendition BarbershopQuartet. N/BBA HERB ROSELLE PROFILES

Editor's Note: fhis is port ol on ongoing column about NABBA's gouerning body.

HerbRoselle was born in Yorkshire organized the Atlantic Brass Band. in 1945, he emigratedto the U.S. Lucy plays alto (tenor?) horn in the shortlyafter the war to southernNew band. Herb hasrecently been promoted Jersey.He receivedhis degreefrom to solo euphonium and he is studying GlassboroState College, where he with Tyrone Breuninger of the Phila- studiedtrombone with Richard B. Hills. delphia Orchestra. He also functions After collegehe playedwith dixieland as the personnelmanager for the band. and banjobands throughout the coun- He maintains a strong British con- Lry.Ln7974 he starteda musicbusiness nection, by virtue of relatives.He has whichhas evolved into RegionalMusic developed a relationship with the Service,which suppliesmusical pro- Brodsworth Band and the Jaguar ductsto more than 50 schooldisticts Band. and, in fact, has arranged a in southernNew Jersey. reciprocal tour with the Jaguar band He and his wife,Lucy, havehad a this year. passionateinterest in brass banding He feels very strongly that the sincetheir honeymoon in 1982,when activities of NABBA and the contest they visitedthe BrodsworthColliery are most important in establishingthe Band in the villagewhere Herb was standard for the Atlantic Brass Band, born.Reinforced by the NABBA Cham- and he is pleasedto work on the Board pionships in West Chester, they toward the best musical results.

The Board of Directorsof the shouldsend this informationas North American Brass Band soon as possibleto: Associationwill meeton Saturday, N,4BBA J. PerryWatson, Chairman September12, 1987. Members NCSUMusic Department of NABBA having any business BULLETIN Box 7311. to be broughtbefore the Board Raleiqh.NC 27695

Universityol SoulhFlorido Non-Profit Org. Deportmentof Music U.S. POSTAGEPAID Tompo,Florido 33620 Tampa, Florida PermitNo.257

: ADDRESSCORRECIION REOUESIED