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CBDNA REPORT FALL 2018 SCOTT S. HANNA Editor REPORT FALL 2018 IN THIS ISSUE From the Podium – 1 Dissertations/Treatises – 2 News - 2 Programs – 3 FROM THE PODIUM BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND A RESTFUL BREAK!! YOUR CBDNA BOARD CBDNA REPORT FALL 2018 NEWS Afterwards there was the opportunity to walk on the treetop path and observation tower overlooking the IGEB International Conference Saarschleife valley. The day concluded with a trip to the The International Society for the Promotion and winery Domaine Henri Ruppert just inside the border of Research of Wind Music (Internationale Gesellschaft zur Luxembourg, with a view overlooking the intersection of Erforschung und Förderung der Blasmusik) (IGEB) held Germany, France, and Luxembourg. their 23rd Biennial International Conference from July After the conclusion of presentations on Monday, a final 19-23. The conference was held in the town of membership meeting was held, reflecting on publications Wadgassen in the state of Saarland, in southwest and upcoming plans for IGEB. The next edition of Alta Germany. The five-day conference boasted the largest Musica – IGEB’s official book series – will be published in number of attendees and presentations in the 2019 with papers from the conference. For a complete organization’s history. Presenters from fifteen countries listing of papers presented at the 2018 conference, all gave papers, and this was the first conference in which previous conferences, and a complete catalogue of multiple presentations were offered simultaneously. The available publications, please visit the organization’s theme for this conference was “Wind Music, New Media, website (www.igeb.net). and Music Education,” though papers reflected a diverse collection of topics. The IGEB conferences are an outstanding way to foster new friendships across the globe and learn more about IGEB was founded in 1974 as the first musicological wind music and its research in unique and fascinating congress for the exploration of wind music at the settings. For additional information, please visit the Conservatory for Music and the Performing Arts IGEB website or its Facebook page at IGEB Wind Music (presently the University for Music and the Performing Research & Promotion. IGEB is also present at the Midwest Arts) in Graz, Austria. The society’s purpose is to explore Clinic, and new members are always welcome. “all aspects of wind music by means of international congresses at which musicologists, conductors, interested musicians and amateurs can exchange ideas and DISSERTATIONS AND knowledge.” This includes not only an exchange of ideas, but also a cultural exchange of various traditions of the TREATISES host city, region, and country. A Conductor’s Analysis and Performance Guide President Damien Sagrillo, host Björn Jakobs, and the for John Mackey’s Songs from the End of the IGEB officers presented a wonderful conference that World included evening concerts and a delightful social William L. Lake, Jr. program on Sunday. The conference began with a membership meeting on Thursday afternoon, followed Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree by a welcome by Sebastian Greiber, mayor of of Doctor of Musical Arts at The University of Maryland, 2018 Wadgassen. A concert featuring chamber music by The purpose of this study is to provide background members of the Indiana Wind Symphony preceded a information, a conductor’s analysis, and a performance buffet with local specialties hosted by the mayor. Friday guide for John Mackey’s Songs from the End of the World evening’s performances during the conference included (2015), a composition for soprano soloist, eleven winds, park concerts by the Bergkapelle Saar, a local wind double bass, harp, piano, and percussion. Background orchestra and the Musique Militaire Grand-Ducale de information for this study emerged from interviews with Luxembourg. On Saturday, attendees traveled via bus to Abby Jaques, poet; John Mackey, composer; Lindsay the nearby town of Dillengen for a performance by the Kesselman, premiering soprano vocalist; and Kevin M. Symphonisches Blasorchester Schweizer Armeespiel. Geraldi, premiering conductor. The text, Mackey’s These concerts provided the rare opportunity to hear a compositional choices, the premiering vocalist's variety of ensembles, both civic and military from approach to characterization, and the conductor's different countries within close proximity to the Saarland. interpretive decisions are presented to reveal the work's Sunday’s social program began with a tour of the structure, construction, and dramatic elements. Insight Völklingen Ironworks, now a UNESCO World Heritage into challenges and approaches for presentations of this Site, which reflects the importance of mining and work is provided in the performance guide. industry upon the region’s history. This was followed by lunch at a brewery, and a cruise on the river Saar. CBDNA REPORT FALL 2018 PROGRAMS FLORIDA Southeastern University ALABAMA William L. Lake, Jr., conductor University of South Alabama October 25, 2018 Symphony Band “Of Our New Day Begun” Jason Rinehart, conductor National Emblem ....................... Edwin Eugene Bagley September 27, 2018 American Salute ................Morton Gould, arr. Wagner Three Ayres from Gloucester .............. Hugh M. Stuart Chester ............................................ William Schuman Rest ........................................................ Frank Ticheli Of Our New Day Begun ....................... Omar Thomas Third Suite............................................... Robert Jager Themes from Porgy and Barnes .............. James Barnes Danzon from Fancy Free.............................................. ................................... Leonard Bernstein, arr. Bocook West Side Story Selections ............................................ GEORGIA ................................... Leonard Bernstein, arr. Bocook Kennesaw State University Wind Ensemble University of South Alabama David Kehler, conductor Wind Ensemble September 13, 2018 Will Petersen, conductor “Happy 100th Lenny!” Jason Rinehart, guest conductor Overture to “Candide”................................................. September 27, 2018 ........................... Leonard Bernstein, trans. Grundman Jupiter from The Planets .......................... Gustav Holst Make Our Garden Grow.............................................. After the Thunderer ................................ Ira Hearshen ................................ Leonard Bernstein, trans. Kreines Lincolnshire Posy ................................. Percy Grainger Suite from “Mass” ........................................................ Esprit de Corps ........................................ Robert Jager .............................. Leonard Bernstein, trans. Sweeney Prelude, Fugue and Riffs ................. Leonard Bernstein University of South Alabama Four Dances from “West Side Story” ........................... Wind Ensemble .................................... Leonard Bernstein, arr. Polster Will Petersen, conductor Slava! .................. Leonard Bernstein, trans. Grundman Matt Greenwood and Jason Rinehart, guest conductors Kennesaw State University November 6, 2018 University Band Suite from Mass ..... Leonard Bernstein, trans. Sweeney Trey Harris, conductor Prelude and Fugue in B-flat .......................................... Joe Donahue, xylophone ....................... Johan Sebastien Bach, arr. Moehlmann Mason Upshaw, student conductor Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral ................................. October 1, 2018 .................................... Richard Wagner, trans. Calliet Courtly Airs and Dances ........................... Ron Nelson Symphony in B-flat ............................. Paul Hindemith Irish Washerwoman ........................ Nathan Daughtrey All the Pretty Horses .............................Anne McGinty University of South Alabama American Folk Rhapsody No. 1......... Clare Grundman Symphony Band The Battle Pavane, arr. Margolis .......... Tielman Susato Jason Rinehart, conductor Matt Greenwood, guest conductor Kennesaw State University November 19, 2018 Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble Cenotaph ................................................... Jack Stamp Debra Traficante and David Kehler, conductors Stone Gardens .................................. Robert W. Smith Doug Lindsey, cornet Nimrod .................................. Edward Elgar, arr. Reed Ryan Moser, trumpet Letters for Home .................................. Peter Meechan October 10, 2018 The Honored Dead .......................... John Phillip Sousa Wind Symphony Diamond Tide ........................................... Viet Cuong First Suite in E-flat, Opus 28, No. 1 .......... Gustav Holst Three Georgian Vignettes ................... Robert Sheldon Hymn to a Blue Hour ............................. John Mackey Symphony No. 3 ............................... Vittorio Giannini Wind Ensemble CBDNA REPORT FALL 2018 Theme are Variations, Opus 43a.... Arnold Schoenberg Concordia University Chicago Napoli ............................................... Herman Bellstedt Wind Symphony Saints Fantasy .............................................................. Richard R. Fischer, conductor ................... James Stephenson, trans. Rex Richardson Fall Tour to St. Louis, Indianapolis, Peoria, Fantasy Variations .......................... Donald Grantham Illinois and River Forest, Illinois Home Concert Fortress of the