The id olficialJournal ol theNorth American Brass Band Association. Inc. February1994 lssue 55 AmericanBrass Band Composer: William Himes
Wouldyou guessthat the composer of Degreesin MusicEducahon and Per- Asryts of Praisewas also responsiblc formance.Priortoassuminghisprl'scnt for SoloSecondo: A Major Wo* lot Sec- position,hc taughtinstrumcnkl music ondHofi andBand? lf youhave met Bill in thcpublic schoolsofFlint, Michigan Himes,youknow thatis not only pos- and servedas adjunct lecturer in low sible, but expected.Serious, yet fun- brassat Thc Univcrsityof Michigau lovin& inbense,yet witty andcharming Flintcampus. - thescare attributes that fit both his Whileat Michigan he studied composi- musicand hispersonality. Such seem- tion with Lcslic Basscttand Gcorgc ing contladictionactually aids his cre- BalchWilson. Hccites several general ativedrive and spirit! influencesin his developmentas an NABBA membershavc known thc anangcrand composcr.In thc broad- musicof Bill Himes for quitc a fcw cst terms20th ccntury composcrs like yea$, with AsWIs of Pniseserving as a Copland,Prokofiev, and Ravclhavc testpiecc on twod iffcrcntoccasions. In providedmusical inspiration whilc, in addition,Bill hasserved several times thenarrower area of wind writingtllc asan adjudicatorat our contests.Somc therefore,a full-time composcr. A ll the worksofPersichctti, WilliamSchuman, of the highestcommcndations I have morc rcmarl'.ablcthc creativc output andCrainger should also bc mcntioned. receivedfor a judge's commentsand hemaintains, as well asthe manyap- Thc melodicculhrre of The Salvation observationshavebeen about his quick, pearancesas a guestconductor, clini- Army and its rich Englishheritage decisiveand insightful commentary. cian,and soloist leuphonium bcing his Himeshas found to beof greatbenefit In 1992we had the privilege of hearing instrumentof choicel. - a source for what he would label Ns superbwork with The ChicagoStdf Background/Training/lnfluences "motivic contagion,"However, Bill Band,which he has direcd for nearly wouldimmediately want us to be care- two decadcs.Under his leadershipthis Bom and raised in Michigan, Himes ful with our applicationof suchinflu- fine brassband hasreached their high- attcnded The University of Michigary est level of music rnakingin a long receiving his Bachelors and Masters contimrcdol page3 distinguishedhistory. He has taken them throughout North, Central, and South America, Australia and the Far East,and Great Britain, recciving ac- NABBA'94SCHEDULE claim not only for their fine playing but alsofor his imaginative programs. At Dress time THIRTEEN bands were Varsity All-Stars Brass Band; Cham- commirred to NABBA',94 , Aptil22 23, DionshiDSection: Brass Band of Co- As Territorial Music Secretaryfor The at North Carolina State University. iumbus; Hawthorn City Band (Aus- SalvationArmy's Cenhal Tenitory nl Youth Section:Junior Varsity AllStars tralia); Ohio Collegiate Blass Bandi mid-westemstatesl Himes must over- BrassBand; Honors Scction:Common- Smoky Mountain Brass Band; Tri- seethe music programs of thatdenolni wealth BrassBand; Eastem Iowa Brass angl€ Brass Band. Here is the tentative nation - publications, music leader- Band:Illinois BmssBand: NCSUBdt- schedule for our twoday event: ship trainin& music education prc- ish Brass Band, Qu€€n City Bras8 grams - for a vast region. He is not, Bandi Sheldon Theats€Brass Band; corltifi1rcdofi page5 Editor'sNotes
N,4BBANinc nciv brassbands are listed in our The Bndgel K@p up the good workl BrassBand News s€ctionthis issuellf Lefs make this associationwork. Olicialquartsrt joufnai ol lhe Norlh you havc cverdoubted abou t thehealth Finally,The BrassBand of Columbus' AmeicanBrass Band Assoclalion, Inc. of our relatively young movemcnt jn historic performance of Messidh,re- Foundedby J. PerryWatson in 1980. Ameri€a,here is somemore proof fof Uselulnews lor Brilish-stylebfass bands ported laterin this issue,remind€d me you that wc arc doing quite welMn in NonhAmerica. Th€ views oxpressed of an observalionby Ccorge Bemard addition, thc solid number of bands by conlibulofsar6 not n€cossarilylhos6 Shaw, the music critic and play- capableof making the great financial Sreat of lhe NorlhAm€rican Arass Band wright, madein 1941toThe Titnes - an Association,Inc. Publical commitmcnt to attcnd the Champion- on and observationthat encouragesme notto advertsing dead in€s ar€ th€ 15thol shipsinRalcigh isbuta furtherindica- poten- JanLrary,April, July, and Oclober- seilshort thc vibrantcultureand Copyfghlo 1993by lhe Norlh American tial of thebrassband:"Had th€ lRoyal] BrassBand Associalon, Inc. All fighls While ive are making very good AlbertHall, theBritish BrcadcastCom- progrest I am concemedabout some pany OrchesEa, and The Salvation of ofi brassband rolleagucswho are Army's International StaII Band been RonaldW. Holz, Edllor plnying "lonc ra'rgcr" not support- within Handel'srcachthcscoreof Mes- TheErass Band Brldge ing NABBA or its activitiesyet sianwould have been a very differe t AsburyCollege Muslc oepl bcncfitting from thc rcccntupsurgc in sp{rcificafion-Thcmusic would nothave Wllmore,Kentucky USA 40390 brass band culture hcrc in North been better, but the inshumcntation Telephone(606) 858'351 1€nension 2246 America.Thc issueis a vcry simple wouldhavck\rn muchrichsand morc Facsimil€(606) 858'3921 oncj thc morc bands and band mcm cffcctivc." Whether you agree with b!rs thatirin NABBA onay!'arlybasis Shaw or not,lct it bc food for thought PaulE Drosle,Fevlewer thc morcNABBA canoffer its member- and lct it rcmind us to ncvcr sell our Tomilyers, Advenblng shiplNABBAisnow much morethana medium - the brassband-short. Lyneneowens, Producton yearlycontestand an occasionalnews- Ronald W. Holz, Editor lctter. NABBAMembership Dues We llavc already upgradcl our iour- lndividual $20 nal/ ncwslcttcr,Tre Bfidge, and wc con- Sludent/ Retired t0 tinueto improvcitsworthand valuc to [.1emberBand 50 the membership.The more member- CoDorale 100 shipswcgct, thc fincr thc joumal, too! Palron 500 EncouraScmorc brassfricnds to ionr! Leadership 1,000 ContactBcrt Wilcy tho information is just to your left on this pa8c. Toioin NABBA, please mailyour name,address, telephone number, Now,l mayhavcsaid NABBA ismore fricnds inslrument,and band s name{il you than Championships,but our playin one),plus annual membership in The North Carolina State Univer- oues,lo - sity British Brass Band (Frank Hammond) and Triangle BrassBind Mr,Berl L Wlley (Michacl Votta) have lined up a great NABBAli&mbershlp Chalr week€ndfor thoseofus thatcan 8et to N,4RBA P.0.Box 2438 Raleigh.From thc thrcc geat conduc- Cullowhee,North Carolina 28723 tor/adjudicators who will lead thc '94 NABBAReadingBandFridaynightto READINGBAND tho Hawthorn City Band ofAustralia, that count{/s 1993national champi- FridayNight ons in our CALA CONCERT,wc will Moving? havea great musicaltrcat in which to 7:30-9:00 TheBrass Band Bridge cannol be revel. lRe$etfu]ly, Sellers Engineer- forwardedbecause it is mailedlhird ing and Phil Mccani had to canccl.l Guest Conductorss class.So, be surelo mailto Bert Crrrnow, Gregson, Wileyyourold and new address€s, I am dctightedin the upswingofband or yourcopy of the Bridgewill be proelam reports,band newsletters[a &Renton discardedby lhe U.S.Posl Olfice, recentonc from Triangle BrassBand andyou will missthe nextissues! looked r€al fin€1,and featuressent to BringYour Horn!
2 TheBrass Band Bridge February1994 President'sPodium
I cannot think of a better opportunity b.assband enthusiasts. You will learna Thc Championshipsalso featurc dis, than The North American BrassBand lot atrout operating a brass band from playsfrominstrumentmakcrsandsup, Championships(April 22-23,Raleigh, nearly cveryone you meet. And thc pliersofbrass band music/rccordings. NC) by which a person can become brassband folks are really greatt Thiswill bc your b€stchance to com, familiar with thewonde.tul pcoplc pareinstruments and Our newestfeaturc in our Champion- thatyou arc consid- musicof this continent'sBritish-style ering.For ships has been thc NABBA ReadinS example,where clsc could brassbands. you play, Band on Friday evenin8. Bring your sidc-by-side,all the rnajor alto hornsoffercd (Boosey&Hawket The evcnt offers great bras:sband mu- instrumcnt to in plalng a broad Fin Willson,Yamaha) to tcst thcir sic performcd by our best bands.One selc
WnanHfues WarFahlasy and Bonelli'sSyrrproric Witness,for exarnplelhclpr{, along aonllnuedlrcn page1 ConcerlMarch - canlhe Mussorgsky/ with similar effortsby his American laidzcn CleatCate ol Kie, be expected compatriotsBrucc Broughtonand encts.Hc considershimselt in his own IamesCumow, renew SA advanced words,a "primitive"wh€n it comesto Inhisiob forTheSalvation Army Himcs litcratureinthcearly 197(h. Hcisoneof thc fow thecompositional proccss. He spends hasmany demands placr{ on him for bras.sband arrange.s who can write in jazz very little time studlng thc scorcsof vcrypractical arrangemcnts, Hc takos the idiom and have it succeedlInnovativc other composers,finding that to tre a carr'lo providc finc musicfor small idcasabound in his morc advanced kindof "cheating."Hedoesthink higNy cnsemblesand beginningbrass bands scores,from the choricspeaking of activelistening, rathd than s
February1994 TheBrsss Band Brtdge 3 every element of the tune. In move- romPof ioy. ment,an especiallyfine momentin this ment l, PraiseinJoy,the intcrval of thc wonderful score.Itis in Movementlll, Praisein Meditahon,Movement ll, risingfourth, comingliom thcopcning PraiseinSadnessandPresecution/how- gains its primary mohve, thc falling of thehymn, is made theprogenitor of ever, that I find thc most interestin& thirds and triad,from thesecondhalf of all that follows. It is quickly unitsl forwardiooking, and challengingmu- the Azrmn tune; thisbalanceswell thc with the initial step-wiseprogression sic.Here thc composcrreturns to both aggressiverising fourths of thc open- of the first phraseof the hymn to pro- the fourth and anotherstep-wise ftag- ing movement.Special note must be vidc all the "n€w" material to be ma- ment from the hymn but in a trans- madeof the one(ompletestatement of nipulated hr this stimulating music. form€d context.A barbaricrirsaloscc- thc tune ,4:,flo, in this s€ction,a mo- Himes combinesseveral unusual, but tion is built on a figure madeupof two ment of harmonic suspcnsionatrout not inappropriatereharmonizatiois of fourths,a half-stepapart IFor examPlc, trvo-thirdsthe way tluough the move- Aztnon with this material in a festive C-F, C#-F# thc sctlucncewould go C, C#,F#, F I. The broad rhctoricalges- tur.s madchcreremind oncof thescri- ouscanoniclvriling in the symphonies A SelectedListing of BrassBand Works of Shostakovitch,notsurprizinglywhcn byWilliam Himes you considerthc hiddcn rolcofsuffer- ing in that composer'smusic. March(Turkington/Himes) 3 Jlbilance-{ornet Soo 1 Able-Festiva Thc Finalc, Praise in Fellowship, rc AllegroSpiritoso-EuphoniumSolo(Senaillei LlghtCame out ol Darkness,A-Tone storesthc full, prop€r inctptl loPcnnlS Himes)1 Poem7 scricsof noteslof thc hymn tunc,adds AmericanCivilWar Fanlasy (BilldHimes) 3 MarchEravura 2 the concluding notesof the hlmn, and AmazrngGface 2 MarchTromphale--Optronal organ (Karg- gainsa lilting melody notunconncctcd Afierica the Beaulitul-Feslival El€rVHmes)7 to thc ubiquitous fourth. The climax furangernent7 Messageoi Christmas, The- Seection1 combincsthccompletehymn tunc and AspeclsofPG se Suite7 Mileslone-FeslivalMarch I ncw melody,a danccoffellowshiPlcad- BaileFTonePoem 7 Muscolthe Nghl, The (WebbedHimes)2 ing to a dashing,whirlwind of a coda. CelebGlionoi Contemporary Gospel Song 3 MyCh.isl-Euphonium Solo1 This largc-scalc suitc brokc ncw Shonand Suite-Colleclion 5 NewFronlier 1 Chrislmas, ground, both in th(:croativovariational ConcertrnoForFlugelhorn and Band 6 Nicaea3 p()ccssi nvolvcdand in mu sicalscopc/ 2 RollingAong-Feslival March 7 Conlluence--Ovenure lfngth.In fact,itsli'nSth allows ittobc Ellacombe-FanlarcPrelude 6 SoGlad-Flugelhorn Solo1 co'rsidcrcdof full symphonic statur€. Elsa'sProcession (Wagne/Himes) 1 SoloSecondo-Second Homsoo 7 FesivaFanlare on St. Franc s 1 Spirilol Freedom-TonePoem 7 ln Corrfrlrn.c,a more rccentbrassband Godot Wonders-March 4 SymphonicConced March (Bonelli/Himes) 7 work, Himcsby the verychoiccofhtle Gods Chldfen-Mafch 1 ToKnow Thee-Hymn Medilation 1 showed his compositional attitude: colliwogs Cakewalk (0ebussy/flimes) 7 Tothe Chiel Musician-Suite 1 conflue cc a gathering togcthet or ld RalherHave Jesus-Comet Solo 3 ThreeKlngs' Swing 2 flowing togcthcr of separatcstreams; I HaveDec ded-Bolerc 1 WihOne Look (Webbe/Himes)2 also,apointof juncturc for twoormorc Invictus-March2 wihess,The-Fesiival Mafch 1 slreams. In this picce the scParate JerichoRevisited-Festival Afiangemenl 7 ConcedPiece lorCorneland Bmss Band [1] streamsare tonal, tcxfural, mclodic,and JoumeyInto Peace-Euphonium Solo7 rhythmic.Theopcning toneclusteris a superimpositionof pcrfe'ctfifthsr D-rqt Publlshers'Code r Bb-F; Gb'Db. The rriPartite structurc 1SP&$London;2Rosehlll; 3 The SA.Chicago i 4 The SA-New York;5 Hope lilusic;6 ofthefull work, ABA, willexploit these StudlGlondon;7Man6cript, avallablelrom william Hin|es,804 S.Cllnton, oak di fferences,particularly the key ccntcr P8rk,lL 60304;Telephone (7mF4&5025. ofD, the opcningkey, and Bb, the final key of "coMuence." Sjmilar obscrva- Thislistingdoesnotincludeover thirty sacred brassband andbrassensemble tions could be madeabout thc melodic anangementsby William Himespublished by ThcSalvahon Army in At- useof the firth or the contEst in rhyth- fanta.Ncw York,or London.Fur further data ch€ck btst mefitalMusic lnde, mic tcxtures.To continue the analysis ofSalpalion Aftl! MusicP! bfi.atiors,published by The Salvation Army Music too much more in this vein, howevel, Deparhnent,Ccntral Territory, 10 W. AlconquinRd., Des Plaines,IL 50016. might do violence to our "Primitive" Telephonc:(704)-294 2133. lhis own wordsl artist. As with Iames Curnow, we have in 4 TheBr83s Band Brldge FeFuary1994 ComingSpring Brass Band Events
Williarn Himes an interesting Salt River Brass Shtc Univ/lohnson City, TN confluenceof SalvationArmy rnelodic Apil "10tft Carnival Time Thurc.l4th,8:00 P.M. West Carolina and llaic tradition v/ith Americanuni- Conc€rt Seriesat Chandler Center for Univ/Cullowhee, NC versity/conservatoryrcfinetnent. In not thc Arts, Phocnix,AZ Fri. 15th;8:00P.M. TennesseeTech/ being tied down rigidly to either of Admission $6.00/ Frson; All pro- Cookville TN theseheritages, being open indeed to grams are on Sunday attemoon Sat.l6th;7:30 P.M. David Libscombe many other converging stleams, Bill contact; fi2-957 -9(69 Univ/Nashville, TN Himescontinues to beonc of thebrass Sun. lTth; ll:00 A.M. Roy Acuff BrassBand of Columbus and The band world's most imagrnativeand Theatre/Opryland/Nashville, TN N€w Yoft StaII Band gifted writers. May he contnue to be MarchlgthrCod strucl by "melodic contagion"and andCountry I otherpositive musical plagues! ConceraT:3O NABBA'94Schedule contrnuedtromprsel P.M. FRIDAY,Ap l22 KingAvc AdjudicationTeam UnitedMethod- 300- 5!0 P.M. NABBABoard MeslirE IorNABBA.94 ist Church, 3!0 - 500P.M. S€t.Uplor ExhiUls Columbus.Ohio 4!0 P.M. RegislralionBegins F c'eAdmission, 6!0 - 9:00P.M. Exhiulsopen judges' panel for this April pro- Our (DonationsWill 6!0- 11f0P.M. RohoarsalsFo.Compeling Bands Frcm Crcat videsa wonderful balance. be Received.) 6:15- 7115 P.M. SleveCollsy, Clinlcian:'Iune UpSyshms' Renbon, known in Britain:Frank t€st ContactrEriga- 730-9r00 P.M. NABBARoadlno 8and, with JamqsCumow, brassband circles for his outstanding dierArthur Hill EramGrcgson, Frank Renbn (op€n loall Grim€thtop.Colli€ryBand, workwith 614-891-295E Uasyp€rcussionplay€rs! Eing you hom) but alsoaworld-renowned wind band 910- 10:10P.M. KenMcoonald, Clinician lconduchr, Hawlhom and orchestraconductor. His cxperi- LexingtonBrass CiiyBard (Ausra[a)] encein ContestinS?He has s€tved as Eand iudge and officated at all the mai)r March 27th: Bandcompehdonsin Creat Eritain and ClassicPqrs SATURDAY,April 23 Europe!From Canada: Bram Cregson, Extnwga,E; 830A.M. OpeningC€remonies Eandmasterof The London Citadel 7:30P.M. 825A.M. Eand#l; YouhSscton #1 Band, which is profiled in our dis. Wcisiger 855A.M. Sand*2;Honorsll revicwsthis issue.Older broths of com- Theatcr/Norton 900- 6100P.M. ErhibilsOpen poserEdward Gregson,Bram is recog- Centerfor thc 935A.M. Eand*3;Honols14 nized as a c0nsummateband haining Arts, Centrc 1015A.M. Band*4iHono6#3 and conductor.Just last year he was College, 1055A.M. Band#5; Hono6 ir4 elecEdk| The AirErican Bandrnasters' Danville,KY' r 135A.M. Band16; Hono6 #5 Aasociatiooonlythe secondbrassband FreeAdmission 1215P.M. LUnCn conducbr ever to re(€ive that distinc- (Donations 115P.M. Bardf7; Honors{6 tion (PaulDrostebeingthe othcr!). From Requested) 155P.M. BandrS; Honors #7 the U.S:lames Cumow, who needsno Contacl 506 235P.M. BandL9; ChamFionship #1 introductionto NABBAbandt havint 85&3511Ext 315P.M. Eand#10; Championship i|2 servedas a judge in previouscontesb. 2244or &6257- 355P.M. Eand#l 1 ; Championship#3 His exciting pieceI-a dewill be play€d 1707 435P.M. Band#12; Championship #4 All by sevenHonors Section bands. Thc United 515P.M. Band*13; Championship *5 will threeof thesetoprank conductors StatesArmy 600P.M. ShorlNABBA Membership Meetino Friday evening be featuredalso at the BlassBand 7:45P.M. AmrdsCaremony ReadlngBand Session! Aprll12- 17 800P.M. GahConced: Hs|nho.n Clty Band; Receplion SpnngTour inSiient C€nhrEalkoom Albr Conced Tues.t2th;8:00 P.M.Virginia NABBA'94will beheld in ThePrice Music Center, North TechUniv/ CarolinaState University, Raleigh, NC. For further dctails Blacksburg,VA on schcdulet hotels/motelt exhibits, pleasecheck with Wed.l3th;8:00 Dr.Frank Hammond's staff by calling: 919-515-2981; FAX: P.M.EastTN 919-5r5-4204
Feb.uary1991 The816 Bdd Erldgo 5 SheldonTheatre Takes GABB Tape Contest
The SheldonTheaueBrass Band (C!'nc Th€ U.S.ArmyBrassBandandHerald Saxton'sCornet Band (19thccntury) Beckwith)will rcproscntN A BBAat Thc Trumpets Doalworth Saxhorn Band (19th cen- Creat Amcrican BrassBand Festival, The ChicagoStaff Bind ofThcSalva- tury) CentreColk€e,Danvillc, KY, June l7 19.FiveNABBA bandscnterqj thctape Village Brass(Quintct) conte$t;their programsar.'liste\jin this Ch€snut Brass Company (Quintet Indianapolis BrassChoir issuc.Sheldon Theahe was iudged to HistoricalInstrumcnts) be the bestentry, w|th Triangle Brass Whilc thcscricsofconccrtscommences Rhythm and Brass(Contomporaryand scrvingasRunncr-Up, in casirSheldon on Saturdav,thc l8th, thcrc will be a Clas,sicstyles) Theatre could not attond the Fcstival. Band Hisbry Confcrcncc during the Congratulationsto all fivc bands for The Chosen Few Brass Band (Ncw day Friday, thisyear focusingon 19th- their finc prot+ams and playinS.The Orlcansstylc) Century Instrumerts a|rd Insfrumcnt adtudication team was compriscd of Makcrs.For furthcr informationon the AdvocateBrass Eand (Host band) Dr. Ccorgc Foroman, coordinator of Festival,writc to:Thc Crcat Amcrica the F!'stival, Profcssor Vinccnt GoldRushCornetBand(l9thccntury) BrassBand Fcstival, C/o Dr. George DiMartino, rcnowncd trumpct soloist, Forcman,Ccntrc Collcge, Danville, KY SheldonTh€aE€ Brass Aand (NABBA and Ronnld Holz, NABBA Contcst 40422. Chair SheldonTheatre, which has acccpted thc'invitation the attend the Fcstival, will gct to pcrform thrsr concortsdur ing thc wNkcnd. INotr': SheldonThe- GABBTape Contest. . . atre will bl']eli8iblc to comprto aSain aftcra thrcr-ycar waitimgprnod; BBC shll has two y!'ars b v,'ait!1.They will WhatThey Recorded be amon8 exct'llmt brass company. Here is a partial list, carc of Dr. Fore- The pro8rams rccorded by thc five Cor.rrl Pfllrdr' (Sparkc)tConrct Caril- mnn,as of our publicationdate: bands that cntcrcdthc Creat American lorr(Bingc); Tancl.di (Rossini/ Rimmcr), BrassBand Fc'stivalcontest are listed Walchittglht Whcatlart. Csrhl), Mllsrc SummitBrass(ProfcssionalS),rnplunic below in alphaboticalorder by band: ol lhe 16!h Ccnlury (Fcrnie); Cossrck BrassChoir) (Rimmer). Atlantic BrassBand (Salvatorc Scarpa): Mar frcm A MoolsideSr/ite (Holst); Triangle Brass Band (Miclucl Votta, TldCn"sd.k(Wm. Rimmerr,N a! York- lr .r.March frcrr. A M@rsideSflite (Holst)l Ne?t,Yolt (ara. Shimwcll)j S|got Blues Feslirtal Fanlare (Himcs); Dovet (Motfat); A'na.itg Crucc(arr. Himes)j (Richards); Ha ndsAcloss ll. Sea(Sousa); Prcludeand Fugtco Dam,?lls(Goffin); Flatrishfor lNind Band(Vaughan Wil- Fiorerlirc Man (Fucik/Barsotti). fiams/Votta); SV,ryhonicRhapsod! lor E phoni tnandBand(Cregson N,4RBA Eastem lowa Brass Band (lohn de ;BeTho My yision ( La Rc'au); ,4rt ericanlhe Beau Salme):Marc, lrom A M@rsideSuite '94 tr.f//(HirYtes). GalaConcert (Holst), Tnrr+,lr Bltcs anlt Cantabile (James/Geldard); Alpitrc Sa,nba Sheldon Theahe B.ass Band (Cene (Broadbeni); ShouliL Lisa Trot bone Beckwith)jMafc,fromA M@tsi,leSuite Hawthorn (Fiflmorc/de Saln\e); AmericaftsWe (Holst); Trt' Crarnploxs (Willcocks); (Fillmorc/ DeSalmc);Se?ren 4l SilT rotj Laryo al factohu| (Rossini/Roberts); ,orcs(Willson / Du thoit);Arnericjn Cbil An V ol the Nile (Alfotd); SetiettySit Ctty Band lNar Fa lrsv (Bilik/Himes); Blerretfi IrornrorLs (Willson/Duthoit)j Busfer Florrrts/res (Cumow) St/if"s Eark(Morrison); Me listopheles March (Dovglas), Finale f rc.n.Yearof the lllinois Brass Band (Colin Holman): (AUSTfiALTA) Dragon $parke); Tha Sta's atd Stripes March frott\ A Moorst'rcStltte (Holst), l Ior.re' (Sousa/Skaar). 6 The8.ass 88nd Bddge Febuary1994 BandPrograms
RecentBrass Band Concerts:Music Sleiglt Ride (Anderson/Tomlinson); Wld Rose* (McDowell/Bulla). Haae YotlrselfA Metry Little Clristtas LigtedIn ConcertOrder The SASFBrass Eand ofAsburyCol- (Martin/Wormald); Santa'sPolka (arr. (Paul lege (RonaldHolz), and Vocal En- BrassBand of Columbus Droste). dc Salme);Paf,4 Par (arr.Himes);Cod sembl€(Beatdce Holz) Thc PeaceLutheran Church. Columbus, Resl Yor (arr. Himes); Salvation arosfy fre ArmyLcxingtonCorps,LexinSton,KY. OH. Octob€r31, 1993. Fa nfareand Flour Srprufla, (arr. Himes)i M archof theTols ishes(cxr ow)t loyds 71stN.Y. Re8i (Herbert/Hanmer); December5, 1993.Cuest Conductor, (v)yer ClrishfiasSihS-A- tnenl March /I akc); Miss Bl e lrrl8 (arr. Woodfield);,4uld Land JamesCurnow- (Simon/Smith) SVne ,orref Ion (arr. Drover). TheRejoicing(Handcl /Ski nncr);Crlisi Domachowski,Comet Soloist;Llglrf 'nas (Leidzen);TheKi,lgdo'n Tritffi (Suppe/lenkins); BrassBand of Columbus(Paul Droste) lo! CaualryOvertu/e prrrt (Ball)iVocal Sclcctions - tr lrc (Blllar; and Ohio Collegiate Brass (Les Susi Fiestorm Noblesof the MVstic Faccof q Chiltl (Larcs....r,Behold lhe Tah (Soue, (Cumow) and Paul Droste).As.cnsion Luthcran Shr ine ; A v iclor'sPalr" ernq cl e lBall antincl n te Li t o th e W o r I d -James Church.Dcrcmbrr 5,1993. Ohio Colle- ; Sh I Moore,Marimba Soloist Pm.,e/ Spitit of (Cook); EI Abatlico(Javaloyes/Hume); lcoffin\The Chlisf,'as and Glory lSousa);me Neu Covenant Biarg Vocal S€fections- Thc H@tl (Curnow); (Oliver/Susi); L,rr Eot(Suflivan/Ball)j Canadian Folk Qri?l Oprs Orc (Collins), Tre Blcssingsof Marll (Clinka/ SorBSlile (Caivert)jSix S satoDances Russlanan l Ludnilla Ouerlrlre (R.W.Holz); ChristmasTtiptltch (Susato/lveson), Wilh Parkes). hlstice Courage (Curnow);Irc Cdroiiels(R.E. Holz). (Richards). BBC: Potocr ati Clot! EastemIowa Blass Band oohn de (Sousa); Miss BI e Bonnel (Simo / Smoky Mountain BrassBand (rohn Salme).Mt Vernon High School,Mt. Smith) - ]on Domachowski,comct Wcst).ForcstCity, First BaphstChurch, Vernon, Iowa. Septcmber25, 1993. soloist; A Yiclof's Palrr (Cumow) - Novcmbcr7, 1993.L,ttle Srile Brass Marchfror A MoorsdeSrite (Holst); lor JamcsMoore, Marimba soloist;Or?r (AtnoldL HtoryatiqttMarch (Bctlioz/ TheLa* Ih The Air (an. Clear Langford) hm to Messiah(Handcl / Wright); SleE, Calclinet);Etenlal Falhcr, StrongTo Sauc -Judy Stine,Alto Horn Soloist;ft/ra Ri,,te(Anderson/Tomlinso ); R|dolph (dc Haa \ 1 Bring Y& a Branchof May TigerR (Henderson)- ScoftWilson, 8 lhe lDnely Reit leer (aft. Susi'); Carcl of (Strain/Trevarthen),Mrtsiclrotn thc 1 6th TubaSoloist; His EyeIs On TheSparrou ,le Dnrr (Simone/Susi))The12Dalls of Cefilulv Fer^ieri AL)eMatia (arr. - Grr. Bulla) David Haaverson, Crrisf,ras (arr. Carmichacl). Combin€d lsahuberi; Farondole(Bizet/Wright); nugelhomSoloist TnrftpetBhEs and Rands RussianChrishhas Mrlsic (Rccd / Musicol the Nig,tt (Wc'bbcr/Himes), Cantabile(Ianes/Mathias) - Joan Leppla),with CharlesYanneiclla, or- Seleclionslrom Robin H@d (Katnetl/ DeHoft TamamMct aughlin,Dcnnis gan Woude)- Pedde,Dennis Modracek, Dab Davies, Dan Daviet Cornet Soloists;Alpir€ BrassBandof Columbus(PaulDroste), Jsimilarprogam, two weekslater, at Sa?tr, (Broadbent) - Featuring the with ChoiE from AscensionLutheran, PisgahAcadcmy, with the following Percussion Section; The Klaxon Karl RoadBaptist, St. Andrew Presby- additionalrepertoire: L chlanon.l (afi . (Fillmore);Poef and PeasattOaerhtre terial, Maize Manor United Method- Fernic)tF irebell Polka (Strauss/Dodd), $tdpPP');Military Escott(Bennctt); Tre ist, and Trinity United Mcthodist SorsaOn Parade) (Fillmore), Churchcs, thcir soloists, Charles Wistlin' FamletBoy Billy Smoky Mounfain BrassBand (an. Yannerclla,organ. Mess,all(Handel/ Uohn Sunday'sSuccasful Songs Fillmorc); West)and The Ash€villeChorale So- (Fillmorc)- Wright)j Dr. conduct- Shotin' Liza Fcaturing JamesCallaghcr, ciety (RobertP. Keener).Haywood ing. D.rember 12,194. KarlRoadBap the Trombone Section,,4rrmt 16 We CommunityCollcgc, 7, 1994; (Fillmore). tist Church, Columbus, OH. Two per- lan.uary Easternlowa Brass Band (fohn de Salme).Christmas With thc Eastcrn Lerington Bras6Band (Ronald Holz Iowa BrassBand. Five Conce series, and SkipGray).The Univcrsity of Kcn- December5, Z 9, 12,and t 8.In Coggon, tucky S'chool of Music, February t3, CedarFallt Delhi,Mt. Vemon,Iowa, 1994.Philip Smith*,Guest Cornet and a\d Calena,IL. Fanfurea .l Carcl- O Trumpet Soloist. Flo lier Ooerlure N,4RBA (Ra*s);Tuo (Broughton); Intrada* (Ho^egger / CaneAll YeFaiLht'ul Cana- Charnplonshlps XII dianChis bnasCar ols (Calv er i )The Li t tI e Fr&h); Laltde (Curnow); Q icksiirrel DrummerBoy (arr.Sparke)tO Holy Night (Craham) Philip Smith and Vincent Aprtl 22-23, 1994 (Adam/ Bulla)-Joan DeHoft Soprano DiMartino,CornetDuelish;P onLombne Cornet Soloist; ChlishnasTriptych (Sparke) - David Hendersor! Eupho- Ralelgh, North Carollna * (Cumow); Ile ChristnasSong (arr. nium Solois! Napoli (Bellstedt); Spec- (NcsU as Ho6l) * Sparke);,lt'gle Bells(an. Ashmore); tnm (Vinter);Victoriolts (Coth'r]);To A
February1994 TheBrass Band Bridge 7 I a BrassBand News andWarrcn Wilson Chapel, January 9, NINE new bandsto report! Here thcy supplementedwith communityband 1994.Combined Items: Once ln Royal arc,as rcportcd to and registeredryith directorsand othcr musicians.A eu- Dauls Ctfy0villcocks);I oVT o T h c Wotld B€rt Wiley, Secretary/ Membership: phoniumplayer in TheBrass Band of (Rutter), SeeAttid lhe Winler's Snou Columbus,Pugh formed thc cnscmble (Willcocks).Choral So
Fehuary1991 TheBrass 8cd Bridge I bandsrnColumb,u! dr!'The Ohio State University Var(hing arnd and Th€ Columbus Cilid€l Band oi T}letul!a
A new s€asonal rlavs sLa rt, \rth a \F-- cialpcrformance ofcsrnan (an j quai- _ _ INTERNATIONAL Ccrman) music for The Columbu: Manncnchor.This OktobcrfL'st tent con, Demandsaregreater, so cert feahrresthe bcst of Cerman food, drink, music, and fcllowship. A scrics moreand more Brass Bands of Sunday night church concerts in areturning to wlLLSoN. October and November led to a maior production in Dcccmber.On De.em, bcr l2th the BBC combincd with five Dr.Brian L. Bowmanand Willsonbackground specialist lor: localchurch choi rs to presentHandel's lhe world'slinesl Euphoniums,tenorhorns, basses. Messiar.It is possibletha t thisis thc first euphonium- the time in The Unitcd Statcsthata signifi- WillsonCompensating cant portion ofMcssiah wasaccompa- ModelTA 2900 DistributioninUSA: nied by brassband. DEGMusic Products lnc. The brassband anangementisa dire.t LakeGeneva, Wisconsin 53147 rcscoringof the orchestralaccompani' mcnt.lt wasmade by the Englishcom- poscrand arranger,Dr. Dcnis Wright. Be surelo lestour DistributioninCanada: Whcn thc scoring was complctcd in instrumentsin the DEG 1946,British brassbands wcrcstill play- boolhat Championships AtWillson brass instrument inghigh-pitchcsirrslrumcnts 'Io IA=452.5]. Xl onApril 22 & 23, 1994. dealersthroughout Canada. compcnsatcfor this,Dr. Wrightlow- crcd thc accompanimcntonc half stcp and,ir a fcw casa's,one full step.Therc wcrc no compiaintsfrom the soprano 'made' Galenais vcry hilly, and has trcmc'n- program money,about $300.00 and tcnor scctionIl]. Intcrestingly dous old buildings. Truly a lovcly Quite an cffort, but the tour and pro, cnouSh,the tuning A of Handel'stime evening - a dusting of snow, the gram idcas played out wcll this time. is thou8ht to havc bccn onc half stop luminaria, and evening of brass. AII Wc havc contact!'dBrian Burditt lCa- lorv!'r than our own A-,140,so the ac- five concerts.All fivc concerts were nadian StaII Bandl for a lvorkshop companim€ntwas probably pitchedas played to standing ovahons.The pro- March4-5;...thiswill hclpus getready it was sung in Handel's day. gram containcdover$1500.00in ads both for NABBA and The lowa Band, The brass band scoring follows and this anotheridea from BobBemat and masters'Convcntion/May 13th,our supports the vocal lines.The35,mem- The RCBB. This is the first rimc our third timl] in reccntycars! ( Don Stine). ber BBC balancedwcll with 175sirS- ers,The recitativeswere accompanicd BrassBand of ColumbusrSeptembcr, byorganto give thcbrassplayersarest. SendYour 1993,rnarked thcbeginningof the tenth Cucst cor'rductorwas JamesCallaghcr year of thc 8BC. Thereare now sevcn of The Ohio Statc University, and the Band News brassbandsinthc Columbus,OHarea, soloistswere chosenfrom thc partici- Concert Prograrns and The BBC isresponsiblefor starting pating choirs. Due to the audiencc four of them. The Va$ity and Junior response and thc enthusiasm of the Pleasesend your concert Varsity All-Star Erass Bands were participants,this rnay becomean an- programsand arlicles on recenl foundedby Eric Aho, chartermember nual event, The conccrt raised over activitiesto THE BRIDGE of the BBC. Thesebands are in their $1400.00for Childr€n's Hospital in eighthyear.In its tifthyearisTheOhio Columbus. We wantto read CollegiateBrass, and the newcstband is thc SciotoValleyBrass and Percus- about your band! On March'19the BBC wi:lbejoinedby sion Company. The other two bmss The New York Staff Band ofThe Sal-
10 TheBrass Band BrldOe February1994 funcfions, rhool sl'lows,and ,1v/^\.-,.t " festivalsare just a fcw of the types of eventsthat the band takes part in. Tlle band re- hcarscs on Wednesday eve- r nin8s,7:30 P.M., at the Holloway StreetUnited Meth- , odistChurch. IBill Ri]ey,Man- I agclj 613-962-4274l
A standing rlxlm only crowd greeted Philip Smith with a rousingstandingovation at the conclusionof his appearance with The Lexington Brass Band(Ron HolzlSkipCray)at Thc Universify of Kcntucky, Sunday,February 13, 1994.'Ihc nreConcerf Br&ss ol Bellville.O)bio. H.Gerald Muroi]v. Jr.. d rccto/conducbr cvcning was also a nrght for thisiewbrassbandto come of agein suchgrca t I iterature as Sprclrrrr vation Army in thc Annual Cod and formcd at thc sr'vcnth annual Wost and lrrd.. Smith's technicalassurance CountryConcert. The{'conccrtsstartcd CoastRaStime Fcstival, Novembcr 20, and lyrical approach to both trumpet in 1986and havc fcaturcd Salvati l 1994,held in the local Hilton Hotcl. and cornct was matchd by a thor- Army bands and soloistsin joint con- StcphcnKcntCoodman scrvcd asSuost oughly maturemusicianship. Thiswas certswith The BrassBand of Colum- conductorand rarrator. indcrd aneveningdslicatcd to thc "arf ' bus.On April8 theBBC willbeappear- of comet playing! BrassBand Pro- ing at The Music Educators'National [Scc Th€ Concert Brass (Cerald Murphy, gramsl During his visit to Kentucky ConferenceBiennial I n-ScrviccConfer- Bcllville,Ontario, listed asa new Smith gavemastcr classcs at both Ccr- enccinCincinnati,OH. On April23 thc Jr.)of NABBA band in ourlastissuc,haspro- trc ColleScand Thc Univcrsiryof Ken- BBCplansto bc in Raleighfor thcCham- vidcd us with an overview of their tucky, witha good turn (rutfrom trum- pionships. historyand status.Formed in l968asa petersand brassplayers from through- The BBC is complcting its first CD and brassquartetbyWilliamCampbell,The out the reSion. expcctsto releasc i t beforecontcst time, Conce Brasshas steadily increased in CornetistJon Domachowski is the re- sizc,from theoriginalquartct to scxtct, cording engineer a d producer. The thcn to an ll-piecc brass choir, and recordingsessionswere held at Dublin finally to its prcscntsizc as a 21-piccc High School,site of ChampionshipV brassbandin the British tradition.Thc NOTICE: and X. (Paul Droste). music dir€ctor/conductor, H. Gerald Murphy, lr., receivedhis Bachelorof to All Bands Music(HonorsinTheory, Performance, The Springfield Illinois Erass Band Cornpetlng and Conducting) from Uni- (Susan Wells, conductori Larry Queen's versity at Kingston and has been di- tn Raletgh, 1994 Niehaus,assistant conductor) was or- rccring thc band for thrcc ycars. Thc ganizcd this past November, 1993. membership is wide ranging both in Bands Flying Into Ralcigh- Membershipincludesa doctor,lawyer, age and lffation, and includes mem- PlcasclctFrank Hammond know music educators,other professionals, bers from Trenton, Belleville,Picton, as soon as possible your bavel and three high school students.Their Madoc, and Tweed, as well as ages plans so that ground transporta- first conccrt was on February 27, 2994, rangingfrom 16to 70years.Duringits tion can bc arrangcd! Plcascdo atNew SalemStatc Park VisitorsCen- 25 yearc of existence,the band has not delay on this very important ter. The usesB€sson instruments. Sroup playednumerous concerts throughout the Quinteregion and asfarasToronto Call Frank nowr home 919-851- The Cal State Fresno British Brass and Kingston.Summer park concerts, 25€'4;office 919-515-2981 Band (Dr. Ritchie Clendenin) per- fund-raiscrs,political rallies, church
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SA-LCB-l7- BrassBand Recordings CD.TT71:48.Program:Motltaincanp (Osgood),Cooenant (Broughton), Tre Kitqtloft Ti nphakl (BFll), Sanctuory P/aiseHinl The USA South€m TeEi- (Ball),Cornet solo lTommy wilson]- torial Band (RichardHolz) and Song- Songsof Erin (Christrras), ,4 Sorg ol st€r€ (Christopher Priest). Thc Salva- S,lafon'sRose (Catherwood), Musir of tionArm, Atlanta.CRD022.TT 60.22. Thanksgioing(Downie), Re?e/ie Pr rarr.:Preludr-Pruise H,rnl (Bullat (Downie),nuSel sololJulie Myers] Anthen-Pmise Hint!+ (Priest), ,4t lre He Is Irfd (Redhead),Trumpet solo Nane of ] eslts'(Bulla),Chor qle a nd T occa h lstcwart Dahymplcl-ConcertEtude (Bulla),Sacrifice+ (Himei, Preludeon (Coedicke/Wm.Broughlo ), Lef mere Labeden Herrm (Curnow\, LetThere Be Be Praise(Tunney /Gottr, Ercelsiot Pra,se*(Tunney), TromboneQuintat (BriSht) Prais€Hinl (Wm. Broughton),Everlqst- TheSofig ol lheBrolher. Robert and Ni- ing Hopd (Cymbala), Make Us One* cholasChilds, Euphoniumsoloists, (Cymbala),Cl,rist's Parl* (Curnow), with The London Citadel Band Ptuise(Heato Cod,we will CiueYou ), (BramrvellCregson). The Salvation Clo4f Synpron!ofThank- Redhead), Army. London,Ontario. SA-LC8-18- (Coffin)..Vocal item. 8iuir,8 CD.TT 65:02.ProSram: The SonS ofthe It is amply demonskatedherein that BrolherlLeidze ), The Betlet world theseAtlanta-based ensembles have (Bearcroft),Tre Sroan(5aint-Saens/ joinedthe ranksof the world's finest Steadman-Alfen),The Cotquercr SAmusia representatives. All themu- (St!'adrnan-Allen), Sy,npi onic Rharyod! sic is confidentlyand accu.atelyex- lor Euphotftunatul Batd (Cregson), MV ecud, inspirationbeing the common Story and Song(Foster/Steadman- denominator. Allen), Ranso,fled(Marshall), Siirer Ilredds(Twitchen/Bearcroft), Duet- Particularlysignificant are new brass l'll NolTurn Back (La$son/Bosanko). work Bulla (Chorcle band by Stehen Duet-Ti,repieae(Bearcrof t). and Tocc al q Fa nfa / eP r elud e : Praise H ih !\ andJames Curnow (Pr€l deonLobeden Thesetwo new rcleasesby The Lon Henm). The band is also fcatureon don Citadel Band of The Salvation Dcan's Cofdn's stirring masterpiece, Army (BramGregson) certainly place Syrtphonyof ThahkgioiflS. Including this band in the forefront of SA corps William Broughton'strombone quin- bands.Ido notknow ofanothcr North tel also entided P/aiseHi,rl, is a nice AmericanSA corps band that can comc touch,and we hearhis virtuosityas a closetothem in thequalityandscope of memb€rof thequintet.It is surprizin& their recordingsover the past twenry- however,that only oneof thosegreat fivc ycars, BandmasterGregson was pcrsuaded marches(Wilfred Heaton'sPraise) to usetrumpets instead ofcomets. Thc SA ThcErcelsroldisc holds solid brassband is included. band is leastsuccessful in thesetwo fromthe "classic" worksofBall scores, itens. Overall,however, this is vcry Downie of Therecording quality is topsexcept for tothe Broughton and scores impressiveplaying - a very well- problemj is morerecent date (though one must re- a slight overbalance one trained bandl Songof the Brcthetis a for the volumc con- membcrthat CarefirIl datesfrom about tempted to rcach total success.Euphonium playersand pieaes. 19701).I was particularlypleas€ with trol on someof the vocal brassband enthusiastsare in for a real theinclusion of Ball'smeditative mas- that thes€performers arc keat here. You get a large number of Considering tetpicce,Sanctuary. American audi- not full-timeprofessionals, this disc is the gleat SA euphonium solos with encesmight havc a double+akeon the Available from Bemcl Music brassband accompanimentthat are amazing! main htinn tune of Downie'sMusic of TheSalvation Army Mu- now availableto the gencralpublic - orby calling Thankgiping,ternindin.g them of "Far Departmenl 40l-728-675. and masterfully played by Bob and sic waters"or someother aboveCa)'uga's Nick Childs Ttueailswas hrst (Notori- mater!Nevertheless, it is lsilaer PaulE. Bierle, guestreviewer schoolalma published as a cornet solq Sotlgof lhe Each ous tuba player, low-priced field). anexciting, well-played work. of Brolrerwas witten by Leidzenin 1916 his- the solos includcd are handled with [Editols Note:And toPflightband as a cornet solo, revised in 1932for confidence.Indeed, my only "com- to arl and musicianll euphonium with band accompani- phinf would bewith thelast two short Ercelsiot.The London Citadel Band mentl. Both rccordings have been re- items, contemporaryin style, where (BramwellGregson). The Salvation corded and editert by Ted Marshall,
February1994 TheB.ass Eand Bridge 13 Fbnl ef o,nSy tnphonv #2 (Tchaikovsky/ Cordon), Comet solo lcrahah Wil' BERNEL MUSIC LTD. sonl-Wondrcrc Da! (Leidzen), Proces Everythlr4 for the Brass Band ! sion of the Nobles(Rimsky-Korsakov/ CDrr'owJ,Shall We Gathel (Ballantine), (Heaton), Music - Cd's - Instruments Cclestisl Plospecl Tsd.i Me (Herikstad), Wlat A Frimd (I Eidzen), Cornet solo [Tommy Wilson]-I'.1 NEW MUSIC (Himes), - Rnther Hauele,sus Lord Thotl Colonial Song Grainger/West AtL Q esLionitry(Davis), Euphonium Trailblaz e Goff Richards solo [Benlard Doers] A!! I HaueI Atn The Golden Lady - Goff Richards Brir.girs (Catherwmd), CclnsFor His Ticket To Ride - Lcnnon/Fernie Cro?rr'(Condon), Comet SololTommy Blue Rondo alla Turk Brubeck,/Edwards Wilsorll It Is Well With My So l Holiday for Trombones - Rose/Freeh (Davies),Hn{,Si{,??r fr?Nd,r?(Tremain/ Malaguena - l€cuona/Freeh Osgood). Theseother two r€cordinSsbyLondon NEW CD'S Citadelarc notquitcso recenl though Double Champions - Wlllians Fajrey Barld onlydafinSfrom1991 and 1992. Again, Dallas Brass II two sdid hitsl Father and son team, European Brass '93 - Brassbald Willebroek Tommy and Craham Wilson, teamup Showcase for Trombone - Jacques Mauger for quite a lyrical display ofcornet art- Wilby - Grimethorpe Colliery istry in Son.qso/ l,tsH.arf. A finebalancc The Best of the Versattlc Brass - James Shepherd is givcn bctwccn thc dcmanding tcch- nical solo and the dcvotional hymn BRASS INSTRUMENTS arranScmcnt.Thcrc is just onc ovcrlap bctwccnthc two dis{s:Wo drcusDay Besson Sovereign (Lcidzcn) shows up on botl\. Sal ftlay Willson Nilhtls.,l,dav Mornirs showcasrsthc DEG great vcrsatility of most bp Salvati(nr Army brass bands - thcir ability to AMDRICAN BRASS BAND SERIES play the most dcmanding brassband Bernel Music Ltd publicattons music at a Fcstivalof Music lconccrtl followedby tlleequallydcmanding task BRASS BAND SERVICE 24 HOIJRS PER DAY! of providing sensitivcmusic for wor- ship scrvicethe next momirrg.London BERNEL MUSIC LTD. Citadel dcmonstratcsqualily in both P O Box 2438. Cullowhee. NC 28723 avenuesof "s!'rvice," for SA bandsdo Ph/Faxr 7O4 293 not approach their assignmentswith 9312 splitpcrsonali rics. Band mastcr Ciegson and his Londonorstakc sccmingly as Note: ALL music and recordlngs revlewed ln the muchcarewitha short WrafaFtiet lWe BRIDCE avallable throwh Bernel Mustc Ltd. HaL,eI't les s as&ey do with a Heaton tour-do-force like CelestialPtospccl. Thesetwo discssharc thesamequality who is righttully well-knowr for his (Bearcroft),A Happv Dav lLcidz. ), as thc first two rcvicwcd (again.Tcd excellencein producing a good brass R.ctoxO}' Me(Calvert),BeauLiftl Christ Marshall's work). I recommcnd all band recording - no easy feat. You (Leidzen),Wordrors Ddy (Leidzen), I'rj fourll Holz] will not go wrong with either of these R flelHd?e,l.Tls(Himcsl,The Old R]Jg [R.W. line productions.[R.W. Holz] sed C/oss (Lcidzen), My All I Bring Eachof the four London Citadel Eand (Ballantinc),Srare My Yok€(Bosanko), recordingscan be secur€dftom Bernel SongsIn theHetrL:Theneand Variatiotts So gsin lhc HeNt (Ltidzc lheLlx)e Mllsic or by ordcring dircct from thc Corfiet. Toltrmy and Graham Wil- ),ln /of of (SteadmanAll€n). Band;makecheckspayable toThe Lon- son, with The London Citadel Band /esr.s don Citadel Band. $16.00US per CD; (Bramwcll Cregson). The Salvation SahrdavNightadS davMorniry.'l}.e I .00per cassette tape, i ncludingpost- Army, London, Ontario. SA-LCB-I6- London Citadel Band (Bramrvell $1 agc.Writeto: TheLondon Citadcl Band, CD. TT 58:59. Programr Tl.tel Cregson).The Salvation Army, lnn- 555 SprinSbank Drivc, London, (Leidzc ), Tine (Downic), P/dyef don,Ortaio.SA-LCB-I4 CD.TT65r08. Qriet Ontario, CanadaN6J 1H3. of Chilrlhnd (Condon).The Call of Christ Progr am: Mi neapolis I v (Sodersrrom),
14 TheBrass Band Bridge February1994 NewMusic Reviews
Ros€hillMusic is continuing its serics portunitiesfor expressiveplaying and of brassband arrangementsof the mu- nrrdlo. Thc band accompanimentis Gorrections:Oopsl sic of Andrew Lloyd Webb€r.Two tastefully scored,but the soloist still piecesfrom his latestmusical, sllfiset needs to "sing through" the back- In last issue's A Sel€ctedListing of Bouleual, arc r.ow a\ailable. ground. Thc euphoniumand solocor- BrassBand Works bytames Curnow, net parts are set in a high range and several piecesreceived the wrong putF With OneInk is arrangedby William play important roles. Playing time is lishqs codc. Thc numbcrs SP&Sand Himes.Ithas the beauty and simplicity about fivc minutes. RoseNll gof reversed.Thus, numbers of many of Webber'stunes. Thc solo marked 3 are really by Rosehilliitems cornet g€ts the firct statementof the When SunsefBotleuqrd gains in popu- ma*ed 2 are really by SP&S. maintheme, and thcnitisanswered by larity, to the lcvcl of carlier Andrew the full cometsection. The alto homs Lloyd Webber musicals, then thcsc ar- T|:.epicrcyefi in Provence,rcvicwcd by and flugel have a tuIn, followcd by a rangementswill bemuch bettcrundcr- Paul Drostc in our last issuc, is pub- sopranoand flugel duet. Throw in a gtoodbybrassbands,and more apprc- lished by Studio Music, notRosehill. ciated by North Amcrican audicnccs nicekey change along with a repeatof Apologies to Jamie Hoover, tuniot the cornet solo, thcn finish with a who have yet to get a tull dose of this Varsity All-Stars, whorrr. The Btidge grandiosoending-a provenformula identificd as malcl SHE is doing finel formusicalsucccss. Plalng timeis al- Paul Droste,Rcviewer mostfour minutes.Thc technicalde- mands are minimal in this ardanae tempo,but thereare enoughpitchcs abovethe staff to causcsome problcms. If you like Webbe/smusic, you'll likc With OneLDok. BandBulletin Board AsIl WeNeoer Said Coodrye is armaged by Bill Geldard.This piece is castas a 22nd Annual N.Y. BrassConIer- FOR SALE:Triantle BrassBand, tromboncsolo wi th brassband accom- ence:April 8-10, New York City, CassetteTape FESTIVALFAN- paniment.The soloist needs shong high RossevcltHotcl. The programwill FARES.$10.00each. Triangle Brass chopsas the lessifrrra starts and remains include40 concerts,Iectures, and Bandis a non-profit,charitable or- highth@ughout the piece. The slow to eventsincludinga "Salute to Shorty ganization,but tape pricesdo not moderatetempo allows plenty of op- Rogers"on Fridaynight,a "Salute to qualiryas tapc deductions. SlideHampton" on SaturdaynighL Any contributionbeyond that and a "Tributeto Tito Pucntc"on amountmay be takenas a deduc- Sundayafternoon. Hundreds of in- stsumentswill be on Exhibitand Great availablefor try-outeach day, and Makechecks payable tor Triangle eveningswill be toppedof with In- BrassBand, P.O. Box 1431r,RTP, Arnonloen skumcntRaffles. Membership en- NC,2776. rollmentis opento all. $55.0G---and FORSALE| Yamaha compensatinS Brass Band Membershipbcnefitsincludcadmis- euphonium(if price is right) very sion to the 3-day Conferenceand littleused. CONTACT: 704-293-9312 Festlval MusicFestival, annual Joumal lfie 8/assPlayers, released quarterlyl, eli- FORSALE: Cetzen Etema Sopra o r7-rg rgg4 gibilitytocompeteinour BrassQuin- Cornet/Silverjlike new;$500.00 or June tet Competition,and eligibility to bestoffer receivea scholarshipaward for sum- C€nhe College GetzenEtema Flugelhom/Silver,4- mermusic srudy. Call 2'12-581-1480; Danvill€, KY 40422 valve;good condition, orbest or write to 315 West53rd Sheet, $5m.00 '10019, offcr. Feahtifig, atnng olher groups: New York, NY for further Boos€y&Hawkes927 Sovereign Cor- Summit Brass nct/Silver;medium-largebore, like WANTED: 4-valveflugelhorn in new, or best offer Chicago Staff Band goodcondition $700.00 Contact:Bob Croft 602-957-8205 Sheldon Theahe Cor:.tacr:7u-293-9312
February1994 TheBrass Band Bridge 15 THE PRIGE FIGHTERS! Uor/li /arjr*t &/ea1'orof #lrrc, l/nfilpftn"s, 'Wdtd t L{odl Srlad{ o/lsr'dmrt , /t rMd6 ' (g 8,yo,4,, u; ft'.rad l/or e/' SIMPLYRETURN Thelollowin! Coupon lo receivea FBEE Erass1l,indCalalog! {t Address Clly Slale- Zip rruryffiffi1rrn 19880Stale Llnc nd. Soulhlend 1 40037 0urService, Seleclion & Prices will KwoCKr0A 0AT! tint r.l. tf rl ,.7 t,, !lrllrli :t I tit E: sittf[r rIr, ilrErzlilill tx r\l /QPn Non-ProfitOrganization t tlllitnFl U,S.POSTAGE PAID N".lh ^-.;t.:" Bn- !;d r.o.lrrlon, l!.. Cullowhee,NC PermitNo. 30 The Brass Band Brldge Ronald W. Holz, Edltor Aebury College Muslc Dept Wllmore, KY 4o39o USA
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