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RReeppoorrtt Douglas Stotter, editor

Fall 2000

From the Podium

It’s fall in Texas and we are enjoying our 97-degree weather! do something unexpected. The spontaneity and intuitiveness of We have been putting the final touches on the 31st National Con- any interaction relies on the musicers ability to connect with the ference, and the program looks spectacular. You will find a “skel- creative possibilities inherent in the work. It always comes back etal version” of the schedule in the Report. Please take a moment to being the composers advocate and finding the “implied mean- to look at the lineup and ask yourself whether or not you can af- ing in the written symbol.” When we look at the score we have to ford to miss this chance of a lifetime to gain a new perspective be able to hear the invisible “stuff” that music is made of. and grow both personally as well as professionally. If rehearsals are about examining the possibilities, then perfor- Just as it was in the “schole ministrallorums” of the fourteenth mances are about revealing those possibilities. Significant and and fifteenth centuries, our profession still craves opportunities sensitive music making is all about choices. Great musicians make for developing perspectives through dialogue and exchange. The great choices. The responsibility of being the choice maker weighs mere coming together of so many artists who conduct and teach heavily on each of us. All we can do to insure that we are making advances our discipline. The development of our future depends the appropriate choices is to dedicate ourselves to continuous in great part on our knowledge of the past. Gaining a perspective growth and relentless curiosity. As great as our jobs are, they can is really what our conferences are all about. Also contributing to be hazardous to our aesthetic health if we allow our artistic world our future are the interactions we create with composers, theorists to become limited to what we do day in and day out. I think we and historians. We have to infiltrate their worlds to gain their un- can all agree that giving is an essential part of what we do. derstanding and support. It also helps to invite them into our world. continued on page 2 The Joan Tower commission, Fascinating Ribbons, is just one of the most recent examples of many great works which have been created through our willingness to reach out. There can be no doubt that our future lies in alliances. We must continue to demonstrate our level of commitment, expertise and intensity if we expect to In this Issue: be taken seriously. This is no longer a job for a few dedicated conductors. Our strength is in our numbers and our future is in the News and Information ...... 2 great many musicians we reach each day. The quality of the inter- action is paramount. It will take all of us, working together and Member Forum ...... 5 sharing our collected knowledge, to advance the unique Ameri- can art form we call band. Programs, State by State ...... 8

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CBDNA FORUM at MIDWEST 2001 NATIONAL CONFERENCE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22 February 19-24, 2001 4:30-5:30 pm WILLIFORD ROOM B (Hilton) 2 - NEWS and INFORMATION From the Podium NEWS from the Hilton Hotel). Included on the continued from page 1 CBDNA is pleased to make preliminary program will be the Rodrigo Adagio, the However, we must be cautious about de- announcement of the Small College In- Holst E-flat Suite, the Ives Variations on pleting our resources to the point that we tercollegiate Band which will perform at America, Molly on the Shore and Irish have nothing left to give. Sometimes it can the national conference at the University Tune from County Derry by Grainger, be more beneficial to our students for us of North Texas in February 2001. Stravinsky’s Circus Polka and short works to receive than to give. The more we know Highlights: Allan McMurray, director by Gould, Sousa and King. Audience mem- and experience the more we have to give. of bands at the University of Colorado and bers will receive a complimentary CD of The more we give, the more we need to immediate past president of CBDNA, will the live performance. Tickets are $10.00 know and experience. It is a wonderfully serve as conductor; and a full-scale con- from the Reskin Box Office 312-922-1999. rejuvenating cycle of interaction and cert, to include the premiere of the growth. Conducting can be solitary work. CBDNA-commissioned work by Dan It is important not to be cut off from the Welcher, will be presented on Saturday af- On February 5, 2001, Frederick Fennell musical mainstream or from those who ternoon of the conference. will replicate the historic concert of Feb- propel our profession and art forward. We Details and application information will ruary 5, 1951, that led to the founding of must interact with one another in order to be mailed to members of CBDNA and the Eastman Wind Ensemble, one of our enhance and expand the musical world that posted online. In the meantime, questions field’s most significant innovations. Mae- we are working to create. John Paynter and comments may be directed to: Greg stro Fennell will conduct players from Ari- knew how to cut to the “meat of the matter.” Benson, College of Eastern Utah, gbenson zona State University’s Chamber Winds He once offered the following advice: @ceu.edu, (435) 613-5378. and Wind Symphony in performances of 1. “Know your stuff.” Mozart’s Serenade in B-flat, Strauss’s Ser- 2. “Know who you’re stuffing.” enade in E-flat, Stravinsky’s Symphonies 3. “Stuff them.” If you will be hosting a conducting clinic of Wind Instruments, Beethoven’s Three It seems that this might serve as a won- in the future, the CBDNA website now has Equale for Trombones, and a half-dozen derful credo for the conference. I guaran- an area that will list conducting clinics, other remarkable works. This fiftieth tee that if you attend the meeting you will date, place and hosts. This area is provided anniversary celebration of Frederick return home with lots of new “stuff,” feel as a service to CBDNA members and can Fennell’s landmark event will be webcast rejuvenated and surely gain a new perspec- be found in the calendar section of the live, beginning at 7:30 PM, Mountain Stan- tive. Have a great fall. website (http://www.cbdna.org/cbdna. dard Time on February 5. To receive the See you in Chicago at the Midwest calendar.html). To have your clinic listed, event, log on at: http://is.asu.edu/live and CBDNA Forum on Friday, December 22 submit your clinic name, date, place and follow instructions. Join us in this salute and in Denton for the 31st National Con- hosts to: [email protected] to Frederick Fennell and his extraordinary ference, February 19-24, 2001. Upon request, a link will be provided to innovation! either your conducting clinic website or an email address to provide more detailed in- formation to interested participants. Steve Peterson at Ithaca College is the new state chair for New York and Karen Lavoie of Westfield State College is now Frank Battisti was guest conductor of the state chair for Massachusetts. Submissions to the New World Symphony (Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director) on September 16, Two new chamber wind music publica- the Report 2000 in Miami, Florida. tions are now available from Whirlwind The program was: Music. Gabrieli..... Canzon Septimi Octavi Toni a 12 Sinfonietta (1873), op. 188 by Joachim Send all materials to: Koetsier ...... Brass Symphony Douglas Stotter, editor Krommer ...... Octet-Partita, Op. 57 Raff—The Sinfonietta is an extended sym- CBDNA Report Purcell/StuckyFuneral Music for Queen Mary phony (duration 25:30) for wind dectet- Department of Bands Harbison ...... Olympic Dances pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, horns, and Merrill Hall Hindemith...... Symphony in B-flat bassoons. Movement one, in greatly modi- Indiana University fied and expanded binary form, features a Bloomington, IN 47405 lovely, asymmetrically-phrased chorale The wind and percussion faculty of the melody that is developed with excellent Submission deadlines: DePaul School of Music, under the direc- counterpoint and orchestration. The •March 1 for the Spring issue tion of Donald DeRoche , will perform a scherzo-like second movement is a rollick- •June 1 for the Summer issue concert of band music on Thursday, De- ing Tarantella in compound time and quasi •October 1 for the Fall issue cember 21 in Chicago. The performance rondo form. The lyrical third movement, will take place at DePaul’s Merle Reskin in rounded binary form, has a repeated sec- Theatre at 60 E. Balbo (across the street tion dramatically cast in the parallel mi- NEWS and INFORMATION - 3 nor mode. Movement four is an instrumen- 2003 Weather? tal whirlwind in modified sonata form re- Members in warmer climates may be quiring virtuosic playing throughout. A National leary of the March weather in Minneapo- compact disc recording of this delightful lis. No reason to worry or stay at home! If work by The Catholic University of Conference Craig’s promise of warm weather does not America Chamber Winds, Robert J. materialize, the university shuttle system Garofalo, Conducting, is available from Where? and system of underground tunnels avail- Whirlwind Music Publications. The 2003 National CBDNA Conference able to us (affectionately known as the Go- Sinfonia in G Minor (1817) by Gaetano will be held at the School of Music on the pher Way) will keep us warm and dry. Donizetti—Sinfonia in G Minor was origi- campus of the University of Minnesota in nally written for nine wind instruments-one Minneapolis. Who? flute with pairs of oboes, clarinets, horns, The wonderful acoustics of the Ted No stone will be left unturned in our ef- and bassoons. To this instrumentation a Mann Concert Hall, the Raddisson Hotel, forts to make this conference one that is second flute and a subbass instrument, ei- and a host of other excellent facilities on appealing to all members of CBDNA. In ther contrabassoon or string bass, have and off campus will be available for our order for any conference to realize its maxi- been added. Both of these instruments are use. Craig Kirchhoff, Director of Bands at mum potential, we need every member of optional and may be omitted. This piece the University of Minnesota, and his col- our organization to be there. has been recorded by Otteto Classico leagues are already hard at work to make Plan now to attend! Keep your calendar Italiano (STR 33370), Piccola Accademia this an outstanding conference. open and set aside this time to recharge (GB 10009-2), and the Air Combat Com- The Twin-Cities has a wonderful airport your professional batteries, renew friend- mand Heritage of America Band (Lt. Col. and is an area rich in artistic tradition. We ships, and explore the many opportunities Lowell Graham, Conducting). will have an easy time getting to town, that will be available. For more information, contact Robert getting around town, and enjoying the vi- Garofalo by phone (301) 946-1498, fax brant cultural life of the cities. It is never to EARLY to share your (301) 946-1397, or e-mail: Garofalo dreams, hopes, and ideas for this confer- @his.com. When? ence with me. I eagerly await your input. As a result of a survey conducted by email last spring, we are going to try a dif- --Michael Haithcock ferent calendar slot for this conference. The conference will begin on Wednesday af- In Memoriam ternoon March 26 and conclude on Satur- Frank Patterson day evening, March 29. The Eastern Division has lost a close The decision to try this calendar adjust- friend and colleague. Frank Patterson, state ment has not been made lightly. Our sur- chair in Massachusetts, passed away on vey showed that our membership favored June 17 after a long bout with cancer. moving the conference into the last week Frank C. Patterson, 58, was born in Tren- of March and away from our standard Feb- Electronic ton, N.J., received his bachelor’s degree ruary time by an overwhelming margin. from Trenton State College in 1963, his While this was not every members prefer- Format Test master’s in music from Temple University ence, the margin of preference was so great The CBDNA Report is testing the in 1965, and his Ph.D. from the Univer- that we need to try it. The responses gen- accessibility and usability of an sity of Connecticut in 1985. Frank was a erally fell in three categories: electronic version of this issue. ® professor of music at Fitchburg State Col- 1) I will be there anytime CBDNA meets, Compiled in Adobe Acrobat for- lege in Fitchburg for 32 years. 2) thank you for considering this shift mat, the downloadble Report re- As director of Fitchburg State College’s as it will allow me to attend, and tains all of the pagination and for- concert band and jazz ensemble, he was 3) I can not possibly come at this time. matting of this paper copy. It can also active as a conductor, performer and The date chosen had the lowest negative be printed out or saved to your per- adjudicator throughout the New England response numbers out of the four possibili- sonal computer using the free Ac- area. At the time of his death, Frank was ties and the positive numbers for this week robat software. serving as the state chair of both the College matched the negative responses for the tra- Go to http://www.indiana.edu/ Band Directors National Association and the ditional week in February. ~bands/cbdna/report.html and try New England College Band Association, as it out! I'll be looking forward to well as being a member of the board of di- your comments! rectors of the Thayer Symphony Orchestra. Doug Stotter, editor In 1997, he received the International Asso- ciation of Jazz Educators, Massachusetts Unit, Lifetime Achievement Award. 4 - NEWS and INFORMATION Denton Convention Schedule CBDNA Commissions Update As we approach the annual CBDNA forum at Midwest and our Monday, February 19, 2001 next national conference in Denton, the news from your national 8:00 River City Brass Band—Denis Colwell, conductor commissioning committee is, in a word, WOW! We expected great things when composers George Walker and Dan Welcher Tuesday, February 20, 2001 accepted this biennium’s national commissions—however, they 8:00 Dallas Wind Symphony—Jerry Junkin, conductor have exceeded our hopes. Within these two commissions, they Frederick Fennell, guest conductor have addressed three of the top four priorities cited by CBDNA Wednesday, February 21, 2001 members who participated in the commissioning committee sur- 1:00 University of Texas-Arlington Wind Ensemble vey of February, 1999: a work for winds alone, a work for winds —Ray Lichtenwalter, conductor and chorus, and a work accessible to a large majority of colleges Chosen Gems Session and universities. Additionally, the current committee’s dream of a work for band and narrator has been fulfilled. 3:30 Research & Poster Sessions, Nick Morrison Dan Welcher’s new work, Songs Without Words: Five Mood- 8:00 U.S. Air Force Band —Col. Lowell Graham, conductor Pieces for Wind Ensemble, will be premiered by the CBDNA In- Thursday, February 22, 2001 tercollegiate Band at the Denton conference. In a recent note about the work, Dan opined “I think this is the best wind ensemble piece 8:30 “Hindemith Perspectives”—David Neumeyer I’ve done in years.” The five movements—Manic, Reflective, 10:00 “Composers Confluence” Giddy, Stunned, and Confident—total approximately fifteen min- 1:00 Keystone Wind Ensemble—Jack Stamp, conductor utes. The instrumentation is: 2 + picc/2/2 + contra (or contrabass clarinet)/4/4/3/3/euph/tuba/string bass/piano/4 percussion. As re- 2:30 Historical Session—Richard Crawford quested, Welcher has been sensitive to the technical limitations 4:00 University of Georgia Wind Symphony found in less-accomplished players while crafting what promises —Dwight Satterwhite, conductor to be a marvelous addition to the literature. 8:00 University of North Texas Wind Symphony George Walker’s work, Canvas, comprises three substantial —Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor movements for various settings. The first is for wind orchestra alone: 3 + alto/2 + EH/2 + contra/E-flat + 2 + BCl//4/4/2/Tuba/ Friday, February 23, 2001 Timpani/String Bass/Harp/Percussion. George describes the sec- 8:30 “Hindemith Perspectives”—David Neumeyer ond, a text for five narrators with wind orchestra, as “a social 10:00 “The Musician’s Soul”—James Jordan commentary.” The third, for winds and SATB chorus (with di- 1:00 Univ. of Calgary Wind Ensemble—Glenn Price, conductor vided parts), is a setting of Psalm 121. Each movement may be programmed separately, if desired. Walker anticipates the total 2:30 Research & Poster Sessions —Mike Votta/Nick Morrison performance time to be approximately twenty-two minutes, the 2:30 “Grainger Perspectives”—John Bird first movement being the longest of the three. The University of 4:00 Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble North Texas Wind Symphony, choral department, and guest nar- —Joseph Missal, conductor rators will give this remarkable new work its premiere as a part of their concert at the national conference. 8:00 Northwestern Univ. Symphonic Wind Ensemble “How can I be a part of this multifarious and exhilarating —Mallory Thompson, conductor project,” you ask? As of today, there are still places available on Saturday, February 24, 2001 the list of consortium members for both works! Each project in- 10:30 “Looking Forward, Looking Back” cludes three levels of partnership (painlessly allowing participa- —Michael Haithcock, moderator; Robert Reynolds, tion by those with budgets of any size!): $250, $500, and $750 for Donald Hunsberger, Frank Battisti, David Whitwell the Welcher; $500, $1,000, and $1500 for the Walker. The first levels ensure that your name and the name of your ensemble are 1:00 Texas Tech Univ. Symphonic Wind Ensemble included in the score. The second price gets you a set of parts, in —Cody Birdwell, conductor addition to the other benefits, and the top-dollar contributors will 2:30 Small College Session receive all of the preceding plus a composer-autographed score. 2:30 Marching Band Session—“Moving Inside” Most importantly, you will be contributing to our field’s future in David Woodley, moderator; Frank Wicks, Ray a permanent and meaningful way! Joining these consortia is Cramer, Don Wilcox simple: contact me by e-mail ([email protected] [email protected]) or phone (480.965.4391) and I’ll take it from there. 2:30 National Standards—Richard Miles, moderator Enjoy a wonderful fall semester! Larry Blocher, Mark Fonder, Robert Garofalo 4:00 Illinois State University Wind Symphony Cordially, —Stephen K. Steele, conductor Gary W. Hill, Chair 8:00 The National Intercollegiate Symphonic Band CBDNA National Commissioning Committee —Allan McMurray, conductor/Greg Benson, organizer MEMBER FORUM - 5 The following from Tim Reynish was inadvertantly truncated in Klavier Project recordings have taken us out of academia - they the last issue of the Report. In the interest of clarity, the entire are professional level recordings available on a professional label submission is being printed here, with the inclusion of the last world-wide, and he has done an incredible service to the reper- (missing) paragraphs. --ed., with apologies toire that has emerged largely since Frederick Fennell’s founding of the Eastman Ensemble. Fennell himself has carried on his pio- neer work with the recordings of the Kosei, many of them tran- The Role of The Wind Band In scriptions, but also including a number of important contempo- The New Millennium rary works. There are now in fact many works for wind ensemble recorded by our college and professional wind bands worth play- How Far Have We Travelled In Twelve Years ing on radio. by Tim Reynish There are in fact many works for wind ensemble worth playing The CBDNA Journal of 1988 printed seminal addresses by two in our professional concert halls by Simon Rattle, Michael Tilson of the major composer/supporters of wind music in the last half- Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, Edo de Waart and the rest of the con- century, Warren Benson and . Gunther was ad- ductors with an enquiring mind and an interest in new works. The dressing the CBDNA National Conference of 1981 at Ann Arbor, fact that they don’t play the repertoire that we have created is due Warren the WASBE Conference of 1987 at Boston, and their partially to the inertia of the music “establishment” and its innate themes and messages were similar; how far have we progressed snobbery towards the wind band, but more importantly it is the since then? result of ignorance of what has been achieved by the “wind world” Gunther was delighted with stunning performances at the in the last five decades and that is the result of our lack of self- CBDNA, increasing expressive capacity and remarkable ensemble promotion. and intonation, but worried about the lack of links with the pro- Take the new works for trumpet and wind ensemble; fession “the mainstream of life where the Mehta’s and Hardenberger, Friedrich, Marsalis, Andre and the rest are still play- Rostropovitche’s and Pavarotti’s and Guarnieri’s and Elliott ing the Haydn concerto - 32 recordings in my catalogue. In 1999 Carter’s and Pierre Bouleze’s plot and win their victories.” He Philip Smith introduced the Turrin Concerto at the CBDNA Con- went on to state: ference, Vizzutti played the Bennett at BASBWE in Manchester; “You need more of that kind of international world calibre in my view the Turrin, Bennett and the Lendvay Concerto, pre- amongst the composers in your repertory before that world will miered in WASBE 1991, should be known by the world’s leading take you seriously. You are strong, you have the leadership and a trumpeters as well as our students. We need to lobby the players, great deal of artistic integrity, and you are historically at a junc- to make sure our publishers are letting the real world of music ture where standing still will be tantamount to going backwards.” know about our commissions. Within five months of the Ann Arbor Conference, the CBDNA I believe that we enter the new century with an extraordinary had founded WASBE; the potential for breaking out of academia catalogue of great music which we have created in the last fifty was there. Now, eighteen years on at the start of the new century, years. One of our main jobs is to make certain that these enter the the time is ripe to see how far we have traveled, and to take up the repertoire of the wind band/wind ensemble world, but also the challenge. I believe that we are poised to join that battlefield, but psyche of the music world. The works of Daugherty, Harbison we do need a battle plan, we need to deploy marketing skills and and Corigliano are being programmed by international symphony we need to develop the vision that Gunther Schuller has for wind orchestras and opera houses. We need to ensure that their wind music. works are also in the repertoire, of both symphony and wind or- Warren Benson described our dilemma succinctly. “We may chestras, in the universities, conservatoires and public platforms. think we’re doing very well, but we have to remember that we’re This March, Sir Simon Rattle premiered a new wind work by all band people. We form a big circle with left hands on the shoul- Magnus Lindberg at the Royal Festival Hall, London, followed der of the person in front of us all the way round the circle, and, by performances in Birmingham, Vienna and Cologne; next sea- with the other hand, we pat each other on the back. Now we have son he will perform it in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic. Its to break that circle. We have to bring in some people who are not title is Gran Duo, scored for orchestral wind and brass as a com- in our club, who look at us for what we are and what we really do panion piece to the Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments, and how we measure up. Until we do that, we’re stalled - dead in and as a homage to the Mozart Gran Partita. Rattle is planning our tracks.” more commissions for wind and brass. Warren, in discussing “Aesthetic Criteria For Selecting an In- Tilson Thomas toured Europe a few years ago with a work called ternational Repertoire,” proposed three very personal issues: com- Quatrain by Colin Matthews; scored for the wind, brass and per- mitment, exposure and risk. “Sooner or later, we have to take the cussion of the London Symphony Orchestra. Most of us know the responsibility in our own hands for the progress of WASBE, indi- re-working of Purcell’s Funeral Music for Queen Mary by Steven vidually. It’s not an international conscience that we’re talking Stucky, written for the LA Philharmonic, but the UK premiere about. We’re talking about individuals and, when we all do that, has only recently been given, conducted by Michael Haithcock. there’s going to be a glow. I don’t want WASBE to turn into a We as members of CBDNA and WASBE need promote these dispensary where people come every two years to get lists that works and ensure that they are performed widely. Perhaps more they can go home and file and forget about and do the same old importantly, we need to take stock of each national and regional stuff they’ve been doing before.” We have travelled a long way since 1981. Eugene Corporon’s continued on the next page 6 - MEMBER FORUM conference, and promote the one or two pieces that we believe in College of Music in Manchester, England, he noted that the wind as works that need a wider platform. CBDNA, NBA, BASBWE, band/ensemble world is for the most part isolated from the rest of and all of the other national and international associations must the musical community. Schuller pleaded that great effort should get used to talking to each other and sharing repertoire, not just be made to “…get the rest of the music world to hear us perform, with ourselves but with the great orchestras and great conductors. to participate in our conferences and conventions, to understand The WASBE Conference should, I believe, showcase the best what an important part of the developing musical tradition we repertoire from around the world, from the last two years of na- are….” Schuller acknowledged that excellent work had been done tional conferences, and from the repertoire of the Berlin Philhar- by many individuals, ensembles and associations in commission- monic and City of Birmingham Symphony, the LSO and the LA ing some outstanding pieces by important contemporary compos- Philharmonic, and somehow WASBE needs to promote the musi- ers. However, he emphasized the importance of continuing to com- cal interests of all of us conductors and composers, making real mission and entice the great composers of the world to write mu- contact with the professional world of music. sic for the wind band/ensemble. “This will take some enterprise Meanwhile, who in CBDNA heard one work in the Divisional and some money! But it will be money well spent and will elimi- Conferences which “rang their bell”? Out of those hours of excellent nate the misbegotten notion by some that wind band music is music music-making by our top college ensembles this Spring, was there of a lesser stripe, composed by lesser composers, and thus per- not one piece which you felt should be played in Birmingham, formed by lesser musicians. You need more of the kind of music Barcelona, Berlin and Beijing? Similarly, were there no works worth composed by international calibre composers in your repertory hearing on an international stage in the Asian, Central Europe or Scan- before the world will take you seriously.” Schuller also acknowl- dinavian Conferences. If you have any views, please send them to edged that getting symphony orchestras to play the best of the the Editor of the WASBE Newsletter, Dr Jon Mitchell; University of wind literature would be a tough chore but he urged that “energy Massachusetts at Boston; 100 Morrissey Boulevard; Boston MA and resources be committed to making myopic maestri of sym- 02125-3393, USA; email phony orchestras aware of the richness of the existing literature Warren Benson said in Boston: “I want WASBE to be a place for winds beyond Mozart's Serenade No. 10, K. 370a.” where people come to turn on, to get on fire, to talk to people who Past and present leaders in the wind band/ensemble field have have just found something out.” consistently commented on the challenge of developing an audi- Our last BASBWE conference in UK came up with one terrific ence that appreciates the great original literature for the wind band/ piece, Danceries Set 1 by Kenneth Hesketh, published by Faber, ensemble. In a statement made fifty-eight years ago (1942), Edwin a re-working of some of the Playford Dances, a good piece for Franko Goldman stated that there were two hurdles to surmount players and audiences. concerning the wind band repertoire and audiences: first, the small repertoire of original band music, and the standard band reper- tory consisting of transcriptions of orchestral overtures, marches Strike Up the Orchestra !! and opera medleys; second, the audiences attending band con- Is the Professional Wind Ensemble or the certs which is made up in large part by people without musical Symphony Orchestra the key to developing knowledge, training, or appreciation. Goldman concludes “…that an audience that will appreciate the wind either we could work half-heartedly with what we had, or that, patiently and by planning, we could develop, side by side, both band/ensemble's great literature? the repertory and the audience understanding of the music.” by Frank L. Battisti At the beginning of the 21st century we can note the remark- The CBDNA “Declaration of Principles” defines the college able progress that was made during the 20th century concerning band “as a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression.” the expansion of both the quantity and quality of the original lit- Throughout the last half of the 20th century numerous wind band/ erature for the wind band/ensemble. There is now a significant ensemble associations and individual conductors and institutions and sizable body of original literature for the wind band/ensemble have commissioned some of the world's great composers to write composed by some of the great composers of the world. How- works that have expanded the repertoire of quality original litera- ever, there are still many important composers that must be com- ture for wind bands/ensembles and elevated performance levels missioned: Sofia Gubaidulina, Tan Dun, John Corigliano, Bright to high professional level standards. However, there has been little Sheng, Richard Danielpour and just to name a advancement of the wind band/ensemble and its best literature few. The development of an audience that appreciates our new within the professional music making community. Important music is still an unrealized objective. voices from outside the American wind band/ensemble commu- In a letter to this author dated February 6, 1995, Frederick nity have emphasized that in order for the wind band/ensemble to Fennell made the following comment on the Wind Ensemble's be perceived “as a serious and distinctive medium of musical ex- Comtemporary Repertoire and its presentation: pression,” it will be necessary that ensembles of professional “We copied standard concert procedures without thought that musicians perform wind band/ensemble literature in major con- this might not have been the best way to introduce new music by cert venues for sophisticated musical audiences and professional a new version of an old group. Programming Husa next to Owen music critics. Reed might have been orchestral and chamber music's way, but One of these voices is that of composer/conductor Gunther they had such an informed audience in comparison to ours - one Schuller. In his keynote address “Storm the Establishment,” pre- that had heard so much different music, whereas those who came sented at the 1991 WASBE Conference at the Royal Northern to us had been fed band pap, and all the rest. Perhaps we should MEMBER FORUM - 7 have set up a completely new shop, with informative lectures, Karel Husa’s Music for Prague, 1968 (all submitted for Pulitzer explanations, come-ons, different dress, change the set….Play the Prize consideration) just very good “wind band” pieces? The data standards, of course, but have other concerts mixing nothing with is clear, when wind works considered to be excellent by the wind the truly contemporary and telling the audiences why!” band/ensemble world have been submitted for the prize, works Call for Performances of Contemporary Original Wind Band/ for other mediums have always been selected for the prize. Hav- Ensemble Music by Professional Symphony Orchestras ing a work awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music is not the ultimate Professional bands have existed in the United States through- measure of “quality” but it is one measurement for defining com- out the 20th century, among the most notable, during the last 60- positions that are among the best. 70 years, are the Goldman Band of New York City, the Detroit Russell Platt, composer and writer on music and books for the Concert Band and the Long Beach Municipal Band. Except for St. Paul Pioneer Press, The New Yorker, the program booklets of rare exceptions, the programs performed by these bands have con- the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood, in addressing sisted of transcriptions of classic and light classic music, arrange- the WASBE Conference in San Luis Obispo in July 1999 stated ments of opera music, selections from broadway shows, enter- that “…if band music is going to expand its expressive range - tainment/popular music, marches, etc. provided that enough… think it has to - it is going to need to look The exception to this has been the American Wind Symphony over its shoulder. Wind band music needs to investigate some of Orchestra, organized and conducted by Robert Boudreau. Paula the human issues involved: intellectual and spiritual mysteries, Bern, in an article appearing in The Instrumentalist (February our relationships to each other, to other cultures and to the natural 1972), describes Boudreau's philosophy regarding repertoire and world. Wind band directors need to actively support composers programming: who are willing to do this in an intelligent and creative way….” “Refusing to believe that the public prefers musical milk-toast My view is that band music can combine classical precision and in the form of popular and light classical programs, Boudreau of- variety of sound with an aesthetic that is essentially communitarian fers his audiences spine-tingling and mind-jarring music with The suggestion made above by Gunther Schuller urging band spatical effects enchanced by nature's own concert hall. Although associations and wind band/ensemble leaders to communicate with a few toe-tappers sneak in occasionally as encores, the Symphony's symphony orchestra conductors and make them aware of the best major business is expansion of the musical repertory by commis- new wind literature is an excellent one. If this advocacy effort sioning new compositions from some of the most adventurous were successful it would be an important first step towards ad- composers in the world.” vancing wind band/ensemble literature into the professional mu- Is it possible to create new American Professional Wind Bands/ sical world and having our best repertoire heard by new audi- Ensembles which would be able to sustain a season of concerts in ences (the more sophisticated audiences who attend symphony important concert venues by programming only the great original orchestra concerts) and reviewed by professional music critics. If literature? Is there enough quality (aesthetic and expressive con- symphony orchestras begin to program wind works on their regu- tent) wind band/ensemble repertoire, comparable in quality to that lar concerts, in time a series of concerts featuring music from the performed by traditional professional concert ensembles (sym- wind band/ensemble repertoire and performed by the orchestra's phony orchestra, chamber music groups, early music ensembles, woodwind, brass and percussion players might be developed. This etc.) to sustain a full season of concerts ? If so, would perfor- strategy seems more appropriate at the present time than attempt- mances of this repertoire attract sophisticated audiences (knowl- ing to create new professional wind bands/ensembles. Even if pro- edgeable and appreciative)? fessional wind bands/ensembles were created, would a new kind For the past 2 years I have been researching the selection pro- of music ensemble, performing mostly unfamiliar music be able cess used in the awarding of the Pulitzer Prize in Music. The re- to attract audiences sizeable enought to make it viable? Presently, cipients of this prize are generally regarded as among the best and established symphony orchestras have problems attracting audi- most important composers in our country. Often composers who ences to concerts of new music. I think the best strategy is to try have been awarded this prestigious Prize later serve on the music to interest conductors of symphony orchestras to perform our best juries that select future prize winning compositions. When the music on their concerts. If this happens and audiences become selection juries have included composers who have written works increasing more familiar with our repertoire, the potential of suc- for the wind band/ensemble and are acquainted with the medium, cessfully creating professional wind band/ensembles would be- a piece for wind band/ensemble has never been chosen for the come a more realistic possibility. Prize. Does that mean that a “...distinquished musical composi- We start the 21st century with a repertoire of excellent wind tion by an American in any of the larger forms...” (official de- band/ensemble literature. Works by respected and prestigious com- scription of the works awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music) has posers such as Harbison, Husa, Rands, Schuller, etc. are being yet to be composed for the wind band/ensemble? Do pieces per- performed by symphony orchestras, opera companies, chamber ceived by band directors/conductors “as masterpieces,” (but not music societies, etc. around the world. National and international by the Pulitzer Prize music juries) not measure up to quality found wind band/ensemble associations, leaders and conductors must in the broader repertoire of musical literature “...including cham- work to make symphony orchestra conductors aware of the ex- ber, orchestral, choral, opera, song, dance, or other forms of mu- cellent wind band/ensemble works written by these same com- sical theatre...” (official catagories of pieces considered for the posers. Working to bring about performances of great wind band/ Pulitzer Prize in Music). Are Joseph Schwantner’s ...and the moun- ensemble literature in major concert venues is imparitive if the tains rising nowhere..., Michael Colgrass’ Urban Requiem and artistic stature of the wind band/ensemble is to be enhanced. 8 - PROGRAMS

PLEASE NOTE: Irvine Valley College Wind Symphony University of Georgia Symphonic Band Stephen Rochford, conductor R. Sue Samuels and John N. Culvahouse, Include your STATE and DATE OF February 27, 2000 conductors PERFORMANCE in all submissions. Variations on a Korean Folk Song..... Chance April 20, 2000 Fugue in C ...... Ives/Sinclair Semper Fidelis ...... Sousa The CBDNA Executive Board and the Lament for an Infant ...... Ramos Armenian Dances, part I ...... Reed editor encourage program submissions Ritmo Jondo ...... Surinach Slavonic Rhapsody ...... Friedemann/Lake for specific concerts in performance American Salute...... Gould/Lang order rather than repertoire lists for se- Irvine Valley College Wind Symphony mesters, tours, or school years. Many Stephen Rochford, conductor University of Georgia Symphony Band CBDNA members are as interested in May 7, 2000 John Culvahouse and Dwight Satterwhite, how their fellow members program as O Sacred Head Now Wounded ..Bach/Ramos conductors they are in what they program. Symphony No. 2 ...... Naylor W. David Richardson, grad. cond. assoc. Arrival ...... Luzko Thomas McCutchen, marimba When sending email or computer disk, Cajun Folk Songs...... Ticheli Fanfare and Allegro ...... Williams do not use tabs, leader characters, or Cajun Folk Songs II ...... Ticheli Concerto for Marimba ...... Rosauro other formatting. Submissions will be Prelude on a Dakota Hymn...... Cotton formatted prior to publication. Pacific Celebration Suite (III) ...... Nixon GEORGIA Ghost Train...... Whitacre address for submissions University of Georgia Wind Symphony Dwight Satterwhite and John Culvahouse, University of Georgia Monday Douglas Stotter, editor conductors Wednesday/Friday Concert Band CBDNA Report November 28, 2000 Michael P. Oubre, conductor Department of Bands Commando March ...... Barber April 17, 2000 Merrill Hall Symphony ...... Stanhope Russian Sailors Dance ...... Gliére/Isaac Indiana University Carmen Fantasie...... Bizet/Bourne Toccata ...... Frescobaldi/Slocum Bloomington, IN 47405 Angela Jones-Reus, flute Second Suite...... Holst [email protected] The Warriors...... Grainger/Pappajohn University of Georgia University of Georgia Symphony Band 5:00 Tuesday/Thursday Concert Band John Culvahouse and David Romines, Brett D. Bawcum, conductor conductors April 17, 2000 CALIFORNIA November 21, 2000 Flourish ...... Vaughan Williams Irvine Valley College Wind Symphony Postcard ...... Ticheli Procession of Nobles ...... Rimsky-Korsakov Stephen Rochford, conductor The Dream of Oenghus...... Rudin Introit...... Tull May 4, 1999 Music for Prague...... Husa Chorale and Alleluia ...... Hanson Konigsmarch ...... Strauss/Barrett The Bride Elect ...... Sousa Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14Shostakovich/Reynolds Yiddish Dances ...... Gorb University of Georgia Olsen III ...... Riley Marsch, oder die Versuchung ...... Wengler 3:30 Tuesday/Thursday Concert Band Suite for Wind Ensemble ...... Peffer W. David Richardson, conductor Danza Finale ...... Ginastera/John University of Georgia Wind Symphony April 17, 2000 Dwight Satterwhite and John Culvahouse, Danse Celestiale...... Sheldon Irvine Valley College Wind Symphony conductors View from the Mountaintop ...... Mahr Stephen Rochford, conductor October 10, 2000 Crystals...... Duffy October 15, 1999 Pastime ...... Stamp Washington Post...... Sousa Symphonic Movement ...... Nelhybel Auf Wellingtons Sieg...... Beethoven Christus factus est pro nobis...... Bruckner Ronald Searle Suite...... Murray ILLINOIS O Cool Is The Valley...... Persichetti Arrows of Time ...... Peaslee/Hauser Balkan Dance ...... Kessner Joshua Hauser, trombone Concordia University Wind Symphony The Pines of Rome...... Respighi/Duker Richard Fischer, conductor Irvine Valley College Wind Symphony Spring Tour Program, March 2000 Stephen Rochford, conductor University of Georgia Wind Symphony Fanfare for Spartacus ...... Curnow December 11, 1999 Dwight Satterwhite and John Culvahouse, A Lindisfarne Rhapsody ...... Sparke Sonata Piano-Forte...... Gabrieli conductors Rachel Kennell, flute The Battle Pavane ...... Susato/Margolis April 25, 2000 Lincolnshire Posy (1, 2, 6)...... Grainger Allerseelen ...... Strauss/Davis New Century Dawn...... Gillingham Second Prelude...... Gershwin/Krance Simple Song ...... Boysen Symphony for the Millennium ...... Forte Carmina Burana ...... Orff/Krance Let Us Break Bread Together ...... Root **world premiere** And they gathered on Mount Carmel ... Ayers Prelude On A Gregorian Tune ...... Maslanka First Flights ...... Cichy Round Me Falls the Night ...... Persichetti Paganini Variations ...... Calhoun **world premiere** Adagio Sostenuto ...... Persichetti Ye Banks and Braes ...... Grainger Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger Amazing Grace ...... Himes/Maldonado Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie ...... Arbeau/Margolis J’ai été au bal ...... Grantham Four Scottish Dances ...... Arnold/Paynter Bugler’s Holiday ...... Anderson Stars and Stripes Forever ...... Sousa Sleigh Ride ...... Anderson PROGRAMS - 9

DePaul University Southern Illinois University Carbondale IOWA Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony University Wind Ensemble St Ambrose University Symphonic Band Donald DeRoche, conductor Michael D. Hanes, conductor Andrew Mast, conductor October 17, 1999 October 25, 1999 May 5, 2000 L’Heure du Berger ...... Francaix Courtly Dances...... Britten American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 ... Grundman The Good Soldier Schweik Suite ...... Kurka Mentor ...... Stone Simple Song ...... Boysen Hammersmith...... Holst Four Preludes ...... Bennett The Deliverance ...... Cannon Overture for Band ...... Heins Washington Post...... Sousa **world premiere** Salvation is Created ...... Tschesnokoff Goyahkla ...... Hines Prelude and Fugue in D Minor ...... Bach Scherzo alla Marcia ...... Vaughan-Williams **world premiere** The Match of Hope ...... Yariv A Grainger Set...... Grainger After “Washington Post” ...... Hearshen The Four Hornsmen ...... Bennett L’Inglesina...... Delle Cese DePaul University Southern Illinois University Carbondale Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony University Wind Ensemble Donald DeRoche, conductor April 27, 2000 MASSACHUSETTS November 12, 1999 Michael D. Hanes, conductor Salem State College Concert Band Symfonietta ...... Otterloo Thomas Bough, tuba and guest conductor Gregg Thaller, conductor Overture to the School for Scandal Barber/Hudson Tammy Sue Kirk, flute, piccolo, alto flute November 14, 2000 Folk Song Suite...... Vaughn-Williams Amber Williamson, flute St. Anthony Divertimento...... Haydn Piece of Mind ...... Wilson Suite Francaise ...... Milhaud Toccata ...... Frescobaldi Comrades of Tuesday...... Camphouse Pageant ...... Persichetti DePaul University Gemeinhardt Suite ...... Smith Animal Magic ...... Cowell Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony Gandalf ...... de Meij Second Suite...... Holst Donald DeRoche, conductor Concerto for Tuba ...... Broughten February 4, 2000 Pastime ...... Stamp Integrales ...... Varese Blue Shades...... Ticheli MISSOURI Homage to Frederico Garcia Lorca... Revueltas Southeast Missouri State University Sinfonietta ...... Dahl INDIANA Wind Ensemble The Silken Ladder...... Rossini Robert Gifford, conductor Sinfonia #5 ...... Broege Indiana University Wind Ensemble October 21, 1999 Fiesta del Pacifico...... Nixon Ray E. Cramer, conductor Fantasia in G Major ...... Bach September 26, 2000 A Light Unto the Darkness ...... Gilingham DePaul University Wind Symphony Transfiguration Fanfare ...... Hale Paris Sketches ...... Ellerby Donald DeRoche, conductor Outdoor Overture ...... Copland The Goldman Band ...... King March 8, 2000 George Washington Bridge...... Schuman Sinfonia #4 ...... Hartley Darin Schmidt, conductor Southeast Missouri State University Three Japanese Dances ...... Rogers And Can It Be?...... Gillingham Wind Ensemble and Concert Band Three Fantastic Dances...... Turina Toccata and Fugue in D Minor ...Bach/Leidzen Robert Gifford and Barry Bernhardt, Symphony #2 (Finale) ...... Hanson Passacaglia ...... Nelson conductors December 9, 1999 DePaul University Indiana University Concert Band Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony Concert and Symphonic Bands A Christmas Festival...... Anderson Donald DeRoche, conductor Douglas Stotter and Stephen W. Pratt, Variations on A Mighty Fortress Is Our God . April 19, 2000 conductors ...... Jenkins The Winds of Nagual ...... Colgrass October 10, 2000 Twas the Night Before Christmas...... Long Serenade for Viola & Winds ...... Perle Concert Band Wind Ensemble Symphonic Songs...... Bennett Lads of Wamphray ...... Grainger American Overture...... Jenkins Blue Shades...... Ticheli English Dances, Set 2 ...... Arnold/Stotter Flute Concerto No. 2...... Hidas Ballad for Band ...... Gould Concertino ...... Lendvay DePaul University Wind Ensemble & Steven Kessler, conductor Gumsuckers March ...... Grainger Wind Symphony Triumph and Tradition ...... Jager Gridiron Club ...... Sousa Donald DeRoche, conductor Symphonic Band May 22, 2000 Bandanna Overture ...... Hagen Southeast Missouri State University Carnevale...... arr. Stone Symphony for Band (I) ...... Persichetti Wind Ensemble Funeral March ...... Grieg Joseph Allen, conductor Robert Gifford, conductor Concertino for Piano & Winds ...... Perle Psalms for a Great Country ...... Iannaccone MMEA Convention Galilean Moons ...... Cichy An Irish Farewell ...... Daehn January 27, 2000 Tulsa ...... Gillis Divertimento ...... Cichy American Overture...... Jenkins Paris Sketches ...... Ellerby Flute Concerto No. 2...... Hidas Concertino ...... Lendvay Gumsuckers March ...... Grainger 10 - PROGRAMS

Southeast Missouri State University OHIO Kent State University Wind Ensemble Kent State University Thomas Connors, Jay Wardeska, conductors Robert Gifford, conductor Wayne Gorder, Thomas Connors, May 3, 2000 March 2, 2000 Jay Wardeska, conductors University Band Caproccio ...... Hidas October 10, 1999 Overture in Classical Style ...... Carter Flute Concerto No. 2...... Hidas Concert Band Kentucky 1800 ...... Grundman Euphoniada...... Hidas The Crosley March ...... Fillmore A Tribute to Grainger ...... Grainger Tuba Concerto...... Hidas Finlandia...... Sibelius Budapest Impressions ...... Kernan Missouri Overture ...... Hidas Kaddish ...... McBeth Manhattan Beach ...... Sousa **world premiere** Scenes from “The Louvre” ...... Dello Joio Concert Band Wind Ensemble George Washington Bridge...... Schuman Southeast Missouri State University Commando March ...... Barber On the Grand Prairie Texas...... Holsinger Wind Ensemble Trauersinfonie ...... Wagner Suite in E-flat ...... Holst Robert Gifford, conductor Overture and March “1776” ...... Ives May 4, 2000 Suite of Old American Dances ...... Bennett Kent State University The Klaxon...... Fillmore Symphonic Band May 4th Remembrance Concert Morning Star ...... Maslanka Fanfare and Allegro ...... Williams Wind Ensemble and Chorus La Fiesta Mexicana ...... Reed First Suite in F...... George Wayne Gorder, C.M. Shearer, conductors Awayday...... Gorb Free Lance March ...... Sousa May 4, 2000 Country Gardens ...... Grainger A Light Unto the Darkness ...... Gillingham Dance of the Jesters ...... Tchaikovsky/Cramer Kent State University Wind Ensemble Dona nobis pacem, for chorus and wind ensemble Wayne Gorder, conductor ...... Langer NEW JERSEY Kent Larmee, horn December 8, 1999 OKLAHOMA Montclair State University and Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony OMEAConference—January 28, 2000 Oklahoma City University Symphonic Band Mary Ann Craig, conductor Fanfare Homage ...... Gorder Matthew Mailman, conductor April 12, 2000 Salvation is Created ...... Tschesnekoff September 24, 2000 Wind Symphony Suite Harry Janos ...... Kodaly Commando March ...... Barber Yiddish Dances ...... Gorb Innsbruck Concerto for Horn and Winds Krol Armenian Dances...... Khachaturian Molly on the Shore ...... Grainger Music for Prague 1968...... Husa Cimarron Symphonic Overture ...... Harris George Washington Bicentennial ...... Sousa A Moorside Suite ...... Holst Symphonic Band Kent State University Carousel...... Lully Music for a Celebration ...... Burns Wayne Gorder, Thomas Connors, Zavod...... Mosolov First Suite ...... Holst John Roebke, Jay Wardeska, conductors Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral..... Wagner Music for Prague...... Husa December 10, 1999 Shenandoah ...... Ticheli Concert Band Southwestern Oklahoma State University Gumsuckers March ...... Grainger La Cambiale di Martimonio ...... Rossini Combined Bands American Salute...... Gould/Lang Blessed Are They ...... Brahms James South, conductor Gerona Pasodoble ...... Lope November 21, 1999 NEW YORK Liturgical Music for Band ...... Mailman Folk Song Suite...... Vaughan Williams Sun Dance ...... Ticheli The Alcotts ...... Ives/Thurston C.W. Post Symphonic Band Symphonic Band Finale from Symphony No. 2 ...... Ives/Elkus James W. McRoy, conductor A Movement for Rosa...... Camphouse Folk Dances...... Shostakovich/Reynolds April 27, 2000 Russian Christmas Music ...... Reed Giving! ...... Melillo Southwestern Oklahoma State University Prelude, Dance and Variations...... Rovics Kent State University Wind Ensemble Australian Up-Country Tune ...... Grainger Wayne Gorder, Jay Wardeska, conductors James South, conductor Gumsuckers March ...... Grainger March 2, 2000 February 27, 2000 Home from the Hill...... Daehn Concert Band Sonata Octavi Toni...... Gabrieli/King March from Symphonic Metamorphosis...... Homage ...... van der Roost Serenade ...... Strauss ...... Hindemith/Wilson Old Home Days...... Ives Lincolnshire Posy ...... Grainger Early Light ...... Bremer Suite Francaise ...... Milhaud Country Band March ...... Ives/Sinclair Diversion ...... Heiden Wind Ensemble Ragtime ...... Stravinsky/McAlister Chester...... Schuman March for the Sultan Abdul Medjid .. Rossini Florentiner March ...... Fucik/Fennell Lincoln Portrait ...... Copland/Beeler Myaku...... Dzubay Elsa’s Procession...... Wagner/Cailliet New England Triptych ...... Schuman PROGRAMS - 11

Southwestern Oklahoma State University WASHINGTON University of Washington Wind Ensemble Timothy Salzman, conductor Symphonic Band University of Washington Concert Band March 7, 2000 James South, conductor and Wind Ensemble Tunbridge Fair...... Piston March 2, 2000 Raydell C. Bradley and Timothy Salzman, Out and Back Again ...... Benshoof Down Longford Way ...... Grainger/Osmon conductors Southern Harmony ...... Grantham Introit...... Tull November 30, 1999 Tapor No. 1...... Hovhaness Concert Band University of Washington Concert and Annette Diamond, conductor Brighton Beach ...... Latham Symphonic Bands Blue Goose Rag ...... Birch/Broege Ave Maria ...... Biebl/Ballenger Raydell Bradley and Bradley McDavid, On a Hymsong of Philip Bliss ...... Holsinger Der Traum Des Oenghus ...... Rudin conductors Liturgical Dances ...... Holsinger April 24, 2000 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Wind Ensemble Concert Band Symphonic Band Desi ...... Daugherty Flourish ...... Vaughan Williams James South, conductor Colonial Song...... Grainger The Soaring Hawk ...... Mahr April 27, 2000 Symphony ...... Hindemith Esprit de Corps...... Jager Morning Mist in County Derry...... Currie Concertino ...... Gillingham Symphonic Band Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring...... Bach/Reed Handel in the Strand ...... Grainger Satiric Dances ...... Dello Joio University of Washington Wind Ensemble Soliloquy for Band...... Heisinger Annette Diamond, conductor Timothy Salzman, conductor Three Revolutionary Marches ...... Smetana Shenandoah ...... Grainger/Osmon January 31/February 1, 2000 The Directorate ...... Sousa University of Washington Wind Ensemble Pacific Northwest Concert Band Festival Timothy Salzman, conductor Pastime ...... Stamp April 24, 2000 Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jay Scott, conductor Wind Ensemble Adagio ...... Rodrigo Funeral Music for Queen Mary .Purcell/Stucky Bacchanale ...... Rudin James South, conductor Frank Battisti, guest conductor April 30, 2000 Fantasy for Trombone ...... Creston University of Washington Concert and Waking Angels ...... Gillingham Don Immel, trombone Symphonic Bands Early Light ...... Carolyn Bremer In the Bleak Midwinter ...... Holst Raydell Bradley and Bradley McDavid, The Power of Rome ...... Grainger Shepherds Hey ...... Grainger conductors Concerto for Trumpet...... Arutiunian/Duker Flourish for Olana ...... Jordan May 25, 2000 La Virgen de la Macarena ....Traditional/Koff Prairie Songs ...... Daehn Concert Band Leonard Candelaria, trumpet Bravura ...... Duble The Pride of the Wolverines ...... Sousa University of Washington Concert and The Sword and the Crown ...... Gregson Symphonic Bands, Symphonic Band SOUTH CAROLINA Raydell Bradleyand Bradley McDavid, Incidental Suite ...... Smith conductors After a Gentle Rain ...... Iannaccone Charleston Southern University February 15, 2000 Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert Band University of Washington Wind Ensemble John M. Watkins, Jr., conductor The Free Lance March...... Sousa Timothy Salzman, conductor Patrick K. Carney, associate conductor Prelude and Fugue in G Minor ...Bach/Mohlmann May 25, 2000 October 14, 1999 On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss ..... Holsinger Kammermusic ...... Hindemith The Washington Post ...... Sousa Stormworks ...... Melillo Five Songs on Poems of Robert Frost ...Weinstein Chester...... Schuman Symphonic Band Julian Patrick, baritone Elegy for a Young American...... Lo Presti Colas Breugnon Overture ...... Kabalevsky Awayday...... Gorb Shenandoah ...... Ticheli So Pure the Star...... Persichetti Rakes of Mallow ...... Anderson Second American Folk Rhapsody....Grundman WEST VIRGINIA December 2, 1999 March, Opus 99...... Prokofiev Lauds ...... Nelson West Virginia Wesleyan College Ye Banks and Braes ...... Grainger, University of Washington Concert and Concert Band and Wind Ensemble Concerto for Clarinet, Rondo ...... Mozart Symphonic Bands David Milburn & Robert Baden, conductors Paris Sketches (II) ...... Ellerby Raydell C. Bradley and Bradley McDavid, December 7, 1999 God of Our Fathers ...... Smith conductors Wind Ensemble and Grace will lead me home ...... Knox Rudyard Dennis, student conductor Nutcracker Suite...... Tchaikovsky/Longfield March 16, 2000 March 7, 2000 Seventeen Come Sunday ..... Grainger/Daehn Symphonic Concert March ...Bonelli/Falcone Concert Band Concerto for Bassoon (I) ...... Mozart Chester...... Schuman Bandology ...... Osterling Concert Band Chester Leaps In ...... Bryant Ye Banks and Braes ...... Grainger Fairest of the Fair ...... Sousa Marche Hongroise...... Berlioz/Smith Alleluia Laudamus Te ...... Reed Greensleeves ...... arr. Reed May 4, 2000 Symphonic Band Fire of Eternal Glory...... Shostakovich/Rhea Nobles of the Mystic Shrine ...... Sousa Children’s March ...... Grainger Fanfare, Hymn and Dedication...... Huckeby Southern Harmony ...... Grantham Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo ...... Arnold Shadows of Eternity...... Stone Blue Shades...... Ticheli 12 - PROGRAMS/RECORDING REVIEW

West Virginia Wesleyan College To have your most recent disc listed Catholic University of America Concert Band and Wind Ensemble email or regular mail the following in- Chamber Winds David Milburn & Robert Baden, conductors formation: Robert J. Garofalo, conductor May 2, 2000 The performing ensemble Disc title: Wind Serenade Wind Ensemble The conductor(s) Overture for Winds ...... Catel Variations on a Shaker Melody...... Copland Concertino for Oboe and Winds ... von Weber The disc title [if any] Trauermisik ...... Wagner/Votta/Boyd Marcia alla Turca ...... Beethoven Festive Overture...... Shostakovich The works recorded followed by com- Nocturno...... Mendelssohn Concert Band posers Sinfonietta ...... Joachim Raff Abduction from the Seraglio .... Mozart/Isaac Anything special about the disc [world Procession of the Sardar .....Ippolitov-Ivanov Shenandoah ...... Ticheli premier, farewell recording, etc.] Divertissement ...... Bernard Folk Song Suite (I, III) .....Vaughan Williams The record label and catalog number Brasiliana ...... Ripper The Trombone King...... King [if any] Special Note: The soloist for von Weber’s Oboe Contact information Concertino is Dorothy Darlington. All of the music is published by Whirlwind Music. Many WISCONSIN Send all new release information to: of the works on this CD have never been re- St. Norbert College Wind Ensemble Ed Powell corded before. Frederick O. Schmidt, conductor Assistant Director of Bands Information: (301) 946-1498 – fax (301) 946- October 28, 1999 University of Tennessee 1397; [email protected] WMEA Conference 149 Music Building The Knights’ Arrival ...... Maske University of Tennessee **premiere** Catholic University of America Wind Knoxville, TN 37996-2605 Overture to the Creole “Faust” .Ginastera/Hudson Symphony and Chamber Winds Concerto for Percussion...... Milhaud/Smith [email protected] Robert J. Garofalo, conductor James Robl, soloist Electronic format and email are pre- Konzertmusik, Op. 41...... Hindemith Overture in F ...... Mehul ferred. Please use simple text format Geschwindmarsch ...... Hindemith Irish Tune ...... Grainger only when submitting via floppy disc. Mars from The Planets...... Holst Etude for Symphonic Wind Band.... Johnston Country Band March ...... Ives Suite of Old American Dances ...... Bennett St. Norbert College Wind Ensemble Washington Grays ...... Grafulla Frederick O. Schmidt, conductor Serenade, Op. 40 ...... Bird February 20, 2000 Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble Information: (301) 946-1498 – fax (301) 946- March Ponderoso ...... King Tom O’Neal, conductor 1397; [email protected] Rhapsody for Bass Trombone...... Frigyes Karel Husa, guest conductor Michael Tyrrell, soloist Rocky Point Holiday...... Nelson Colours ...... Cichy Concertino for Piano and Wind Ensemble ..... Gustavus Adolphus College Band Italian in Algiers...... Rossini ...... Husa Douglas Nimmo, conductor St. Norbert College Wind Ensemble Apotheosis of this Earth ...... Husa Sousa Marches Frederick O. Schmidt, conductor Monk Sketches...... O’Conner Foshay Tower Washington Memorial April 30, 2000 Label: Mark, 3182-MCD The White Rose Crown of Laurel...... Young Information: (501) 972-2094 El Capitan Fantasia and Rondo...... Weber/Snavely The Gallant Seventh Colonial Song...... Grainger/Rogers Minnesota Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew...... Curnow Indiana University Wind Ensemble Hands Across the Sea First Suite in F...... George Ray E. Cramer, conductor Washington Post Emblems...... Copland Semper Fidelis Mosaics ...... Kramer Corcoran Cadets INTERNATIONAL Fugue in E-flat Major ...... Bach/Woodley The Free Lance Baden-Württemberg Youth Wind Ensemble Beyond the Brass Gates ...... Freund Manhattan Beach Germany Molly on the Shore ...... Grainger The Stars and Stripes Forever Felix Hauswirth, conductor Myaku...... Dzubay The Glory of the Yankee Navy Baldur Brönnimann, guest conductor Be Thou My Vision...... Gillingham The Pathfinder of Panama Repertoire 2000 Chants d’Auvergne ...... Canteloube Label: DRCD98-86464 Early Light ...... Bremer Divertimento ...... Feld Information: (507) 933-7340 Canyons...... McCabe Dance of the Jesters ...... Tchaikovsky/Cramer From a Dark Millennium ...... Schwantner Information: (812) 855-1372 Three American Icons...... Bingham National Chamber Players L’Heure du Berger ...... Françaix Lowell Graham, conductor Yiddish Dances ...... Gorb Mozart Awayday...... Gorb Serenade in B-flat, K. 361 Concertino for Piano Solo ...... Lendvay Divertimento in E-flat, K. 166 Al Fresco ...... Husa Divertimento in B-flat, K. 186 Salsa Verde ...... Fiser Label: Klavier, KCD-11104 RECORDING REVIEW - 13

North Texas Wind Symphony Texas A&M University Symphonic & University of New Hampshire Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor Concert Bands Andrew Boysen Jr., conductor Convergence Timothy Rhea, conductor UNH Live Myaku...... Dzubay Legacy of the March, Volume I Slava ...... Bernstein/Grundman Concerto Grosso...... Tull Golden Bear ...... Richards An Original Suite ...... Jacob Wedding Dance ...... Press/Johnston/Fennell H.M. Jollies ...... Alford After a Gentle Rain ...... Iannaconne Masquerade ...... Gryc Trombone Section ...... Chambers from a dark millennium ...... Schwantner Konzertmusik ...... Hindemith American Legion ...... Parker Endurance...... Mahr The Warriors...... Grainger/Papajohn Neddermeyer Triumphal ...... King Symphony for Winds and Percussion ...Boysen Special Note: Fisher Tull’s Concerto Grosso Chicago World’s Fair ...... Mader Wedding Dance ...... Press/Johnston/Fennell features the Newcastle Brass Quintet: James Radio Waves...... Jewell Label: TD49601 Wood and Brendan Kierman, Trumpets, Kate The Courier Journal ...... Griffith Information: (603) 862-2405 Pritchett, Horn, James Kazik, Trombone and University of North Dakota ...... King Ronald VonDreau, Tuba. Our Glorious Emblem...... DeLuca Label: Klavier, KCD-11109 Queen City ...... Boorn University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble/ Information: (940) 565-3737 St. Julian...... Hughes Yale Concert Band Drum Major...... Taylor Ricardo Averbach and Thomas Duffy, North Texas Wind Symphony Our Gallant Infantry...... Edwards conductors Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor Kiefer’s Special...... Kiefer Tinicum Rhythms...... Reise Rendezvous Hostrauser’s...... Chambers Bronze Music ...... Levinson Children’s Overture...... Bozza Bennet’s Triumphal...... Ribble Fantasy in Three Movements in the form of a Red Cape Tango ...... Daugherty March Ponderoso ...... King Choros ...... Villa-Lobos Canzone Concertante, No. 5 ...... Turok Independentia ...... Hall Lincoln Portrait ...... Copland Divertimento ...... Hearshen Our United States...... Ventre Special Note: The recording was performed on French Impressions ...... Woolfenden Label: Mark, MCD-3203 studio with George Blood, recording engineer Jai ete au bal...... Grantham Information: (979) 845-3529 for the . All the works, Special Note: Paul Turok’s Canzone Con- except Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, are world certante, No. 5 features the Cleveland Duo: premiere recordings. This was a 4 year project. Stephen Warner, Violin and Carolyn Gadiel Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra The Villa-Lobos was commissioned by the Warner, Piano. Frederick Fennell, conductor American Wind Symphony Orchestra, estab- Label: Klavier, KCD-11110 Rapsodie Espagnole lished in Pittsburgh, PA, by Robert Austin Information: (940) 565-3737 Music of Maurice Ravel Boudreau. This work requires a very large en- Alborada del Gracioco from “Miroirs” ...... semble. Its recording was made possible by ...... Ravel/Nakata combining the Penn Wind Ensemble with the Royal Northern College of Music La Valle des Cloches from “Miroirs” ...... Yale Concert Band. Special permission was Wind Orchestra ...... Ravel/Hunsberger obtained from Peters for the release. Timothy Reynish, conductor Valses Nobles et Sentimentales...Ravel/Bowlin Information: (215) 898-6244 or (215) 573- British Wind Band Classics Pavane pour Une Infante Defunte ...... 6609; http://www.sas.upenn.edu/music/ First Suite ...... Holst ...... Ravel/Kimura S00consched.htm; http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ Second Suite...... Holst Rapsodie Espagnole ...... Ravel/Nakata music/windenscd.htm Fugue a la Gigue ...... Bach/Holst Bolero ...... Ravel/Fujita Marching Song...... Holst Label: KOCD-3579 Hammersmith...... Holst University of Tennessee Wind Ensemble Toccata Marziale ...... Vaughan Williams Gary Sousa, conductor Flourish for Wind Band ....Vaughan Williams University of Arkansas Wind Symphony Dreadnought...... Brooks Folk Song Suite...... Vaughan Williams W. Dale Warren, conductor O Mensch, Bewein’ Dein’ Sünde Gross ...... Sea Songs ...... Vaughan Williams Live at All-State ...... Bach/Grainger Label: CHANDOS 9697 Duke of Marlborough Fanfare ...... Fugue a la Gigue ...... Bach/Holst Information: +44 161 928 8364; tim@tim ...... Grainger/Ragsdale Vortex for Winds, Percussion and Piano ...... reynish.demon.co.uk Night on Bald Mountain.....Mussorgsky/Schaefer ...... Wilson Tuba Concerto...... Gregson Missouri Shindig...... Reed Royal Northern College of Music Symphony No. 4 ...... Maslanka Special Note: The Piano soloist for Vortex is Wind Orchestra Wedding Dance ...... Press/Johnston/Fennell University of Tennessee faculty member Pro- Timothy Reynish & Clark Rundell, Special Note: The soloist on Edward Gregson’s fessor David Northington. This disc is a live conductors Tuba Concerto is Kabin Thomas. The Duke of recording from the February, 2000 CBDNA German Wind Band Classics Marlborough Fanfare was a premiere perfor- Southern Conference in Greensboro, North Symphony in B-flat...... Hindemith mance of the arrangement and was conducted Carolina. Spiel for Wind Orchestra ...... Toch by Chalon Ragsdale. Label: Vestige Theme and Variations ...... Schoenberg Label: Mark, 3031-MCD Information: (865) 974-5031 Divertimento for Wind Orchestra ...... Blacher Information: (501) 575-4100 Symphony No. 5 ...... Hartmann Label: Chandos 9805 Information: +44 161 928 8364; tim@tim reynish.demon.co.uk 14 - BUSINESS CBDNA Article 5: Conferences The CBDNA shall meet in National Conference biennially College Band Directors National Association beginning with the 1966-67 academic year, the time and place Constitution and Bylaws to be determined by the Board of Directors. The Divisional Conferences shall be held in alternate years, the time and place Article 1: Name to be determined by the Divisional membership. The organization shall be known as the College Band Concerts and instructive sessions presented at the National Directors National Association. and Divisional Conferences shall be open to all members of Article 2: Purpose CBDNA and their invited guests. Business sessions of the The purpose of the organization is to assist members in seek- Association shall be open to active members only or by spe- ing individual and collective growth as musicians, educators, cial invitation of the Board of Directors. conductors, and administrators. Article 6: Dues Article 3: Membership in the Association The dues structure for various categories listed in Article 3 A. Active. shall be: 1. College/university band directors including Associ- A. Active. ate and Assistant directors-active or retired. 1. Active membership $60.00 2. Former college/university band directors now en- 2. Retired active membership 20.00 gaged in college/university music education, admin- 3. Honorary Life Membership - - - - istration or related areas. 4. Life Membership (Age 60) 300.00 3. Honorary Life Members. B. Associate. B. Associate. 1.Professional associate 50.00 1. Professional Associate - i.e., director of a military 2. Music Industry 100.00 service band, community band, secondary school 3. Student 20.00 band. 4. Institutional 75.00 2. Music Industry - one member of the firm shall be C. The National Secretary-Treasurer shall return a sum ev- designated as representative to the Association. ery biennium to each division based upon their respec- 3. Student - graduate or undergraduate who is seriously tive membership enrollment at the beginning of the bi- involved in band activities and development. ennium (the two year period immediately following a 4. Institutional - any school or institution actively sup- National Conference). The sums to be returned, and the porting band activities and development. One indi- membership guidelines to followed are: vidual may represent the institution as an active 1. 251 and above $1,500.00 member if qualified under Article III, Active, no. 1. 2. 201 to 250 1,450.00 C. Rights and Privileges. 3. 151 to 200 1,400.00 1. Only active members shall be entitled to vote on 4. 101 to 150 1,350.00 Association business and to hold elected office. Ac- 5. Below 100 1,300.00 tive membership is maintained through payment of The Secretary-Treasurer shall collect all dues. annual dues. The Board of Directors may appropriate a sum up to 2. Active members upon retirement from their institu- $10.00 per active member for the commissioning of new com- tion shall be entitled to a reduced dues assessment. positions for the wind band. 3. Honorary Life Membership may be conferred upon The fiscal year for CBDNA shall run from October 1 to active members by the Board of Directors as a form September 30. The membership year shall be the same. of formal recognition of exemplary contributions to The terms of administrative office on both the National the welfare of college and university bands. and Divisional level shall run from the close of one National 4. Associate members do not have voting rights and Conference to the close of the succeeding Conference. may not hold elected office in the Association; they Article 7: Revisions of Amendments may attend all CBDNA functions (with the excep- Proposed amendments to CBDNA Constitution and Bylaws tion of Business Sessions) and shall receive all may be presented to the Board of Directors by either the Con- CBDNA publications stitution Committee or by any officer of the Association at 5. Student membership is valid only during the period the time of the National Conference. The Board of Directors when the student is enrolled in graduate or under- shall then determine by a majority vote which amendments graduate collegiate activities. shall be circulated to all members of active status within two Article 4: Officers weeks of the termination of the National Conference. Ballots The national officers shall consist of President, President- shall be returned to the chairman of the election committee Elect, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer and Divisional for tabulation within four weeks of the termination of the Presidents. Together with the two most recent Past Presidents National Conference. An Amendment must receive two-thirds and the Honorary Life President, they shall constitute the of the votes cast to pass. An approved amendment becomes Board of Directors. effective immediately, unless otherwise stated in the amend- ment. BUSINESS - 15

BYLAWS designation) the one receiving the highest number of votes in the nomination balloting. The second nominee must Article 1: Duties for National Officers be selected from among the five in this tally. A. President. It shall be the duty of the President to orga- 4. The election shall be by first class mail ballot circu- nize the National Conference and to preside at all gen- lated to the membership with a return envelope clearly eral meetings thereof. The President shall appoint a par- marked CBDNA Ballot enclosed. The ballot shall be cir- liamentarian to each business session. It shall be the duty culated to all members of active status within two weeks of the President to represent the CBDNA at other confer- of the termination of the National Conference. Ballots ences or appoint a representative in his place when the shall be returned to the chairman of the election commit- Association is invited to send a delegate. tee for tabulation within four weeks of the termination B. President-Elect. It shall be the duty of the President-Elect of the National Conference. to assume the duties of the President in his absence. It D. Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be shall furthermore be the duty of the President-Elect to appointed by the Board of Directors. serve as chairman of Board of Directors meetings and to E. Divisional Officers. The Divisional officers shall con- coordinate membership activities sist of President, President-Elect, Vice-President and Sec- C. Vice-President. It shall be the duty of the Vice-President retary-Treasurer. The President-Elect shall automatically to assume the duties of the President in the absence of accede to the office of President, and the Vice-President the President and the President-Elect. It shall further- shall automatically accede to the office of President-Elect. more be the duty of the Vice-President to administer and Divisional Vice-Presidents shall be nominated at the Di- coordinate the activities of the National Committees. visional Conferences. The Divisional President will se- D. Secretary-Treasurer. It shall be the duty of the Secretary- lect a nominating committee who will submit two names Treasurer to perform the normal duties of a recording for the office of Vice-President. The election shall be by secretary and treasurer. secret ballot. This ballot shall be circulated to all active Divisional members within two weeks of the termina- Article 2: Election of Officers tion of the Divisional Conference. Ballots shall be re- A. The President shall serve from the time of assuming turned to the Divisional Secretary-Treasurer for tabula- office at the end of one National Conference to the end tion within four weeks of the termination of the Divi- of the next. sional Conference. The newly elected Divisional Vice- B. The President-Elect shall automatically accede to the President shall assume office at the next National Con- office of President, and the Vice-President shall ference. automatically accede to the office of President-Elect. 1. The Divisional President shall appoint a Secretary- C. Two candidates for the office of Vice-President shall be Treasurer. nominated and one shall be elected through the follow- 2. It shall be the duty of the Divisional President to ing procedure: organize and supervise the activities within his divi- 1. Only those who have served or are serving as Divi- sion. Divisional Presidents shall write letters of ap- sional Presidents and, those who have served as National pointment to all officers of the Division, shall sub- Secretary-Treasurer for a period of six years or longer, mit to the National President a list of Division offic- shall be eligible for nomination. Past National Presidents ers, including state and committee chairmen. are not eligible. 2. The Secretary-Treasurer shall have circulated to the Article 3: Standing Committees active membership by mail a certified list of the names Standing committees may be established, appointed and of those eligible, at least two months and not more than continued at the discretion of the President. four months before the National Conference. This list will serve as a ballot on which each member may, and Article 4: Filling of Vacancies should, nominate two persons for the office. The ballot In the event that a vacancy occurs in a National Office and must be returned to the Secretary-Treasurer at least three the procedure for filling the vacancy is not specifically pro- weeks prior to the opening of the National Conference. vided elsewhere in the CBDNA Constitution or By-laws then 3. The nominating committee shall consist of at least the President shall appoint a CBDNA member qualified un- five members. The National President and all past Na- der Article II of the By-Laws to fill the position subject to the tional Presidents in attendance at the National Confer- approval of the Board of Directors. Such an interim appoint- ence shall serve on the nominating committee, with the ment will be only for the remainder of the current term of most immediate Past President in attendance serving as office at which time the vacancy will be filled by election. chairman. In the event there are fewer than five qualified members for this committee, the current President shall appoint enough members to make a full committee. The committee will receive from the Secretary-Treasurer the ballots and the tally, and using them as a guide shall nomi- nate two persons with their consent, including (without Submissions to the Report Change of Address

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