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as an adjudicator at our Champion-ships and will do so again in 1994.

Background and TlalnlngCurnow grcw upin the rich brass bandculture of Thc Salvation Army, receiv-ing his firstprivate lessonsin composi-tion and scoring during high schoolfrom Bandrnaster Max Wood of TheRoyal Oak Corps B d ofTheSalva-tion Army. By thc late 1960s some ofhis early efforts wcre being publishcdby SP&S, the Army's main publishingfirm in London, Engla d. He receivedfu rtherguidance homDr. Irwin Fischer,of American Conservatory, who taugh tcomposition at The Salvation Army'ssumrner music camp, Central MusicInstitute, that Cumow attended a9 ayoungbandsllun, Continuing to honorhis religious and cultural roots, JamesCurnow still contributes to SalvationArmy publications on a rcgular basisand currently serves as editor for TheSouthem Territory's highly successfulAtnerican Bnss Ensanble Serirt and TheEaslet^Tcnitory's Arnerictn Ban l luo-firl, the latter duty just assumed in theFall of 1994.

Hisformal hainingcarneatWa',neState0ames Cibb) and M ichigan State (cereHutchinson) though hiscompositionalstudies at first took second seat to hispursui t of degrees in music education.Not allowing the set music ed. curricu-lum to restrict him, he took as muchextra study in composition, counter-point, and orchestration as he possiblycould handle. At Michigan State healso studied conducting with Harry

Bcgian and Euphonium with LeonardFalcone. After serving in various pub-lic schools and universities in the De-hoit area his first long-term teachingappointmcnt camc in 1974, at AsburyCollege. In 1981 he moved on to TheUniversity of Illinois to become Assis-tant Director of Bands under Bcgianand served as Director of Bands therebcfore decidingon a carr{r of full-timccomposing and guest conducting.

After living in Adanta for nearly tenyears he and his wife, Marge, havemoved back to Kentucky, in tessamineCounty, just a few milcs from AsburyCollege.

Currsnt StatusNational and then intemahonal recog-nition came to Cumow in the mid-to.late 1970's with an impressive series ofawards for wind band works. To get anidea of his popularity in this 6eld,Cumow holds commissions for con-cert band pieces through 198, a datebeyond which he just is not willing tocommit! Combined with his fine skillson the podium, his success in this fieldhas taken him all across the world-Au stralia, Japa n, Europe evenbeforehis string of brass band pieces gaincdhim attention in that musical arena.There s€ems to be a good balance inCurnorr's output of late, symbolicallyhigttlighted by the two CDs fcaturedbelow----one for his wind band workspublished by Hal t€onard, producedSony Corpomtion and recorded by one

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American Brass Band Composer: James Curnow

Most American wind players rccog-nizcramesCumow asoneof America'sleading comfrosers in the concert bandfield. Until recently only membcrs ofTheSalvation Army would have knownof his rernarl..able contributions to brassband literature. Within the last tenycars, however, James Cumow has pro-duced a very diverse set of works forbrass bands beyond the confines of hischosen denomination, and all his excel-lcnt Salvation Army pieces are nowavailable to the general public. Hisoutput has not been restricted to largetest pieces, although certainly workscommissioned for brass band contestshave enriched thatgenre. The "SelectedLis(, provided at the conclusion of thisb.ief article only begins to hint at hisdiversity, his ability to provide qualityworks in a wide range of technical de-mands. In recent years NABBA haschosen Cumow works for its own con-tests with Ir de on for Honors Sec-tion this year----and Curnow has served

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I apologize for the late release of this"Novemb€f issue;-knew I was introuble when the GABB talrc entries,due December lst, started to come in.Well, ithas been that kind ofFall and,ftom those reports we are receivin& avery busy one for NABBA bands!

Sevcral new fcatures make their prc-micrc this issuer American Brass BandCompoc€rs series, Band Bullctin Board,and Coming Events. Certainly NABBAbands will want to rnake fuller use ofthe latter two services in future issues.I hop€thattheprofilesof ourownbrassband wdte$ is enlightening as well aseducational for usall,

All bandsshould have received in Sep-tcmber the various contest guidelines.All contcst music is available fromBcrncl and othcr musicdcalcrs. A spe-cial note to all bands in the Honorscategory. lrrlde (Cumow) can be playcdby bands with only thr€€ fombones.Simply follow thc cues provid€d in thescorc and parts. rudges r.\rill b€ alertcdto the fact that bands with three tsom-boncs rnay substrtutc the cued partswithout any penalty.

NABBA continues to grow, with wordin thisissueof threer€wNABBAbands.Our Board has bocn strengthened-Bloomquist, Bulla, Gray, Hammond,and She€han. We approach thccontestseason in sFongshapclA new listingofthc Board of Directorc is provided inthis issuei they are your representa-tr vcs. Contact them on rutters that con-cern you! Cerhinly at the last Boardmeeting Raleigh thc Board was veryresponsive to band input leading tosubstantivechang€sand modifi cationsin our contest procedurcs.

A brass band concert in Carnegic Hall,Ncw York City? Informal reportsreached me that the October programofBlackDyke Mills Band, with PhilipSmith gucst soloist, was a great suc-cess, the riaiority of the audience neverhaving heard a brass band in a concertsetting. Now that is progress for brassbands! See complcte program later inthis issue.

Send us YOUR F ranrs: s}tare yoursbry wi$ ods \-ABBA bardsl Keepin touch. Hai€ a kuittul. iq{ul Holiday season-

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President's Podium

I am honored to be electcd tltc lounipresident of NABBA, succeedinS DonKneeburg, Paul Droste, and Perrv

In the August meeting of lhe NABSABoard of Drectors, we rnade severalchanges to the nrles and proctdures ofthe Championships. Thcsc actions r€-spond to concerns voicrd by rnanyNABBA members within our rrtnberbands. It is clear that North Ad'ricanslikehead-tchead compctition, ard o|gywant to be surc thc competitions arefair and unbiascd. So, we havc rcin-shd the use of one rcquirrd lest pic<!(rather than a choice from alrnnt three)for each contest section, and we havealsoreadopd thcopaquest'ttningof

iudges. While I believe our use of openjudging in the last few yea6 has r(.sulted in completely unbias.d adiudi-cation and valuable comrrpnts that in-clude the \risual asp('ct of performancc,manv members have bern un€sv aboutpossible unconscious favoritilm byjudges who can st\: the competingbands. The adjudicators now will beunable to s€e the bands as they maketheirevaluations, retuming theCham-pionships to being as impartial as pos-sible. Several bards said that wi th thesechanges, they would nuke evcry effortto compete in the 1991 Championshipsin Raleigh. We $'elcorr|e their renewed

The Board disoss€d but did not makedefi nitivedecisions about rEgional com-petibons. If you have strong thoughtsabout regional compehhong, pleas{r letme know in dme for the Board meetrngin April ls.re Board list for address/telephonel.

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OuI program to encourage and susta inBritish-style brass bands in NorthAmerica is working. I am very pleascdthat several Canadian brass bands havcrenewed their interestin NABBA (Mostexciting is the selcction oJ Toronto assiE for our Championships in'1995).

As we work to expand the populationof brass bands and strengthen NABBAand its leadership role, I greatly cn-courage your ideas and participatn)n.

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Ane canc Dosolcontlnued trcn we 1of the world's finest wind ensembles,the Tokyo Kos€i Wind Orchestra, andthe other by deHaske featuring brassband pieces played by a grcat list ofsupcrb bands.

The commission is the primary motiva-tor now for his work with "outside'brass bands, while his work for TheSalvahon Army continues to be a latlorof love and spiritual nurture. Most re.ccntly he completed Conceftpiece lorCornel and Blass Batd, commissioned

by The Luccm€ lgwitzerland] BrassBand. He feels at home either in thefield of p.ogammatic pie(€s ot in ab-shact composition, with the darifica-tion that when writing for The Salva-tion Army the associad text is givenmairr emphasis. The variation form orvariation proccss has always appealedto him and some of his finest achieve'ments come in this form. At the mGment he is completing a wind bandwork based on a theme from Saint-Saens' Syrrprory #3 ("The OrSan S),rn-phony') ; commissioned bY TheNorc.oss Hlgh school Band lceorgial

in honor of a tragically-killed drummapr who loved that Piece.

Influomes and o{tehwhen asked about influences in hiswork, Cumow f€els Orat he gain€d in-sight into brais band scodng Prirnarilyfrom the works of Eric Ball. Twentieth_century comPosers Darius Milhaud,Paul Hindemith, and Aaron CoPlandare given places of honor in Ns ownprivate study. Among cunent brassband writer's Cumow admires the reccnt efforts of Philip Sparke, Peter Cra-ham, Edward Gregson,TorsteinAagaard-Nilsen lNorwayl, and Jan vander Roost [Belgiuml. Confident aboutthe future of brass bandin& cspeciallywhere thebrassband community worksincooperation with, Iathet thanin com-p€tition to, the wind or concert bandsccnc, hedelights in newideasforbrasscomposition and feels that composersshould continue to challenge the toPbands wilhcomplexand dif f icult workswhen appropriate. Hei)ins other brassband composers in lamnting the timerestrictior$ Placed on brassband work5,especially thosc wiitten for contcsts.

AnslyslsCumow's brass band writing has Providcal us with a fine synthesis of the"brasschoir blo<k" aPProach of muchAmerican wind band scoring and thedclicate chamber brass aPProach sooften encountered in the best of Salva-tion Arrny sacred literature. He has notb€en shy in demanding a very actlverole for the percussion section, a sec_tion that, desPite its more recent inclu_sion in contests, has either not b€enchallenged or has b€€n added seem-ingly as an aJter-thoughtby rnany brassairangers, As a formet virtuosoeuphoniumist Curnow understandsbriss band playing and each of thebrass band instruments. Hc rarely demands that which is truly unidiomaticfor a particular instrument

His choice of musical ideas in majorworks tcnds to fluctuatebetw€en a short

Knoxville 180011)Laude I4lLegend in &ass I1lLobe den Henen 11lLord's Commard, Ttl€ l2lMasquerado lor BGss [1]New Covenanl Tho l1lProcossion ol lhe Noues (Rimsky-Ko6akovi Cumow) l2lPsalm ol Pfais€ I2lPrelude on Finlandia 11!Rhapsody lor Elphonium and Band I3lRiver City Suite l3lShe s Uke a S,{allon-Altohom solo []Souhem Sfidt-Fesltval March [21Toccata {att Frescobaldiicutnod l1lTdbute-4oncerl i.,larch l1lTdnico I3lTwo Fanlares I3lVafiatons on Tena Beah [21washinqton Grays (Gfatulla/Cumow) lll

1 t oHske; 2 Rosehlll; 3 sP&S Londoni l The SA'Chlcago;5 The SA'f'l9*Ydt

This listing does not include ovcr fifty sacred brass band compositions oranangeme;b by James Cumow published by The Salvation Army in Chi-cago,-New York, or t ndon For further data check lnstmtnental Music lndetof\alulbn Annv Bard Ptblicalrons, published by The Salvation ArmyMusicDepartrnent, Central Territory, l0 W Alconquin Rd, Dcs Plaines, [L b00lt'(7d4t-294-2"133.

A Selected Listing of Brass Band Worksby James CurnowAn Australian Christmas-Suile 11lArdanle-{omet Solo (Gli0re/Cum0w) lllAppahchian l,lounhin Folk Sono Suile [31Asbriian, Tl8-Feslival March l2lElenh€im FlourislBs [31Enss lretarnoQhosis [1]Brass Minialurcs lllCall To Ams, Tho l2lCanlo Roligiosa-{omet Solo 11lCome Thou Almighty Klng-Prcllde I5lChdsfiEs Tdptych l1lConcod Pigce lof Comel and B.ass Band [1]CodEt Capdc&-Trio 11 IFailh ls he Vicbry-Festival March I2lFanhrc a.!d Flouristlos lllFanhsy lor Trombone and &ass Band [31Galop (StausYCurbw) lliGuadian ol OuWay l2lGrcai Salvalion War-Tone Poem I2lHeilage ol Freedom l5lHoly, Holy, Holy [11Jubilatronlllt

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original se es of pikhes in a giventonal mode [S€e the phrygian set tha t isthe basis for Brass Mefrftorphosis I, tflat, c,d flaL c flatl or morivcs derivedfrom hymns or chomles [In lrlde, thechorale "Lobe den HeII en" ) i^ Trittico,the American folk hFnn "Consola-tion"l. He has a preference for rhyth-mic and melodic ostinatos, a love ofcanonic imitation, and is a master ofbuilding large, climactic mass€s ofsound. lndeed, this latter charactcristiccan bring about hequent li€rformanefailure in his music when a conductortries to "peak" a section or compositiontoo soon. ln Cumow's major worksthere always seems to be one more"mountain" to climb! One must con-seffe the energy. The conclusion oflrlde, a test-picce this year at NABBA94, is a case in point. When we finallyhear the theme at measure 281, uponwhich the series of variations is based(never fully prescnted before this mo-ment), the /o/lisgirro tutti is not the lastto be heard. Four morc peaks arc rc-quired: the bright brass at 293; thcrullentando into the t'inale-plestot thc cre-scsrdo into 323; and the last four bars!The skillcd conductor must balancethese with careful regard to the ovcrallexpressive and technical demandsplaccd on his players throughout the

Not all of Cumow is brass bombard-ment! His lFical moods are equallyengaging. The euphoniuft solo in B/assMefafiorphosis, measure 179, playcdover a low bass pedal and soft, shiftiigchords above in the altos, showsboth apoelic poignancy and a careful regardfor his motivic material. In Ia de, ah)'rnn of praise, the soloists in the bandare frequently called upon for soft, ex-pressive plalng of a reflective arldquiet ly intense nature, especial lyflugelhom, cornet, and euphonium.

In ?,flico, commissioned for the SwissBlass Band Championships, wecan findsome of Cumow's finest recent writingIor brass band. As the title impties,there is a tripartite structure threelarge variations based on the folk h},.nul"Consolation" and a four-note pitch

serics or cell that opens the work. Thefolk tune is based in the aeolian mode;the opening motive-!, b Ilar. I, e-haslydian mode implications. Thes€ twosou rces and their modal bases providea flollmodal chrornaticism that infl€ctsmuch of Curno!|/s recent scores, Attheclimaxof the third varialioO s€ction 38,Cumow brilliantly lcads into an alea-toric scction during which thc upperbrass improvis€ rapid pattems on givenpitches derived from the opcningmohvic series while the lower brassand pcrcussion continue a rhythmicand melodic ostinato, also bascd on theopcnin8 idca. This leads to a pondcr-ous, almost threatening statement ofthc opening motive in thc low brass.The exultant finale that follows com-bines thc complete hl.rnn tune in aug-mentation with third variation melodicand rhythmic ideas. The work con-cludes with a majestic statement ofquintessent ial Curnow, the r is ingfourths and fifths of his opening mo-tivc, finally rcsolving the harmonic ten-sions of the work in a majestic E FIatmajor chord. This is a powcrful work,one thatcan be appreciatcd for itssolidmusical craJtsrnanship and for its hid-dcn motivation, the associatcd text ofthc hymn that so clearly s.cms to em-bodylamesCumow'sphilosophy: Orcethory mV so l, lhe rising day sol tes thyuaking eycs;lokce more,fty wice, thy ttib-ule Wy to Hhn that ntles r,te sk cs. Withthat text in hand one can have somebethr understanding of the inspirationbehind the conbour of the original mo,tive that unites the piec\,'.

Analysis of a composels style, insightinto his background and hainin& evenhis mo tivations for wiiting---+ll of thesethirrgs help us better understand thccreahve impulseand allow us to L€fterperform a composer's music. Yet allthat is for naught if a composer doesnot communicate to his audience. Inconclusion of this short profile of timCumow, let mc add a very brief per-sonal example that I hope witl placethis all in perspective. The LexingtonBrass Band gave its firct concert of thescason just a w€€k ago. In a note re-

ceived after the concert ua our "mail,in' donafion envelopes, a gentlemanwrote: "AIl the sel€\ctions were new tome, but I hoped Cumow's LAUDEwould never end, but like all goodthings, it had to...." May we in the bmssband movement continue to receivemore cxcellent and stimulating musicfromJames Cumow.

Ronald W. Holz

Two Recent CDs ofCurnow MusicBrass Band Works Published by DEHASKE Music publishers.The Music of latfica Cunlo?r. Brass BandSol i Deo Glor ia (Jan de Haan),Blighouse and Raskick(Jan deHaan),Yorkshir€ Impedal Band (David Hirst),Desford Colliery oan de Haan). DHM'10.002-3. T'I 74:23. Ptogtam: Washifig-totl Ctuls (Gtafdl^ / C[rnowl, htbila-I ion, Sanctus (Schubert /Curnow),Concerlpie.e t'or Cofiel , Al tohorn Solo-She's Like the Swallou, Prelude onFinlondia, Toccata (Frcscobaldi /Cvmowr, Knomille 18N, Ragtine lotHoft1s, Brass Miniatures, Fanlarc Prel deo ltbedefi Hefiet1,Cornet lo-CafitoReligio",o, Galop -Op. 20 (Strauss, SrlCnn\owr, HoIy Holf-Holy, Fatlfarc andFlourishes, The Ne:,, Coomafit.

Wind Band Works Published by HalLeonard MusicThe Musicof]afies Cumou. Tokyo KoseiWind Orch€sha (Yasuhiko Shiozawaand Frederick Fennell). Sony SRCR9307. TT 69:05. Program I RqouissanceA Mqlty Fortress, Swphonic TlipLvch,PsahnT ne Vaiatiot1s, Ceremonbl F\ourishes, htrtita for Band, Cayiccio andCavatin!1, Dublin Skelches, SWn Ri:,erSaga, Fot RilEr Festioal, Werc Neoerla* or Eagle Flao.

Both recordings are superbly per-formed by outstanding brass and windmusicians. They are available fromCurnow Music S€rvice 60f-a85- 96.

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Band Programs

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Requesl for Concerl Promot€rsThe British Nuclear Fuels Band willbc touring the United States this coming Iuly, 1994. Any persons or bandintcrcstcd in sponsoring a programwithin thc datcs july 24-29 pleasecontact A,P. Blackledge, Tour Coordinator. Telephone 011 -44-772-

762$fi; Fax 0\l 44-772-725-920. Olwri te BNFL Band, Springfield Works,Salwick Prcston, kncashirc PR4 oXJEn8land [Tentative schedule: July24, Seattle; July 25, DcnveL Irly 26,Pittsburghi July 2ZWashington DC;

July 29, Wilmington; July 29, NewYork Cityl.

Vacancy Announcement:EuphoniumThe United States Army Band(Pershing's Own) announces auditions for Euphonium in March 1994lexact date TBAIThe applicant must demonstrate ex-cellent sight-reading skills, soloisticabiliry and a know]cdgc of concertband and/or Brifishbrass band rep-ertoire. Applicants for this positionwill be expected to pass thc Army'sphysical examinaLion and mectothcrstandards rcquired to enlist in theArmcd Forccs. Plcascscnd a resumeand a casscttc tapc. Tapc must in-clude cxamples of tcchnical profi-cicncy in a varicty of musical styles-S{nd ma tcrials no latcr thcnJanuary31, r994 to:Thc United States Army BandAthr Mastcr SSt. ludy CohcnP.O. Box 70565Washington, DC 20024-1 374For furthcr information on the positio|r call: 703-696343/0509

Complimentary CD fff All NABBAMembersThe Unitcd States Army Brass Bandwill rclcasc thcir latest CD, a liverecording from lastyear's Cala Con-cert. This outstanding program in-cludcd solos by the Childs Brothersand Phil Mccann. The CD isentitledSirnhrrst, aftcr lim Horsay's marchpremiered that night. Each NABBAmember will receive.omptimcntarycopy. If you would like Army BandrecordinSs for your srhool, ciuc or-ganizalion or public library, send arcqucst to: The Army Band/ATTN: Public Affairs, P.O. Box70565, Washington, DC 20024-1374;FAX 703-69G3904.

Becent Brass Band Concerls:Music Lisied in Conced Odelalack Dyke Mil ls Band ( lamesWah-ion). Camegie HaU, New York City.october 17, 1993. with Philip Smith,guest cornct soloist; Robert Childs,Euphonium; James Watson, trumpet.

Quemsbury \Kaye);'Ihe Force of DestinyOerdi /Wright), Comet *)lo-l 1 tbilance(Himes)j Cornet D'uet-Qlticksil|,er(Crahaft\)) Variatiotls on an Enigna(Sparkcr; Toccata t'rotn Sytnphony *5(widor/Sparke); Variat ion XvII I(Rachmaninoff /Harvcy) ; BroaduayB/dss (lncludinS arrangements of Bcr-l in, Webber, Hammerstein, andBernstein); Euphonium Solo-Crandt'athel's Clo.k (Traditional); BillGeldaftl Sltile (Tnbutc to Ted Heath,Opus One, Mcmorics of You, HotToddy, South Rampart SEeet Parade)-

Sunshine BrassBand (K.D. Kneeburg).1993 Fal I Conccrt Scrics. Scptembcr 19,1993. Polk Thcatrc, Lakeland FL. TfuPresidefit (Cerr an); A M@rside Suile(Holsrt;The HolV Boy /Jrcland /Wilson);BeelhoDen'sBea o (Snell); Men of Harlech(Langford); Str ike Up lhe Ban, l(Ccrshwin /Fernie); Car adian Folk SongStlite (Cafvert), Chatlie ls My DarlinS(Langford)i The Cnl I Left Behind(ln gtord)t Otrc Voice (Manilow/Fan)iThose Ma gtificenl Men... F !1ting Machi nes(Goodwin/Farr), Lsl's Col (woodfield).

Lexington Brass Band (Ror Holz andSkip Cray). November 21, 1993. Cen-tral Clrristian Church, Lexington, KY.Vinccnt DiMarhno, cometsoloist DaleWarren, trombone soloist; MichaelRintamaa, organist. The Impresario(Ctn.'^rosa'); Concal Piecc for Trotnboneand Band (Cuilmant/Steadman-Allen);Cornet Solo-Rrle B/itdttn,, (Hartman),Ilude (Cnmovtr; Fugue lron SymphonVIV (Lves/Holzr; Wsnagul: The Path ofP/og/ess (McKirun); Concert Marchmeir Fi].est How lBortgois); Elsa's Proc€ssio'r (Wagner/Himes). Alfo (Ball).

SaltRiver Brass Band (Ralph Pearce)."Potpourri," with Chris Mallet, CucstEuphonium soloist. October 3, 1993.Chandler Center for the Afts, Phoenix

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Brass Band News

AZ. Fanlfie ftom furathuslra (Shauss/Pearce); Sral Spangled Banner (arr.Sousd;Pro.lssior olth. Norles (Rimsky-Korsakov/Curnow); Iorgotten Drcams(Anderson/Brand); Buphonium soloHarbour LiSht (Bearctoft ; Pauane(Faue/tanSford); Strike Up the Band(Ce$hwin/Richards); Maple lzal Rag0oplin/Cumow); Euphonium solo:Canhnl ofverlice(Atba /Clatke); Pmbe(Heaton); Re-t,en? (Downie); I/edsrles

ft(rn Tdaikotdky (an . Coles').

W€natchee Bdtish Btass Band ( DuaneMikow). "Kidz KonzarL" with Studentbrass musicians and the ColumbiaYou th Cho i r , Oc tobc r ' 17 , 1993 .Wenahhee HS Auditorium. A Dis,PyFa, ksy (Richards)i Nrck Nark PadditLsck(Hall); Send in lhe Clouns (Sondheim/Bryce, with Bob Hougham Sopranocomet): Wizard of Qz lArlen/ Ball); Ser-aade (MozAtt / A^ori:Thanes fran E.T.(Williams/Peberdy)j Pink PanlherItem. (Mancini /Bametttt Mary Poryins(Sherman/Wright); Littl e Suite lot Bnss(At old); M@rside Suite (Holst) undcrt re Se, (Menken/Nowak).

Imperial Drass (Brian Bowcn). Concertat Imperial Music C€a|Fr, South RiverNJ; Novemb€r 7, 1993. Carnhnl Day(Iangfot d\; Aelsea B idge (Strayhorn/Drover); Trotnp-Trurnp-Ttufip(Goldnad; Bam Dance&Coroboy Hyntl(Sparke); Orer the Rtinbow (Arler\lRichards); yir.ut Resina (Mathias); 8,.-glers' Holida! lAndetsr rt Etcerpts JrofiI tal ian Sympholty (Mendelssohn/Gofh^); April in Pais (arr. Freeh); Ontlre Mall (Coldman); Daisy Bell(Langford); A Summer Scherzo(tangford).

Though we do not have all the details,word has been r€c€ived that new bandsare starting this Fall in:

spdnSft€ld, ILEau Clalr€, WIFrede ck, MD

In the latter town lohn Slezak, whoalreadyhasahighschoolbrassband,isstarting an adult brass group.

Triantle Brass has had a busy Fallstarting with thei. first concert sedes:October 24 in Hill$orough NC; OctGber 29 in Chapel Hill, Nc-part of theSo lharst Brass Canferdc.; and Novem-ber 17, Raleigh, NC, Membershipchanges saw the departure of sopranocornetist Richard House (to ArizonaState forgraduate school) but also somevcry fine additions, Triangle Brass iss€rving as cchost with No(h CarolinaStat€ Btitish Brass for the 1994 Cham-pionships in Raleigh. {Connie Varnerl

Junior VarsitJ' All-Stars: A nEssage toyou from ,amie Hoovcr!

He had to lcave Columbus in order toattend colleSe early. He misscs all hisfriends in the group and wishes to bercmembereil to them. You can reachhim at Mary Baldwin College,5{294,Staunton, VA 24401.

Salt Riv€r Brass Band gave, in addi-tion to their '?otpourri" aoncert widrWelsh virtuoso Chris Mallet listedabove, several other concerts this Fall:November l4-Ir lodon Toun, withthe Mesa Caledonian PiF Band; Decerr$er lg-Holiday Brass, with GuestFumpet soloist Jim B€nitez, PrincipalTrumpet in Malino, Sweden, formerlyof the Phoenix Symphony. This bandwas also featured in the September iesue ofMouthpi€ce, the joumal of TheNewZealand Brass Balds AssociatiorLin a BooseyToHawkcs profile.

The Anny BrasB Band (Captain TomPalmatier) opened their twelfth seasonwith an Ocbber program that proved

to be both challenginS and enerhin-ing. After opening with K,nightTenplar(Allen), the band launched into the Fi-nale lron Tchaikotsky's Symphony #4.The combination of flurries of not€sand raw power elicited a huge responsefrom the full house. Next up was Con-certrnaster Allan VanPatten, who ta&-led ,oseph Tunin's tricky comet soloCapn.e. After his wcll-€amed bows hewas irined on hret lot T n CaE byMaster Sergeant Bill Medearis. The firsthalf closed with PhilipSpatke's londorlOuelf,rre This work rceived such anenthusiastic response from both audi-ence and band alike that it is surc to beprogramrned in the future.

Jim Curnow's Irgard ifi B/ass openedthe s€cond half followed by the con-ducting premlere of The Brass Band'snew Enlisted Director, Master SargeantPaul Wilhoit. It was then that the con-cert took an unexpecH turn. The ArmyChorale's resident diva, Staff SargeantBeverl(y Bcnda. had suitably impressedthe audience with her coloratura onP\tca i's UM wce Wo la. only to retumto the stage attired as Minny Mouse.The Band's adaptation of bngford'sDisney Fantasy feabtred costumed ac-tors in all manners of wolves, apes.pigs, and bcars. This brought forth thefirst of three thunderin& stand ing ova-tions from the audience. The concert.losed with Prxessiotl to the Mifisrerltun ldtengin, a piae as demandingmusically as it is of the players'endur-ance.

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The Brass Band ofColumbusis in theproccss of record ing i ts first CD; ini tialcuts sound greatl Look for further de-tails in upcoming issue of The Bridte.

The Wenatchee British Brass Band's"Kidz Konzerf JProgramlisted abovelwas a great success in having local highschool musicians from s€veral schooljoin the band on their last three items.One tragic aspect of the day was thatAndy DuggaD a 16-year old B Fla t bassplayer from Moscs Lake High School,waskilled in a car accident on the wayto the concert. Andy had anticipatc\dioining Wenatahee British Brass.

Impelial Brass and AtlanticBrass willbe giving a joint concert on Novcmbcr20th.Imp€rial will be featurcd again atthe April 9th Ne?, Yort B rcss Cont'ernrce.

New Music Reviews

Three new releases (1993) have bccnreceived from Rosehill Music. Theyrange from a short arrangement of a TVtheme song to a contemporary treat-ment of the batde ofgood and evil.

A Year ht Protence is the theme song ofa popular British TV show ofthesamenamc. It was composed by Carl Davisand arranged for brass band by DarrolBarry.Themusical style is marked "iGvial" (very French) and is meant toportray the spirit of this part France.The tunebouncesalong in 6/8 time andlastsalmost thre€ minutes.It hasa pleas-ant melody line and no real technicaldemands othcr than some arpeggios inthe accompaniment. There is limitedappeal if the audience is not familiarwith the ry show, but the tune is niceand thc arranSement would be a goodcontrast to Iongcr and heavicr num-bers.

Thc Atnericatt D/srrr was written byElgar Howarth for thc American visitby the Grialethorpe Colli€ry Band backin 1976. There are some interesting e!fects-lots of muted passages andmuted hemolos-in the accompani-mert. The melody stays in 3/4 time,but there is a contrasting duplctcountermelody in the solo hom part.The overall musical effect is unabash-edly impressionistic with some abso-lutely beautiful sounds contained inthc scoring.

The challenge to the perfomers is bosustain both the notes and phrases inthe Lento tempo/ and to sustain themusical interest throughout the fiveminutes of playl^g tlme- AfiericahD/ean is a worthy piece but it willdemand thorough rehearsal and a con-trolled performance to be successful.

Onc of Elgar Howarth's most intercst-1^gpj,e<e9bme Bqndsfior's lale. It waswritten as a rctirement gift for a mem-

ber of a Salvation Army band and isloosely based on the Foundo's Hymn("O Boundless Salvation"). Howarthacknowledges the inf luence ofShavinsky and one is immediately re-t'ldjrded oI The Soldier'sTqle (Histoite dusoldnf, 1918). The battle of good veFusevil is portrayed musically in thi s pie€e.A Salvation Army band member is con-fused by and tom between the easy,slick musicofthe world and the "spiri-tual" f amiliarityof the Fo!fi de/ s Hlrr1 .This conflict con hnues throughout thepiece, and is hiShlighted by fragmcntsof the h),rnn and jazzy effects, somecover.d by an optional electric piano.The piece ends wi th a frec-form, exult-ant cadcnza. You don't have to be aSalvationist to understand and appre-ciate this piece. If you like Stravinskyand want to play a really interestingand differcnt piece of music, then TleBanalsfian's Trle is for you,

Bo th m e B a | 1 d st ru | t's T a I e and T h e At ner i -ca Dreafi ate expertly recorded byBri tannia Bui lding Sociefy Band(Howard Snell), on Doyen CD 011.

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The 1993 SummerBrass Band Workshops

For theeighth cons.'cutiveyearNABBAand Yafiuha Corporation of Americahave co€ponsored a series of five sum-mer brass band workshops. PerryWatson led these workshops for thefirct four years, and Paul Droste hasbeen thc clinician for the past four years.Yamaha s€nds a complete set of brassbard instruments to each clinic site,and also covers the cxpenses of theclinician. Each workshop participantpays a fee to NABBA that covers a oneyear mcmbership.

Thc first 1993 workshop was held on,unc

'l-3 at Fort Monroe, VA. It washostcd by Sgt. David Wittand The USArmy Contin€ntal Band. The brasss:ction of the band was temporarilychanged into a British-style brass band.The workshop covered three days andculminated in a public concert at FortMonroe. Several adults fmm the Nor-folk area also took part in the workhopand thc concert.

The second workshop was hcld onJune18-19 at The University of Toledo inToledo, OH. The hosts were StevcMcconaughy, a former member of TheOhlo Stat€ Univ€Isity Malching Band,and Bemie Sanchez of UT. Manyofthcparticipants are members of local com-munitybands.

The third workshop took place at FoitWalton Beach, FL on July 9-10. lt washosd by Emest Hebson, Band Direc-tor at Fort Walton Beach High School.Several of the adult partcipants wereband directors, and they brought theirshrdents to the workshop.

Workshop number four was held atThe University of South Dakota, lo-cat€d in Vermillion, on JuIy 3G31. Thehost was Richard Bogenrief, a formcrmember of The US Army BrassBand.member of The US Army BrassBand. This area has a tradition of com-munity bands and the players, both

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Thc last of the five workshops washosted by David Lcppla, Drcctor o{Barlds at Purduc University, on Au-gust 20-21. A rnaiorfty of the partici-pants were from the Purdue "AllAaieriaan" Marching Band. A visitorfrom New Zealand also attended theworkshop.

The workhops averaged 20 partici-pants eaclr Saining over 100new mem-bers for NABBA. lt is lloFd that fivebrass bands will be formed as a result.The workshop coordinators fromYamahaare Cary Marsh, Market Man-agcrfor Brassand Woodwinds,and JayWanamaker, Director of Marketing.NABBA owesa large debt of gratitude

to these men, and the entirc YamahaCorporation, supporting these work-shops.

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Brass BandRecording Reviews

Chrbtmas Splendor in B/ass. Th€ Chi-cago Stalf Band (William Himes). TheSalvation Army, ChicaSo. JCTD 0018.TT 45:30. Program: Inltuda lDowr.ie),Once ln Royal Dauid's City (Himes), TreJoV of Chrbtmas Redhead), Carol of theBells (Bulla), lofful, ltryll, (Beethoven/Ballantine), Go Tel, It (Gott), O Come AllYe Faithlltl (rJimes),The Spint of Chrbr-,rBs (Cook,,Thrce Kitlgs 9btr8 (Himes),O ComeTo M! Heart (Hift\es), ChtisLtlasTriptvch (Cnrnow), SloeeL ChimingChrisfmas Bells (Himes), Deck the HaIIslcolt\, Haoeyourcelfa Merry Little Chris,rnas (Himes), Chrislrnas CelebraLion(Bulla).

This isanothergem in a seriesof Chi-cago StaJIBand Ch stmasrecordingsiI lovcd their Christrnas Short and Su itecassette from several years back. Lotsof fine arrangemcnts, many suppliedbyBandmaster Williarn Himcs, fill thissolid release, includinga good varicty

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of styles, both traditional and contem-porary. The playing is solid, as onewould cxpecq the recording slightlydrier than some British releases very"straightahead" pickup. The band dem-onshates good mastery of the variousstyles offered and also providesa finedynamic range. The music rccorded isa mixhrre ofSalva tion Army pieces anditerns publishcd by other brass bandpublishers, including deHaske andHope Music. While the maprity of thetunes are short miniaturcs, special meritmust b€ given to the Redhead andCumow suiies, Joy of Christmas andChrisknas Triptych.

P,haWdV I Brass: Masteruo*sfor BllssBafid, Volutne L Rla&.Dyke Mills Bandoames Watson). Polyphonic QPRL061D. TT 4102. Programtme Fro8s ofArislophanes (Bantock /F. Wright), ,4ca-defiic Festioal Ooeltrte (Bfthms/D.Wright), Rhapsotl! L Brass (Goffin),Protnethag Unbotnd (Bantock), Syrx-p,torrc Sri ife ( Lucas), Rcs iryan lBall) .

What an cxccllcnt idea-finc pcrfor-manccs of standard brass band litera-turcgathcrcd togcther in a serieslWiththis 6rsteff ort Polyphonic hasccrtainlyhit the mark. Here are several neglectedtreasures, especial ly those by SirCranville Bantock, a British composerfrom the earlier part of this century. MyfiBt musical memoryand,by the way,brass band listening expcricncc tlnt Ican remember, was his ovcrfure TreFrogs ol Arist4lfittes, rccorded on three78rpm discs, Pax ton label (Fairey Band,Harry Mortimer-l still havc thoserecords!). Whilc Res /San ard the titletune havc becn widely recorded theothers have been infrequently played,more is the shamc, for they are worthypieces. The Bantock work deserve anhonored spotamong those Itrical piecesthat give the brass band literature itsunique flavor. I had only known theLvcas Slmphonic Suite ia the $orei Inow would Iike to program itl Most ofthese pieces are in thc range of ourNABBA Honors Section bands, representing a period in brass band musicwhen the technical demands were not

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so insurmountable. James watson andBlack Dyke provide caretut readingtsuch as one would expect in such amolel volumc of works h:om the pe-riod 1933-1960. Highly recom-mended!

Partih: M6t.runrb for Brass Banil, Volume Il. The BNFL Band (RichardEvans). Pol)?honic QPRL 062D. TT57i43. Program: A Salfold Sir{onielta(Darrol Berry), Sinfonia For Brass- 4roli'1, fBu fterworth), The lount.vnal(Sbadrnan-Allen), Crrorole and Tocctta(Bulla, Part ld (Sparke).

In volunre two of this series the label"maste.works" is used in ahe contcxt ofa s€tofpicres chosenfor the 1994 AreasContest of the Boos€y and HawkesNational Championships, all five scc-tions! Several of thes€ pieces still havcwet ink on the parts, so they are notr€ally in the same category as thoser€rorded in Volume I (S€e above).Nonetheless Polt?honicagain providcsboth a rnai)r educational picre as wellas a solidly recordcd program of goodbrass music. Sparke's Parlilr is the realchallenge of the lot, both in music andtechnique. Bulla takes thc famous

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Palestrina T icto4y'' hymn as the basisof for an interesting piece written forthe Dutch National Brass Band Cham-pionships. The other three works couldfill out brass band progams quitenicel, the Barry and Steadrnan-Allenpieces on the l ighter side, theButterworth a sohewhat more abla-sivc pie(e and perhaps more difficult toprogram. BNFL Band, which witt betourinS in Amcrica later this year (Si:!Band Bulletin Board), has been plalngand r..cording at a vcry consistentlyhigh level lalely; no erception herel

Masto Bratss, Vdume IV (Highlights ofthe 1993 All England Mastiers BrassBand Championship and cala Con-cert). Btithouge and Rastrlak Band(AIIan Withington),8€Bses O' Th'Earn(Paul Hindmarsh). Sun Llle Band(Bryan Hurdley). Polyphonic QPRL060D. TT 64148. Prcgram: Sun Lif€-O@rture to Maniage of Figatu (Mozafi/Hazelgrover, The Sorcerer's Aryentice(Dukas/Bourgcois); Besses O, Th,Rar^-Par lora (Damarc) lRogcrWebster, comctsoloistl, The Spider a dlre Fly (Brittcn/Barry). Gn .l Marchfo,n AidalVerdi / D.lNight' Erighouscand Rastrick-English Heritage(Lloyd), BlueRondoalaTurk(Brubeck/Edwards), D's L6t Cho l (Su\liva /Langford), Feslival Ooerture(Shostakovitch /Kitson).

Of all the re@nt "live-' recordings thatI have been receiving I give this onehighest marks, My principal reason liesin the fact that you get to hear substan-

tial offerings by three of the best bandsat the event without the, pardon theexpression, massed band fodder thatfrequently gets added to these "high-li8hb" productions. ftyou could namea series of classic chesttruts I would beleast inclined io trans.ribed for brassband the Mozartand Dukas listed abovewould be on it. Somehow Sun Lif€comes real close to convincine me thatit can be donelRoger Webster offersupa Srea t rcading of Pandora. Bess€c givesonc very traditional warhorsc-thcVerdi march----and one unusual workby Britten that has been skillfully ar-ranged by Darrol Barry. The b€st play-ing comes frorn Bri thous€ andRashick, winners in Cambridge thatday in May,l993. WNle I still prefertheDavid Ki n8-Black Dyke rccording ofUoyd's English Herilage I can see whythe judgesgave thebannertoBrlghougathat dayl The final cut provides yctanotheradaptation of the ShostakovitchFestioe Ooeft te, this time scored byKitson. Polyphonic continuc:s to comcout with exccllent livc recordings ofthcse significantbrassband events;onecan rcally kccp pace with at least someaspccts of what is happening back inthe brass band fatherland throush thesedelightful rccordings.

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Two New York StaffBand Videos

The New York Staff Band (RonaldWaiksnoris) taped two TV video pro-grams lastNovembcr which were fea-turcd on a nationwidc cable releas€.These two vidmsare now availableatthe reasonablecostof $10.00/tape. Eachprogram isjustunder thirty minutes inlength. Il,c Bflgrl Efass S aods ol Arist-rz4s ofIerc seasonal arrangements whileMusic ol a People provides patrioticmusic for both brass and male chorus.As early eftorts in this type of produc-tion, these tap€6 ca n providea real leam-ing experiencc in the complex art offilming a brassband in action, as rranywho have cntcrcd our Video Contestcan attest. Whi le BandmasterWaiksnoris only had the band for sev-elal weeks when thcsc tapes were rnadeonecan see that this fine staff band isingood hands. For further informationor

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Comtng Brass Band Events:Winte/Spring 1994

Salt Rivsr EressFebruary 5: Rr.isia, Feefi"el 3OO P.M.

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