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ncbf invites fine North American bands to feature alongside UK bands

April 6-15, 2010

Additional performances in London

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TAbLe OF COnTenTs

NATIONAL CONCERT BAND FESTIVALeaster 2010

National Concert Band Festival

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NATIONAL CONCERT BAND FESTIVALSince its modest beginnings over 20 years ago, ncbf (National Concert Band Festival) has developed and

grown in size and prestige until now it is recognised as the largest, most active, enterprising Festival for wind instrument musicians who play in wind bands or big bands throughout the UK.

The Festival is held in a different city of the United Kingdom every year. In 2010 it will be held in Birmingham.

The National Concert Band Festival stages the final performances by several bands from around the UK after having participated in regional festivals during the preceding year (representing over 5,000 musicians in total). The Festival is a non-competitive, yet an adjudicated event. Each band receives written and aural (taped) comments on its performance and is evaluated individually as opposed to being compared to the other participating bands. Each ensemble receives an award plaque (Bronze, Silver or Gold) based on its own respective performance.

The two-day Festival is packed with exciting performances of both wind band and big band programs.

Bands from North America will be welcomed in the festival’s International Class.

The well-known international conductor Geoffrey Brand (chairman: ncbf) says: “This festival is the life-blood of bands in the UK and has produced more quality performances each and ever year – it is a hobby for life that allows musicians of all ages to pace one another on the road to excellence.”

Clarinettist & tutor at the Royal College of Music, Charles Hine (chairman: BASBWE Education Trust) comments: “Participation in this festival is the high-point in a bands season and reflects the most worthwhile activity a festival can offer.”

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UNITED KINGDOMThe United Kingdom has a long band history, including the great brass band tradition that grew up in the mining areas.

There is a rich tradition of composing for bands, notably Gustav Holst and stretching through to current times with composers of the caliber of Philip Sparke, Kenneth Hesketh and Nigel Clarke.

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BIRMINGHAMBirmingham, host to the 2010 ncbf, lies 100 mi (160 km) northwest of London. Its first charter was granted in 1166. It was a small manufacturing town until the 18th century, when it became a centre of the Industrial Revolution, counting among its citizens James Watt, Joseph Priestley, and John Baskerville. It suffered heavy bombing during World War II but was subsequently rebuilt. It remains the chief centre of Britain’s light and medium industry, and it is also the cultural centre for a wide area. Birmingham is the site of two universities and of a grammar school founded by King Edward VI in 1552.

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HiGHLiGHTs

2010Tuesday, April 6 Departure

Wednesday, April 7 Arrive in Manchester Orientation Tour

Thursday, April 8 Morning at leisure Visit the Royal Northern College of Music Performance

Friday, April 9 Travel to Birmingham Visit Stoke on Trent

Saturday, April 10 Attend the National Concert Band Festival (NCBF) Performance

Sunday, April 11 Attend the National Concert Band Festival (NCBF) Performance

Monday, April 12 Travel to London Visit Stratford upon Avon Visit Oxford

Tuesday, April 13 Tour of London

Wednesday, April 14 Visit the British Museum Farewell performance

Thursday, April 15 Departure

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PROGRAM

ENGLAND Tuesday, April 6

• DepartUSA

Wednesday, April 7• ArriveinManchesterairport

• MeetyourKingswayInternationaltourmanager

• TransfertoManchesterforapanoramicsightseeingtourincluding downtown are, the tram system and many excellent museums

• ArriveathotelforCheckin

• Welcomedinner

• OvernightinManchester

Thursday, April 8• Morningatleisure

• AfternoonvisittotheRoyalNorthernCollegeofMusicwhich has an international reputation as a teaching faculty of the highest caliber and facilities unparalleled among conservatoires in the UK Performance

• OvernightinManchester

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PROGRAM

Friday, April 9• TraveltoBirminghamenroutewestopinStokeonTrent

to visit the world famous Josiah Wedgwood pottery factory which dates back to 1759. Tour the factory and a chance to make your own design Pottery either at the potter’s wheel or with paint and brush

• ArriveinBirmingham

• RegisterfortheNationalConcertBandFestival(NCBF)

• OvernightinBirmingham

Saturday, April 10• GuidedtourofBirmingham

• AttendNationalConcertBandFestival(NCBF)

• Performance

• OvernightinBirmingham

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PROGRAM

Sunday, April 11• Morningatleisure

• AttendNationalConcertBandFestival(NCBF)

• PerformanceatBirminghamConservatoireaspartofthe2010 National Concert Band Festivals Dinner

• OvernightinBirmingham

Monday, April 12• GuidedvisittothecharmingmarkettownofStratford

upon Avon, home of William Shakespeare. Visit to Shakespeare’s birthplace

• ContinuetoOxford,knownasthecityof“DreamingSpires”. Enjoy a walking tour of this historic city and visit Christ Church which is Oxford’s largest college, re-founded by Henry VIII in 1546

• TraveltoLondon

• Orientationtour

• Checkin

• OvernightinLondon

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PROGRAM

Tuesday, April 13• TodaywetakeaguidedcitytourofLondonwhich

passes: Buckingham Palace including the changing of the guard (if held), Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Piccadilly Circus, the BA London Eye and Trafalgar Square

• Independentlunch

• WecontinuetoexploreLondonthroughthefinancialdistrict, past the Bank of England, Tower Bridge, St.Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London and Crown Jewels

• OvernightinLondon

Wednesday, April 14• VisittheBritishMuseum,theoldestpublicmuseum

in the world. The British Museum was established in 1753 and now contains artifacts spanning thousands of years of world culture including antiquities from Egypt, Europe, Africa, the Americas, Roman Britain, medieval renaissance and of course the Elgin Marbles

• Farewellperformance

• Farewelldinner

Thursday, April 15• TransfertoLondonHeathrowairportforyourreturn

flight home

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Matthew J. George holds degrees from the University of North Texas, Southern Methodist University and Ithaca College. He is Professor of Music, Director of Bands and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. His work as a conductor/clinician has taken him across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, continental Europe, Ireland, the UK, Australia, Japan, China, Brazil and Argentina. He has served as Artistic Director for several international music festivals in Australia, Europe and China. He is currently Music Director of Grand Symphonic Winds and is the founder and past Music Director of the Banda Sinfonica at the Escuela Nacional de Musica in Mexico City, Mexico. Dr. George’s ensembles have appeared at major music conferences including the College Band Directors Association, Music Educators National Association and the Minnesota Music Educators Association. Under his direction, the UST Symphonic Wind Ensemble appears on the Innova record label. Dr. George has commissioned close to 75 new works by prolific national and international composers. A participating member in several professional scholarly organizations, he is Past President of the CBDNA North Central Conference.

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