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BridOtficialJournal of the North American Erass Band Association, Aug/Nov 1992 lssue 49/50

Championship Xl Bulos/Procedures

Remindor ol Deadlines

By now all NABBA bands havereceived from Bert Wiley theguideline packets forall three con-testsponsored by NABBA: Cham-pionship XI, VIDEO 93, and TheGreat American Brass Band Festi-val Tape Contest.

The Enhy Form for Charnpion-ship X must be received by Cap-tain Thomas Palmatier by.Ferrrl-ory 1, 1993. All scores must bereceived by Ronald Holz byMarch 7, 1993, P I use tut e the dqngefon Post-marked ,o Received by!!

The Founh Annual NABBAVidso Conlssl (93):

Deadllne Remlndel

Complete entries (induding threeprcgram cassettet docrmenta-tion, and entry fee) must be re-ceived by the contest chair, RonHolz by March'1,1993.

Championship Xl News

PreDarations lor NABBA 93In FullSv{ing

by Brsdlsy MoorsNABBA 93 Publlclty Chalman

NABBA'sChampionship X (Washing-ton, DC -NABBA 93) look to be oneof the biggest and best days of brassbanding ever. Master Sergeant PaulWilhoit and his working groups areputting together a package that shouldprovide something for ev€ryone.

The weekend starts with bands ar v-ing at our official hotel, the Hyatt Re-gency in Crystal City Virginia. Be sureto go to the NABBA 93 informationdesk upon arIival. Rehearsal facilitieswill be available there in the hotel. Theevening's formal events will occur inBruckner Hall, home of TheArmy Bandon histodc Fort Myer. NABBA'S meet-ing for the general membership will beheld on Friday evening rather than fol-lowing the awards ceremony. This willbe followed by a clinic by Philip Sparkewith Steve Bulla and The SalvationArmy's National Capital Band. Theexhibits will be open at 6:00 P.M. andthese promise to offer a wide variety ofproducts to peruse and purchase.

Saturday will start with a brief openingceremony featuring The United StatesArmy Brass Quintet. Then let the gamesbegin! Two panels of judges will presids Bob and Nick Childs, PhiI Mcc,ann(formerly of Black Dyke) will iudge inone hall while Steve Bulla, PhilipSparke, and Kenneth Bloomquist

(Michigan State and Baftle Crcek BrassBand) will hold forth in the other. Fol-lowing the competition both the Child&othe6 and Philip Mccann will givebrief master classes.

After the dinner break the proceedingswill move to The Center for the Arts on

the campus of Ceorge Mason Univer-sity, whclc thc contest winners will beannounced. This year's Gala Concertwill feature The Army Brass Band,Herald Trump€tt and Brass Quintetwith guest conductors Philip Sparkcand Colonel Bryan Shelburne, alongwith soloists Bob/Nickchildsand PhilMccann. The evcning will feafurc twopremieres conunissioned fot the occa-sion. A major work by Bill Himes willclose the first half and a concertmaichby Sergeant Fi$t Class ,ame6 Hosaywill open the second. All of thit com-bined with TUSABB'S usual slate ofspectacular vocalists and instrumen-talistt promises to be a first classevening of music. The celebrationmoves back to the Hyatt Regency ball-room for a reception with plenty ofbe€r and soft drinks on hand.

Sunday moming will start at the Tombof the Unknown Soldier in ArlingtonNational Cemetery fora special wreath-laying by NABBA. Tours of ArlingtonCemetery and Fort Myer will be of-fered. NABBA 93 is happening right atthe height of cherry blossom season/ agreat time to be in our nation s capital.So far, bands from up to four countricsare coming to compete. The "newblood", alongwith changes in NABBA'scontest rules, promises to make this amost excitingweekend. Exhibit and ad-vertising space is still available, Forinformation about this or NABBA 93itselt contactr

NABBA 93lP.O. Box 70565/Washing-ton, DC 20024-1374 Phone (m3) 696-3@7 FAX(703I 696-3904

For Hotel Res€rvations call: (800) 233-1234, ot (703) 418-1234 Be Swe To AskFor NABBA Rate!l!

N,4BBANO'GAWIUN N^S END

Otlicial q uarl€ rly journalol lh€ NorthAmorcan Brass Band Associalion, Inc.Folnded by J. P€rry Walson in 1980.Usetul naws lor Ariiish-slyle blass bandsin Norlh America. The views €xpr€ss€dby conlfbdors ar€ nol nscossarily lhoseoJ lho North Am€rican Brass BandAssocialion, Inc. Publrcalion andadv€rtising deadlines are th€ 15lh otJanuary, Ap l, July, and Oclober.

Edilor's Notes Past Editor's Notes

lndVidualStudent / RetiredMember BandCoDoratePalronLeadership

Copy ghl O 1992 by lho Norlh AmericanBrass Band Associalion, Inc. Allrighls

BomldW. Holz, EdllorThe Brass gand grldgeAsbury Collogg Muslc DepLWilmore, Kenlucky USA 40391)Tslephons(606)858-3511 sxl€nsion2246Facsimile (606) 858-3921

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NABBA lromborship 0ues

The short history of Tre B ntss Band Bidgchas been marked by the samc steadyproSress wc have witncsscd in ourNABBA organization. This is mostlyduc to the valucd, comp€tent volun-teer leadershipeach hasreceivcd. TomMycrs' contributions to the expansionof lhe 8/idgr's s.ope, content, and hisskill in providing a very handsomeproduct can not bc praiscd enough! Iam fortunatc that Tom will continue tohelp NABBA in the production ofourjoumal.

Each new cdilorofa Furnal mustbeginwith the rcpcatLd plca to the membcr-ship Plcasr hclp us makc'Ihe Bridsewhat you want it to bcl My predeces'sors havc askcd thisj I ask it again.Ccrtainiy my approach will be differ-ent thanTom'sorK.D. Kneeburg. Whatwesharc in common isa dcsirc to makethis product something NABBA mem-bers want to rcrd, sharc,and leam from.

The lack ofphotos in this issue alreadyhiShliShtsone of my own dcficienciesand Tom's strL'ngthsl As I lcarn thcropcs, however, I think we can keepthat added attraction goingl I knowthat I tcnd to bL'a pcrson of the word,rnth!'r than of the imagc. Let me stressthat I am anxious to rcceive reachonsand suggcstions for improvcmcnts inall asp€cts of T/r. Errri$..

We will do our bcst to kecp to thcpubljca tion d eadlincs, although we re-alizc that wc ar€ alrcady somewhatbehind with this issue. Thismay mcaryholvevcr, that we will stress contentand not emphasize' the acsth€tic ele-ment of produclionl Bear with us inthat,

I thinloften at this Holiday timeofyearof so much Sooil that our brass bandsprovide through good music-making.May none of us grow weary in thatnoble pursuit. Support one another inasnany waysas youcan! Finallr letusall covenant to support our CHAMPI-ONSHIP XI in Washington this April.Tom Palmatier and Company are work-ing hard to inake this a banncr year forNABBA. See you thcrel

If you looked closcly in the last issue,there werc two hints that Ron Holzwould be assuming thc editorship olme Brass Ban.l Brid\e. T1:.c changeoveroccurs with this issuc.

Being your r\ditor since the Novcmtrer1989 issue has bc'en an honor, reward-ing, and very enioyablc. We all knowmy greatcst frustration has b€'en thechallenge of gettinS theioumal out ontime. In Ron's case, hc will be able toenlist more hclp in his acadcmic andband setting than I wasin mycorporateand solo situation.

I will continuc to conrribute features toIre BridSe, such as thc cxtcnsive inter-vicw with Philip Sparke in thc ncxtissuc, and graphict one of my stron-gest in terests and thc one thata lack oftimeprevented me from givingyou allthat lwant(dbprcscnt.

I hope you will contributc to this fine

ioumal, too,bysendinS to Ron newsofyour brass band, storics about yoursucccssful band management, rvarstories about what went wron& r.'cruit-ing, and cverythingdsc related to brassbands. Pleas€don'th! 's i tatck)cal lRonto volunt€'er your expcrhsti,

lam surc Ron wi l lprovidoa new boostand improved timclincss to Th? Bridge,which will bencfit us all.

My thanks to evcryonc who contrib-uted to Tre Bfidsc.

Aspecial thankyou to Paul Drostc whonamcd metoscrveNABBA in thiswon-derful opportunity.

And most of all, a very special thankyou to my wife, Lynn, who loloratslmy absences while I $orkul on r}cBrA8e at the office until th.'oarl! hoursandonweekends. Shealso drd a sup(rjob at handling the dctails of the thirdclass mailing with thc post office.

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Moving?The Brass Band Bridge cannot belorwarded becauso it is mailedlhirdclass. So, be sure lo mail to BertWileyyour old and new addresses,or your copy ol lhe Bridge will bediscarded by the U.S. Post Otfice,and you will miss lhe nexl issuesl

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Eni'y,

1992 Summer BrassBand Workshops

By Paul Drosle

For the seventh year NABBA andYarnaha Corporation of America haveco-sponsored a series of five summerbrass band workshops. Perry Watsonstarted the workshops in 1986 and wasthe clinician for the first four years.Paul Droste took over in 1990 and hasconducd the workshops since then.Themain purpose of thesc workshopsis to start new brass bands in rcgionswhere there is sufficient interest andidentifiable leadership. Another pur-pose is to strengthen brass bands inthatarea already in existence butstill innecd of help and cncou.agemcnt.

Thc Yamaha Corporation of Americacontinues to make a major commit-mcnt to thcsc workshops. Yamahascnds a complete sct of brass band in-strumcnts, including percussion, toeach workshop.Workshopparticipantsform a rcading band and experience awidc variety of brass band musicdur-ing the weekend. Local hosts includemusic dealers, schools, and eristingbrass bands. Yamaha provides the fund-ing for shipping of the instruments,and all expensesof the clinician.

The first "summer" workshop actuallytook place in lanuary and was an addi-tion to the five workshops of summer92. The workshop in Slracuse"NY, onJanuary 17-18, took place in near bliz-zard conditions. Norm Wanzet a banddirector in Onondaga County, pro-pos€d a brass band workshop for thefeachers and some local adults as a partof Onondaga County's All-CountyMusic Festival, thus providing an ac-tivity for teachers while their studentswere in rchearsal. The workshop bandperformed a short noon'time concertfor the students, exposing them to thebrass band sound and litemture, withb ef commentary from Paul Droste onthe Nstory of British-style brass bands.

The heavy snolv forced Droste to stayin Syracuse a litde longer than expected!

The filst warm summer workshop washeld inCincinnati,OH,onMayl and 2.The host was Bill Harvey, Vice Presi-dent of Buddy Ro8ers Music. As a rc-sult of this workshop, a band is nowbeinS formed under thc leadership ofAnita Cocker Hunt, Divisional MusicDirector of The Salvation Army inSouthem Ohio. Two members of TheCommonwcalth Erass Band (Louis-villeF--<onductor Jerry Amend and Ebcornehst Jackie Amend played in theworkshop band. There is no shortageof finc brass players in the Cincinnatiarca, so this is a very good location inwhich to start a brass band. NABBAmembers who attended ChampionshipX in Columbus will remembcr AnitaHunt as one of the conductors of theCala Concert massed bands,

Anoka, Minnesota, a northern suburbofMinneapolis, was thc siteofthe nextworkshop, Junc5and 6. There are manyfine community bands in this area, sothere is a great deal of interest fromthcse players in brass banding. Theorganizcr was David Peterson and theworkshop was hosted by RichardPerkinsat thc Anoka-RamscyConimu-nity College. The players were superb,and the workshop band was able toread the most difficult pieces in thc

The workshop in Branson, Missouri,on.June 19 and 20 was an interestingcombination of business and pleasure.Branson is located in the southwestcorner of Missouri, in the Ozarks. Thetown has over 20 theaters with showsduring the afternoons and evcnings.Drcste was able to sandwich in TheRay Stevens shows and The Mel TillisShow between the brass band s€ssions.Host Brian Sheehan, a member of TheRay Stevens Band, recruited 42 partici-pants. The Bmnson Afts Council cov-ered the registration fees and provideda nice lunch for the parhcipants.Brallson is a wonde ul vacation site,and will soon have a brass band toenhance its theaters and shows,

The workshop in Ccttysburg (PA), onJuly 10 and 11, provided an opportu-nity to visit the historical sights alongwith conducting the workshop atCettysburg High School. The band di-rector, Ben Jones, sewed as host andorganizer. Ben also directs a ceremo-nial brass band at the high school thatwearc Civil War-style uniforms. Thereare obviously a lot of distractions inthis area, but there is also genuine in-terest in forming a brass band. Theworkshop concludcd witha short con-cert under the Lincoln Tre€ near thehigh school.

Thefinal workshop was held atSouth-western Michigan College, DowagiacMI, onJuly 31and August 1. The work-shop was expert ly organized byJonathan Korzan, Dircctor ofBands atSMC. District Manager Jay Schreiberdrove from Grand Rapids to assist. Abrass band was rcccntly startcd at thecollege, and its first public pc ormancewas coordinated with thc workshop.Thc workshop concluded with a con-'cert

in downtown Dowagiac as partofan outdoors Arts Festival. The bandprovidcd musicas a prelude to a TalcntShow and other activities.

An avcragc of 29 musicians attendcdeach of the five summer workshops,resulting in almost 150 new member-ships for NABBA. Thcre is a verygoodprcbability that each workshop willhave been catalyst for a brass band inthatarea. FormerYamaha MarketMan-ager for Brass, Johnny Woody, andf ormer NABBA president Paul Droste,coordinated thc workshops. Johnny isnow Distsict Manager in Califomia andhas been replaced by Gary Marsh. Spe-cial rccognition and thanls are due toJay Wanamaker, Yamaha Director ofMarketing, for his continucd supportof thes€ workshops.

For inJormation on the 1993 Yamaha/NABBA Suruner Brass Band Work-shops, please contact Paul Droste inColumbus,OFIat(614)88843r0orCaryMarsh at Yamaha, Crand Rapidt Ml at(616) 940-4900.

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TheNorth AmericanBrass BandChampionships XIAprilzto$t991Washlngton, DCSponsored by

The Unlted States ArmyBand (Pershing's Own) andNorth Amerlcan Brass Band Assoclatlon, rn6.

Friday: Fort Myer -Master class with guestsoloist; clinic with PhilipSparke, Stephen Bulla,and The National CaoitalBand of The SalvationArmy.

Saturday: Fort Myer -Championships Xl withadjudicator teams -Stephen Bulla, PhilipSparke & KennelhBloomquist / Phil Mcoann,Bob Childs and NickChilds; instrumentdisplays; master class with

guest soloists; GalaConcert at George MasonUniversity - The UnitedStates Army Brass Band,Herald Trumpets, andBrass Quintet, with guestsoloists Robert andNicholas Childs and PhillioMcoann, and guestconductor Philip Sparke,plus premiere of a newWilliam Himes work.Sunday: The UnitedStates Army Brass Bandhosts NABBA in a wreath-placing ceremony at The

Tomb of The Unknowns inArlington NalionalCemetery.For informalion, please contactl\,lasler Sergeanls Paul Wilhoit orHenry Sgrecci, P.O. Box 70565,Washinglon, DC 20024-1374.Tslephone 703.696.3570,fax 703.696.3904.

NABBA Champlonships Xl holel isthe Hyatt Regency Cryslal CityHotel, 2799 Jefferson DavlsHlghway, Arlinglon, VA lelsphone800.233. 1 234 or 703.41 8.1 234.NASBA rate is $'86 per room p€rnighl tor four.

President's Corner

Creetings and welcome to a new issueof "The Bridge." With this publicationwe announce the appointment of a ncweditor, Ron Holz. RonisVice PresidcntofNABBA and also serves as the Con-test Committee Chairman as well asContest Conholler. I am pleased thathe has agreed to serue in this new ca-pacity. All of us owe Tom Mycrs outthanks for his finc work in upgrading'The Bridge" and expanding thc ad-vertising basc. Tom will continue tosewe as consultant to our publicationand will be a frequent correspondcntfor intcrvicws and special features.Thanks for a Sreat job, Toml

Asyou will notein thisissue, ourCham-pionships this ycar will be hosted byCaptain Thomas Palmaticr and TheUnited Statcs Army Band, at Fort MyerinWashington, DC, Apri I 2 and 3, 1993.This is going to be an exciting session,with guest artists, clinicians, and pcr-forming ensembles, At the last Cham-pionships, wc added a Reading BandScssion for thosc who were not is acomprtinS band and it proved to be asucccss. This will be scheduled againthis ycar! So, i f you're a band member,encouragc your band to come to thisSreat cvcnt.Ifyou're not in a band andwould Iike to participatein the readingsession and know more about brassband, YOU ARE MOST WELCOME(Don't forSet your instrument!).

The 1994 Championships will be heldatNorth C-arolina State University, withFrank Hammond as hosts. Plans arenow underway which will bling usback to our starting point. The firstChampionships were held at NCSU in1983 with PerryWatson as host. We arelooking forward to continuing the finetradition of The NABBA Brass BandChampionships.

Also in this issue you will read aboutthe activities of the Board of DirecborsofNABBA. One of the items discusscdwas for the Executive Committee bopoll our brass bands across the countryabout the possibility of R ional Festi-vals. You will be hearing lrom us soon,but if you would like to express yourideas now, please contact me att 17304

Lynctte Drive, Lutz, FL 33549. NABBAwants to be of more scrvice to our mem-bership in addition to our newsletterand sponsoring of championships. lnoder to do this, we need continuedexpansion of our membership base tothoseoutside thecompetingbands thatcome to theannual event, You canhelpby encouraging friends and acquain-tanccs who are intercst€d inbrass band-ing to becomc memberc of NABBA.With more funding, NABBA could as-sist local groups with toudng soloists/conductors, develop secd moncy forrcgional cvents, and provide more di-rect services to mcmbcr bands as wcllas new grouPs.

We are also looking forward to receiv-ingVideoand Audio tapcs for the twocontcsts coming up this time of yearlNABBA VIDEO 93, and the CreatAmedcan Brass Band Festival NABBATAPE CONTEST. Past tapes for theVideoContesthaveshown greatshidcsin quality of performance and vidcowork. Cood luck to all participatingbands!

If you have suggestions and idcas forNABBA, pleasedo not hesitate to con-

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The United States ArmyBand to Host MajorInstrumental Workshops

By Janel Howells-Tierney,Army Band Public Allairs

Thc Unitcd States Army Band(Perching'sOwn) will serve as host forseveral exciting workshops in early1993. All of these cvcnts are frcc andopen to the public and are held at TheBand's headquarters on historic FortMyer.

The Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Co|r-ferencc kicks of f theNewYcat January27-30. Prominent guest clinicians in'clude Harvey Phillips, Dan Perantoni,Brian Bowman, and Winston Morris,Concerts, recitals, master classes, andlotsof socializingareinstore.Thisyear'sconferencc includes brass choir night,conductcd by Captain ThomasPalmatier. Among theotherspecial fea-turesarcpcrf ormanccsbyThe PcabodyRagtimc Enscmble, with notedDixieland soloists ,ohn Al)rcd (euph)and Dave Cannett (tuba).

Thc Eastcrn Trombonc Workshop of-fers a unique opportunity to hearclin-ics and performances by jazz greatcarlFontana pcrforming with Thc ArmyBlues. Lots of other master classesandperforrhances are planned as well. Theworkshop will be held February 25-27. The North American Brass BandAssociarion's Championship XI will beheld Ap l 2-3. See this issue of TheBridge for more dctails. All of thcseevents will featurc displays by manu-facturcrs and plenty of opportunitiesto rub elbows with some of the finestperformers in the world.

For more information, call The ArmyBand Public Affairs Office 003), 696-3718 or write The Army Band, ATTN:Public Affairs, P.O. Box 70565 Wash-i^gt'rn, DC 2M24-3(A7

April 2 to 4, 1993!

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Brass Band News

New Brass BandsBy Ben L. Wiley

It is with great plcasure that the follow-ing new bands are welcomed, both tothe growingbrassband movementandto The North American Brass Band As-sociation! These bands have fomedduring the present year, several as aresult of Yamaha workshops/clinics:

Utah Valley Youth Brass BandMurray, Ufah

Queen City BrassCharlotte, North Carolina

Northwestem Brass BandEvanston, Illinois

Ohio Valley British BrassDayton, Ohio

Lake Wobegon Brass BandAnoka, Minnesota

Branson Brass BandBranson, Missouri

Southwestern Michigan College BrassBand, Dowagiac, Michigan

The Lexington Brass BandLexington, Kentucky

Other locations wherebands are in pro-aess of formation: Fremont, Califomiaand Toronto, Canada.

Thesc bands are heartily welcomed andurged to send their band news to thestaff of The Bridge!

NABBA also congratulates ConnieVamcr as the ncwly-clccted PrcsidentofThe Triangle British Br6ss Bandl

The Smokey Mountain Bdtish BrassBand has appointed a new conductorto fill the position held for morc thanten years by Richard Trevarthen,founder and long time director of theband. Dr. lohn West has been invited toassume the musical direction of theband. John cunently serves as Directorof Bands at Westem Carolina Univer-sity. While tNsis Dr. West'e first expe-rience with a brass band, his extensivecxperience should prove to be of Sreat

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benefit to the future of Smokey Moun-tainl

SMBBB also has established a specialfund to allow the band to award s€hol-arships to four outstanding music stu-dents from a local college.

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Bernel MusicSeroing the brqss band zoorld. itx the Uflited States and Canada

Here are sone ofttre I"AIEST arrivals!

MUSICNick Nack Paddy WhackEenry the Fifth Overtur€

Bou.re Fant3sq@Cspriol Suito (l0-piece)

Rhapsody on Negto SpritualsFour Pr€ludes

Rolnsnce C'Ihe Grdfly")Luftwaffe March (corcert band)

Ias Prelud€dConf,uonce

Irndon ()v6rtur€Hungarian Marrh

Vocali&Ivhen th€ Ssints (wind band)

Bobby Shsft.eEv€rybody nagWith M.

Flower Duot froE Latme (cornet duo)Dear to My H€sn (Eb bass-BB)

Capricaio EspagnolEnigma Variations (3 volunee)

RECORDINGSSwe€t By and By (CSB)

Colden Ag€ of BrsssA Musical Voyage

Tuba TracLsThe Flipsido

ftumpets in StrideMeeeiaen

Changing ColorsN€*, ADericsn Brasd

High Cla33 BrassOur Favorite Rag

Fir€waterHeimatlieder

ATouch of Cla6€Tefrs B€stts (SA)The B€tter Wodd

Foreet Fiold F€stivalKing of Brass (H. Mortim€r)

The Minor'e Prayer(Spocial CD to support the

GriD€thorpe Colli€ry miners

Grinethorpe Colliery Band)

Complote cstslogue6 alw.ys fEe on r€qu€stt

Up-dat€ f,i€r to b€ Bailed in early rlanuary

Plac€ your ordors 24 hous a day!

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1993

Brass BandConcert ReportsThe Gram€rcy BraBs Band presented aThanlsgiving Concert, Novcmber 22,atTheBrotherhood Synagogue in Man-hattan. Items included musicby IrvingBerlin, MeredithWillson, Leroy Ander-son, John PhilipSousa, as well as tradi-tional British brass band repcrtoirc. Theconcert was co-sponsored by the hosts)'nago8!e, Tlle National Arts Club,Thc Edwin Could Foundation, TheParksidc Evangclinc Residence of TheSalvation Army, The Church of thcEpiphany, and St. Ceorge's CalvaryChurch. tohnLambert is theconductorof Cramercy Brass Band

The Brass Band of Colunbus salutedThe Ohio State University MarchingBand in a concert at Weigel Hall on theO6U campus, November 24th. Thecloseconnection between these two groupsis easily understood when one iealizesthat32 mcmbersof thcBBCarcalumnior staff of The Ohio Statc MarchingBandl In addition to Paul Droste(founder and conductorof theBBC andformer director of O6UMB),lon Woods,Jack O. Evans, and t€s Susi took thebaton atvadous stages of the program,thus adding another tie between thegroups by featuring curent and pastconductors ofThc Best Damned Bandin thc Land.

The Allegheny Brass Band's 1oth sca-son willinclude two specialconcerts: Ata Russe (November, 1992), featuringclassic Russian music arran8ed forbrass; On the Mall (May,1993), an old-time Band-Concert-in-the-Park. Thegroups promotional brochurc alsoshows that the band has been busywith producing several cassette taperecordings. Congratulations to JohnCulp and company for their enterpris-ing spirit and effoits!

Smokey Mountain British Brass Bandnow has a year-round seasonl On July4 the band participad in the gala open-ing of Pack Place, a new arts and educa-

tion cente. in Asheville, NC. In mid-July the band travelled to CrandfatherMountain, Inville, NC, for a fourilaytour, plalng for the fourth year at theScottish Highland Games. Septcmbcrt9 and 20 saw the band at the famedBiltmore Estate,Ashevillc,plalng fourconcerts for lnternational Expo I. InOctober, the band returned toHendersonville, NC, for the third con-secutive season to play a fund raisingconce for the local Civitan Club. OnNovcmberS, theband retumed to ParkPlacc to play the firstofa seriesofthreeconcerts in theall'new Diana WorthamTheater. "Come Meet the Band" wasthe theme for the Novcmber concert;wintcrand springconcerts will featurcsoloists from within theband, withoneconcertdevoted toAmericanbrassbandmusicr "Thenand Now."

The Illinois Brass Band (Bruce Briney,conductor) included the fol lowingitems on their November 8th conccrt:Blenhcim Flouishcs (Curnow), KiigCotton (Sousa), Pavane (Faurc/Langford), Connotations (Cregson),Music for a Fest ival (Sparke),Gymnopedie #1 (Sat ic/Richards),Orpheus in the Underworld(Offenbach/F. Wright), and Oklahoma(Rodgcrs & Hammcrstcin/D. Wright).

The Lexington Brass Band, a newgroup jointly led by Skip Cmy of TheUniversity of Kentucky and Ron Holzof Asbury Collcgc, hcld its premicrcconcert on November l5th atThe Cen-tral Christian Church. The band in-cludcs faculty from sevcn arca collegcsand universities as well as local musiceducators and amateurs. The concert,which ended happily with a rousingstanding ovat ion, was as fol lows:Dambustcrs (Coates), La Virgen de laMacarena (Mendez/Freeh) VincentDiMartino, soloist, Ritual Fire Dance(de Falla/Stree0, Resurgam (Ball),Three Dale Dances (Wood). Circius(Aagaard-Nilsen), Prelude to Act III-Die Meistersinger (Wagner), Full SpeedAhead (Sbeiner/Leidzen), r-ead On OKing Etemal (R.W. Holz)

The U.S. Army Brass Band kicked off

its 12th s€ason in style with a tull housefor its October 22 concert at BruckerHall, home of The Army Band. Thenight marked the unveilingofa newlytilcd studio, partofa major renovationprojectdue tobe completed inearly93,just in time for theNABBA Champion-ship. The concert began with Himes'new arrangement of the national an-them followed by the exciting "StrikeUp the Band." Cmffrey Brand's tran-scription of Bcrlioz's ovcture "TheCorsair" in the first halfof the concertwas balanced by Howard Snell's tran-scription of Bcrnstcin's "Ovcrture toCandidc" in thc sccond. In betwcen thegroup's cxccllcnt vocalists were fca'turcd in music by Vcrdi and Staff Scr-geant Darryl Bunning blazed throughBulla's "RIupsody for BassTrombonc'.According to lanet Howell-Tierncy,ArmyBand Public Affairs, this may b€the best personnel in theUSABB's hietory!! In November the group tackledDvorak's "Carnival Overture" as ar-rangcd by Ccoffrcy Brand and in Dc-ccmbcr thcir itincrary includes a pro-gram with Atlantic Brass Band.

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Swanne HumoresqueInoctoberol l99l Howard and AngeelaSnell sp€nt a 10{ay holiday in themountainsof North Carolina. They didnot corre to the US and the SmokeyMountains on a work trip, but rather toenioy a brief visit k) this country. Whilehere Howard spent a number ofdays ofhis holiday time arranging two famil-iar and well-loved tunes: "SwaneeRiver", by Stephen Foster; and "Hu-moresque", by Antonin Dvorll. It wasnot long aIt€r arriving back in the UKthatHoward sent a manuscriptcopy ofthis new brass band work to Bert Wile,manager of the Smokey Mountain Brit-ish hass Band, with permission forSMBBB to premier this work in the US.While still rehearsing ftom the nranu-sqipt copt the SMBBB soon got a puFlished cop, dedicated bo them. Theband premiered the piece on their No-veinber 8th concert and hopes b fea-ture it often. The work is Dublished as

part of the Rakeway Series by Kirkl€esMusicand is available in the US tltroughBemel Music Ltd. Bert Wiley describesthe piece has having t'?ical Snell fla-vor-including moments of technicaldifficulty, also requiring sensitive mu-sicianship, but appealing to both play-ers and audience.

Mutes in theBrass BandAn inlorvieY, vrith S:leven Bulla

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Steven Bulla reaeived his degree in ar-rangingand composition fromBoston'eBerldee College of Music, graduatingMagna Cum taude. In 1980 Mr. BuUaioined 'The President's Oh.n" U,S.Marine Band and Whih fiouseorches-tra as Staff Arranger. As such he isresponsible for the production of mu-sic that encompass€s many styles andinshumental combinahons, most otwhich are performed for Pregidentialtunctions and visiting dignitaries.

Mr. Bulla is a memtler of ASCAP andreceived that organization's Perfor-mance Award annually sinc€ l9&1. Hi9compositional works include instru-mental compositions that are per-forrned internationally. The Dutch, Brit-ish, and New zealand Brasg BandChampionship organtations have allconrmissioned test pieces from his Fn.His commercial recording proie<ts in-clude vrriting jingles for many reSloruladvertising campaigns and in 1990 hewas awarded the prestgious AADDYAward for the best original muslc/Wspot. Mr. Bulla will be an adjudicator atthe 1993 NABBA ChamPionshiPs inWashington, DC.

Klonh Steve, I understand that youconduct The Salvadon Army Bandin Washingtor! DC. How did )'oubecome interested in brass bands?

Butlar My parents were ministers inThe Salvation AImy. So as I grewup I was influenced by the bandmusic of The Salvatron Armt andits music ProSrams.The band which I conduct in Wash-ington is the "National CapitalBand". which is a divisional bandforTheSA. Theband travels to townswhere The SA has a large pesence.We prcmote The Salvation Arm),'swork in that town by plalng con-

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Klontz: I have eni)yed playing yourcomposidons in The United StatesArmy Bmss Band, especially yourwork "Firestorm." What was youlinspiration for this work?

Bulla: The inspiration fot 'firestorm"

was the Persian Gulf War. CaPtainPalmaber told me that I was beingcommissioned by TUSAB to wribe awork for the brass band. My firstidea was to do a Pakiotic tune, butthen my thoughb tumed towatdsan origrnal work. The wat was goingon at this time and it was $rch amediae!€ntthatitinspired theideasin "Firestorm." It has iust been se-lecd as the test-Piece for the Euro-pean Brass Band ChamPionshiP.

Klonts:Thereare many interesting usesof muEs in yout wotks. How didyou develop your concePts for theus€ of mutes?

Bullar I've develop€d my conc€pts formutes through trial and enor.I willtry out an idea-if it doesn't work,I'll try sometNng different in mYnext work. With brassbands thecoloryou have b work with is very lim-ited, iust brass and Percussion, so Itry to getas many different contrastsas Dossible. Mutes are one of theextreme *ays to achieve a colorchange. When I am writin& I try totreat the instruments in families. ForexamDle, ihe comeb and tromboneswould be the bright family ard ev-erythingelse would be thedark fam-ily. If I want a lot of contrast I'll scotethe comets and tsombones in straightmutes, which is the thinnest soundDossible, and then move to a darkkey vrith open alto horns, badtones,euphoniums, and tubas.

Klonb: Were you inlluenced by anYparticular composers or works?

Bulla: The main brass band comPosersthat I grew up listening to were EricBalI and Erik Leidzen. Both hap-

pened to be Salvation Army com-posers as well as professional writ-ers. The idea of using families ofsounds came from lisbning to andlooking at the scores of l€idzen. Heof ten moved f rcmbrightinstrumentsmuted to open low brass in a darkkey. More recendy l've been usingmutes in less conventronal waYs,such as muting alto homs. There is asecdon in "Firestorm" where thehoms are mud. By adding horn-bone mutes to the horn section Youhave another unique color to workwith.

Klonb: Have you seenalto homs mudb,efore?

Bulla: In rec€nt yea$, Elgar Howafthhas done it and l've also s€en it insohe o(hestial transcriPtions foibrass band by Howard Snell. Thercare othe$ as well.

KlonE: What about the use of mutesfor low brass?

Bulla: A specific reason fot menot writ_ing mutes in the low brass is thatmostbands do not have these mutes.Another reason is that if I am writinSfor a particular publisher, he maybalk at publishing a work with a lotof low blassmutes. Heknowsthataband director is not going to buy anynew music which calls for mutesthat his band doesn't own.

KlonE: How do you decide to usemutes? Do you develop your ideaswith mutes in mind or do you addthem later?

Bulla: When I am writing I am usuallythii&ing of an idea muted at thattime. I don't retum to the work laterand add mutes. I probably had theidea marked muted in my sketch inthe first place.

Klontzr As a composer, do you Preferany particular t)?e or makeofmute?

Bull.: I prefer the metal mutes over theplastic and cardboard. I like theirpiercing quality. They seem to havea more consistent quality.

Klontz: As a conductor, do you try toget each section uni fied in choic€s ofmutes?

Bulla: When I am in ftont of a band,such as the National Capital Band, Itry to match mutes. I hY to get themto use the same make, or at least thesame tyPe. I also try to mahh instru_mmts. In the National CaPital Bandall comets are Bachs and all the coni_cal instrurnenb are Besson-Sover_ei8ns.

Klontz: In solo passages I try to use themute which grves me the best resultin that paficular solo. How do Youfeel about that.

Bullar I agree that in solo passages itshould be up to the individual to usewhich ever gets the Fb done best.

Klontz: Do you consider intonationproblems when writing fot mutes?

Bulla: That isa good quesbon.I dorltthink a lot of high school and collegeplayers clnsider what haPFns k)the intonation of a brass instrurnentwhen you put in a mute. When I amwriting I cannot think about that. Ileave that uP to the PIaYer or theband leader to correct (lt is 6d visablefor all brass players to work wi$ atuner when trying mutes in order todiscover the pitch change).

KlonE: There is an intetesting use ofthe harmon mute in the Eb SoPranopart of "Firestorm." Was thisanex-periment?

Bulla: There is a unique influence onmy use of a harmon mute in thiscase. When I was at Berklee,I bok anaFandng courseon the stYleofDukeEllington. One of the things he didwas voice a chord in the humPetsection in four parts and have thetrumpet play the "blue" note with aharmon mute. You can hear the notebut it has an odd hmbre to it, like anovertone. This is the effect I waslooking Ior in "Fircstorm." Whenthe muted soprano comes in with aparallel melody at the 5th above themuted comets it is meant to be a

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Klontz: Steve, thank you for meetingme today. What is your reaction tothe soloists and clinicians chosen fortheNABBA ChampionshipinWash-inSton DC?

Bullar l'm looking forward to hearingthe Childs Brothers and PhillipMccann perform in person. I knowthem from their many recordings,bu t it will be a pleasurc to hear themlive. I will Also be intercsted inwatching theclinic that Philip Sparkewill do with the National CapitalBand.

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By Dr. Psul E. Drosto

The Music ol Elgat Houalll is a series ofmmpositionsand arrangementsbyoneof the leading figures of the brass bandmovement. Those famil iar withHowarth's music will 6nd a rangefromthe nlost contempora.y original com-posi tions to arrangements of Americanpopular music. Recent publications inthis series, from Rosehill Music, includean arrangemmt of Ellington's In a Sen-thneital Mdfi,and a ethereal compo-sition called AJ.enlit in Coeli

Howarth is in cornlortable territorywhen he takes an Ellington ballad, ft aSentimental Mood, and scores it forflugelhorn solo with brass band ac-companiment. The acompaniment islight yet lush sounding - primaiilyhotns, baritonet muted comet andbombones, and glockenspiel. Thenugelhorn stays in mid-rangc and givesthe player an opportunity to "sing along and swing a litde'. The accompa-niment is medium-easy and playingtime is about 2.5 minutes. This Diecewill fit very nicely in any concert pro-gram and requires a minimum of re-hearsal time. It is a finc arraneement ofan Ellington standard, and iudienceswill loveit.

Ascendit in Coeli was written in 1976 inmemory of Howarth's father, wholoved hymn tunes. The hymn tuneheie is not familiar to my American/Protestant eart and isnotidentified inthe score,

The band must b€ divided to play thispiece. A solo cometis to be situated off-stage, as are the bells. Thrce cometsprovide a fanf.re group, also off-stage.The remainder of the band is seated on-stage, but one euphonium and the tu-bas and tam-tam are separated fromthe tutti cornets, flugelhom, tenorhoms,baritones, one euphonium, and korn-bones, Two conductorsare required as

much of the piece is not rhythmicallyslalchronized.

The hlmn tune is intsoduced by the off-stage solo comet accompanied by toll-ingbellsand sustainedeuphoniumandtubas. The fanfare group (The HeraldAngels) then enters and leads into thefirst verse of the hymn, scored in thehigher pitched tutti group. On fte sec-ond vers€, the lowergroup enters.butis not aoordinated rhythmically withthe first group (thus requiring a secondconductor). The effect is shrnning asthe fanfare group is also involved wi thits own independent part. The pieceends as it bcgan, with the off-stage solocornet and bells fading into the dis-tance.

Adventuresome bands looljng for aPiece of musical substance with con-temporary scoring and .hythmic com-plexity will appreciate the time andcffort it takes to prepaie it for perfor-mance. Audiences should find it to bea moving and, perhaps, overwhelmingexperience. Plafng time is about sixminutes, and, in that time, there areawesome effects, yet logical develop-ment and dir€rtion. A predicted audi-ence rcsponse would be silence, hop-ing that no one would brcak the spellby applauding.

A third piece received from Rosehill isArirfarlr, composed by Ray Steadrnan-Allen. Itis a pleasure to find Steadman-Allen writing for contesting bands af-ter his retirement from The SalvationArmy. It should also be noted thatA,naranth wasr4lcrchd as theThird Sec-tion test piece for the'1992 finals of theNational Brass Band Championshipsof Great Britain. To quote the score,"The tide of the work refers to a legcnd,an irnaginary purple flower, mysteri-ous in that it never fads or dies. ln anextended single movement, the musicexplores thecolourc and terturesof theband."

Anannlh opens with a maje€tic an-dante that leads to a rapid alegro in 3,/4 tirne, one beat to the bar. This is themain section of the piece and is thor-oughly develop€d. After being brieny

interrupted by an andante and an allegro moderato, it returns to nearly finishthe piece. A shortallegro section pushesthe piece to a satisfying conclusion.

The sclring is solid and safe, yet thereis variety in the tempot style, and har-mony. There are no excessive technicaldemands, butthe plalng timeof aboutnine minutes requires endunnce andconcentration. The piece is lFical, logi-cal, and interesting - and a good choicefor a developing band that wants toplay a legitimate test piece.

Great AmericanBrass Band FestivalTape Conlost: UPoAIE

As of the Deccmber I deadline, 7(seven!) program cassette tapes werereceived by the con€st chair from thefollowingbands:

Atlantic Brass Band

Allegheny Brass Band

Brass Band ofColumbus

lllinois Brass Band Easbern

Iowa Brass Band

Triangle Briiish Brass

Smokey Mountain Brass Bard

Results and comments on programssubmitted will be featured in our Feb-nrary tssue:

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Brass BandRecordingRevlewsBy R.W. Holz

As we are in the pmaess of adiustingour review process I am offering briefovcrvicws of a wide selection of tapesand discs received by nre Bfld8s sinc€September. I have only highlighted afew aspects of each but I do recom-mend each of the programs lisd.

Brass Dynomics Desfotd Colliery Bandoan de Haan). DHM 3009.3 Program:Brass Dlnamics (Ccsarini), New WorldS).rnphony*Mvt'l (Dvorak/de Haan),Euphonium Fantasia (Bulla), NessunDorma (Puccini/van Beringen), Cen-termial Prelude (der Roost), Galop 0.Strauss, srlcumow), tegend in Blass(Cumow), Firestorm (Bulla). TT: 55,21Desford is particularly imprcssive onthe title tune and in Bulla's Firestorm,providing NABBA bands coming toWashington with this piece anotherinterpretation!

Sooeteign Herittge-The Golden Sound ofthe Black Dlke Mills Band (CeoftueyBrand, Roy Ncwsome, Pcter Parkes);Volume IL RSRD1002. Program: LeCorsair (Berlioz/Brand), Chorale andVariations ( Lucas), Pageantry(Howells), The Shipbuildcrs (Yorke,Benvenuto Cellini (Bcrlioz/F. Wright),Un Viede Malelot (Famon), SovercignHeritage (Beaver/ F, Wright). fi:75.09While the reco.ding quality, and evenplaying level varies on this CD reissueof famous past Dyke..'cordings this isamustforbrassband studmts; so muchgreat literature played reasonably,sometimes spectacularly well. The titlepiece by Jack Beaver has been a favoriteof mine since the old Paxton 78 rpmissue from the mid-s0s. How wonder-ful to have a complete versionl

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Championship Gala in Cambridge En-gland. BNFL Band (Richard Evans);Brihnnia BuildingSocietyand WilliamsFairey Enginccring Bands (Peter Parkesand Howard Sncll). Program: Midwest(Richard /Broadb€nt), Zampa (Herold/Rimmer), Summertime (Gershwin/Snell), Music from the XVI Century(Ferbie), Cambridge Variations(Sparke), Pantomime (Sparke), Inbo-duction to Act II I of Lohengrin(Wagner/ D. Wright), Wedding Proces-sion (Bjmsky-Korsakov/Parkes), Paetime with Cood Company (Henry VIII /Roberts, Elsa's Procression (Wagner/Sncll), Finlandia (Sibelius/D. Wright).I received the casscttc of this live per-formance and found it very compe-tendy recorded for such a venture. Thehighlight i6 by far BNFL'S playinS ofSparke's "Cambridge Variations."CPRL 0452D

European Brass Band Champion-ships1992--<,rdill, Wales. Featuringvarious bands of the contest, includ ingBritannia Building and Black Dyke.Program: Praisc (Heaton), Myfanwy(Wil lcocks), Danses Polovtsiennes(Borod in /Huckridgc), Fivc Blooms ina Welsh Gardcn (Wood), Third Sym-phony (Khachaturian/Farr), BlcnheimFlourishes (Curnow). Rock Music lll(Richards), The Year of the Dragon(Sparke), Sp€'ed Your Journey (Verdi/Relton), Finalef rom Enigma Variations(Elgar/Ball).CPRL 051D Of the threelive tapes we received from PolyphonicRcprcductions, this was the most en-ioyable. At the top are two simply srun-ning performances by Britannia Build-ing (Howard Snell), showing why theywon: '^lear of the Dragon" (breathhk-ing speed and accuracy) and "FiveBlooms" (they make this rare bloomcome to life!). All the other bands doquite well, though the r(rodingofBlackDyke does not flatter them, the bandseemingly picked up at an odd anglecompared to other takes thatday. Servesas a good overview of the contest andthe gala.

Harry Motlimer: A Ttibute in Music0anes Scott and Howard Snell con-ducting the massed bands of Britannia

Building, Black Dyke, and WilliamFairey.) Program: The Cossack(Rimmer), Yeoman of the Guard(Sull ivan/Sargent), Three JollySailormen (Siebert), The Shipbuilders(Yorke), Trumpct Voluntary (Clarke/D. Wnght), Relaxation (Vinter), TheForce of Destiny (Vedi /F. Wright), Me-dallion(MoretontGrandfather'sClock(Doughty), Jesut loy (Bach/Sparke),Alla Hompipc (Handel-Harty/Holt),All in the April Evening Gobefton/Ball), Praise My Soul (Cay) Massedband records conjure up for me the oldMortimer Men of Brass se es; that isprecisjly what this cassette is like. Thereare moments of bcauty here, partic1r-larly for mc thc simplc Ball arrange-ment of "All in the April Evening."Mostof itisplayed with thelargestrokesone would expect, even to the us€ ofnine cornets of the "Three JollySailormen" tsio and six (l) euphoniumson theold chestnutsolo "Crandfathe/sClock" !! As a tribute to Harry Mortimerit serves up a hcfty slice of brass bandnostalgia that somehow seems iust notas good as it could be; but then this isalive pe.formance of masscd bands,Apri l12,1992. Bearin8 that in mind, i thas solid historical merit.

ln our nextissuewe will focus on somenew Canadian recordings, includingThe Canadian Staff Band and the brasssextet, Sovereign Brass. In addihon,some new EUPHONIUM albums willbe examined (David Chaulk, StevenMead, ct al.)

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Summary ReportNABBA Board lreetlng

Seplember 18-19, 1992

The annual Fall board meeting ofNABBA was held in Washington at theHyatt Regency Hotel, Crystal City, andat Brucker Hall, Fort Myer.

Members pres€nt: Don Kneeburg,Ceorge Foster, Al Duerig, MichaelRusso, Don Stine, Milt Hovelson, SaraNorth, Tom Palmatier, Paul Droste,Tom Myers, Dick Martin, Ron Holz,Anita Collins, Bob CrofL Tony Guerere,Chuck Arnold, Brian Bowman, BertWiley. Guests: Bob Goodier, NationalCapital Band; Paul Wilhoit, US ArmyBrass Band.

The bulk of the session dealt with aepecb of the April 2-3, 1993 Champion-ship6, including schedule, facilitics, testpieces, contest proccdures. Reportswere given by Sara North on our finan-cial status NABBA currently in goodcondition), Paul Droste on 1992 Cham-pionship review, and Befl Wiley onmembership. In the latter it was re-po ed that NABBA holds 5 corporatemembershipt 27 hembcr bands, 825associate/studcnt/and individualmembers, the latter an increase of 134from 1991 (Much of itdue to Workshopinvolvement:)

Incon@strna ttcrs theVlDEO and CABBTape Contest were rcvicwed and ap.proved, Bert Wiley havinS distribudthese guidelines by midoctober. Ad-judicators and contest pie(es were es-tablished for April, 1993: Two sets ofiudSes, due to expected number ofbands (as rcported elsewhere in thisissue) i Test Pi€<es-ChampionshipLevel: Firestorm (Bulla), Resurgam(BaI), Rhapsody in Brais (Goffin); Hon-0I5 Level-Aspects of Praise, Mvts I, II,IV (Himes), Royal Parks ( Lloyd), Enter-tainments (Vinter); Challenge andOpen-{eltic Suite (Sparke), ThreeHaworth Impressions (Langford),

Confl uence (Himes); Youth-MalvemSuite (Sparke), Knoxvil le 1800(Cumow), Litde Suite*1 (Arnold). Fullinformation regarding thes€ pieces andall rules regulations have been mailedto NABBA bands.

Further contest matters focused on ex-Pense proiectcd (approved) with achange that only Firt Plac€ bannerswill be prcs€nted (certificates fo. zndand 3rd place winne.s).

In addition, open iudging was approvedonce again and a new scoring proce.dure was established that will eliminate s.ore totals and will rely on aplacement procedure (ie, judges de-cidebands in rank, not in a total score).

Deadlines for the receipt of scores andapplications were established (Marchand February lst rcspectively) as oFposed to post-marked dates in previ-ous years. Don Kneeburg will coordi-nate a reading band for the Fridayevening of our weekend.

The '1994 NABBA Contest has beenapprovcd for North Carolina StateUniversity (Frank Hammond).

Other actions and discussions were asfollows:

1 Next Board Meeting-April 2, 1993;3r00-5:00 P.M.

2. Regional Fcstivals and Contests:Given considerable disaussion, aSuKornrnittee of Ex.\clr tive mem-bers will be established to reporton this conc€pt at the April meet-ing.

Editorship of The Bridge waspass€d from Tom Myers to RonHolz; Tom thanked officially for allhis ercellent work. K.D. Kn€eburgto be honored for her edi torship ofBridge at our next Calai likewise,Tom Myers,

Paul Drostegave very positive sum-mer workhop rcport.

Beth Hrcnek will pursue contactsfor NABBA and The Bridge with

other professional joumals.

5. Bert Wiley was given authoriza-tion to rcseaich the cost of prepar-ing promo pack€t for NABBA.

7. Tom Palmatier report at length onthe possible alignment of NABBAwith other related pmfessional or-ganizations. He will continue hiseffort and report again in April.

Surnnarized lrofi Minutes qoduced b!BerI W ilev, N ABB A Secretary.

Twenty-first BiennialWorld Conference -lnternational Societyfor Music EducationTampa, FL July l&23, 1994

Call for Psdomlng Glolps

This prestigious conference is callingfor wide input from a world-wide rangeof performing groups. NABBA bandsare encouraged to look inlio the appli-ca tion and selection process. The themeof the conference is Musicql Connec-tions: Tndition an l ChatEe. Croups appllng to perform are encouraSed toplan programs based on this theme.Musical groups representing a broadrange of musical traditions arc beingsoutht. Prospective performers areasked !o submit thcir requests for applications to ISME no later than April 1,1993. Compled appli.ationmaterialsand tapes then must be submitted tothe appropriate regional contact per-son by lune l, 1993. For fu her infor-mation on the confcrcnce and perfor-mance proposals please contact Dr JohnRichmond, Conference Director, ISME'94 World Conference, University ofSouth Florida, School of Music, FAH110, 4202 East Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL3352G7350; Phone (81 3\ 97 4-2311 F AX(813)974-542r .

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