2000 Band History Conference

Centre College and the Great American Brass Band Festival invite you to participate in the 2000 Conference on American Band History. The conference will be presented on Friday, June 9, in Weisiger Theatre of the Norton Center for the Arts on the campus of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. The history conference's theme is "International Connections'' and it is set for 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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The registration fee of $25.00 covers all conference materials and presentations, as well as the picnic lunch and refreshments at the morning and afternoon breaks. Early registration is recommened. Other events of the GREAT AMERICAN BRASS BAND FESTIVAL will continue through Sunday, June 11.

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PROGRAM

9:00 a.m.
Introduction and Overview
Frank Cipolla, Program Chair
Professor Emeritus
SUNY Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

9:15 a.m.
The Influence of Italian Bandmasters on American Bands
Raoul Camus
Professor Emeritus
CUNY
New York, New York

9:45 a.m. Henry Distin: Revolutionary or Evolutionary
Lloyd P. Farrar
Historical Organologist
Norris, Tennessee

10:15 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m.
Greetings from Italy
Aldo Bua
Palermo, Sicily

11:00 a.m.
College Bands: Concert Band to the Wind Ensemble
Frederick Fennell
Conductor Laureate, Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Siesta Key - Sarasota, Florida

12:00 p.m.
Picnic and Outdoor Concert
Olde Towne Brass
Huntsville, Alabama

The International Tours of the Sousa Band
Paul E. Bierly
Historian and Author
Westerville, Ohio

A Short History of the British Brass Band
Ronald W. Holz
Asbury College
Wilmore, Kentucky

Assisted by members of The Festival Brass
England
and the
Tivoli Ensemble
Denmark

2:50 p.m.
Break

3:20 p.m.
Performance by The Millennium Brass
Vince DiMartino, Trumpet
Rick Illman, Trumpet
Lisa O. Bontrager, Horn
Scott Hartman, Trombone
Marty Erickson, Tuba