2005 Band History Conference

Centre College and the Great American Brass Band Festival invite you to participate in this unique conference devoted to American Band History.

Event date: Friday, June 10 

This theme of this year's conference will be Virtuosi Brass Solo Performers.

Virtuosi Brass Solo Performers
As their musical stylings have helped to shape brass band music as we know it today, Virtuosi Brass Solo Performers are a highly influential group of contributors t the development of brass band music. Our 2005 Band History Conference will cover such topics as American comet virtuosos, great women brass soloists, early brass band instruments, and great American euphonium soloists.

Learn from Top Musicians and Scholar
Gain insight into the world of the virtuosi soloists from some of the most noted members of the musical community, including a former NABBA president, the world's most traveled euphonium player, a Grammy award winner, brass band competition winners, and the Chief Music Librarian for the United States Marine Band.

Exciting performances will include an internationally regarded trumpet/cornet soloist, a premiere euphonium soloist, a special outside concert by an all women British style brass band, and a chamber concert by an internationally recognized brass band group.

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Conference Schedule

Date and Location: Friday, June 10 in Weisiger Theater of the Norton Center for the Arts: Centre College; Danville, Kentucky

8:45 a.m. Welcome and Overview 
Dr. Ronald W. Holz
Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky

8:50-9:20 a.m. A 110 Cornets Played the Air: Claude Gordon Meets Herbert L. Clarke
Dr. Scott Schwarz
University of Illinois - Champagne

9:20-9:50 a.m. Great Women Brass Soloists: A Reconsideration
Dr. Patricia Backhaus
Freelance musician, conductor, and teacher

9:50-10:20 a.m. Coffee Break

10:20-11:15 a.m. Recital/Clinic
Allen Vizzutti
Trumpet/Cornet Soloist and Composer
Mercer Island, Washington

11:20 a.m.-11:50 a.m. Virtuosity in Early Brass Instruments: The Ophicleide and Serpent
Douglas Yeo Bass Trombonist
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Boston, Massachusetts

Noon-1:15 p.m. Lunch
Special outdoor concert by Athena Brass Band from 12:25-12:55 p.m.

1:20-1:50 p.m. Soloists of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band
MGySgt Mike Ressler, Chief Librarian
United States Marine Band
Washington, DC

1:50-2:45 p.m. Recital/Clinic
Steven Mead
Euphonium Free Lance Soloist
Royal Northern College of Music
Fenny Drayton, England

2:50-3:20 p.m. Great American Euphonium Soloists of the Past
Dr. Earle Louder
New Earle Louder
New Sousa Band/Virginia Grand Military Band
Morehead, Kentucky

3:20-3:50 p.m. Coffee Break

3:50-4:20 p.m. Redefining a Legend: Cornet Virtuoso Leonard Smith
John Bierley, Free Lance Scholar
Westerfield, Ohio 
Loras Schissel, Library of Congress
Arlington, Virginia

4:25-4:50 p.m. Mini-Concert of Virtuosic Chamber Music by Rhythm and Brass

4:50 p.m. Closing Remarks

EARLY REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED!

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