The Great American Brass Band Festival

Centre College and the Great American Brass Band Festival invite you to participate in the 1997 conference on American Band History. The conference will be presented on Friday, June 13, in Weisiger Theatre of the Norton Center for the Arts on the campus of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Leading authorities from throughout the United States will address a variety of topics related to music of the ragtime era, with particular attention to the relationship of ragtime music to bands.

The registration fee of $25.00 covers all conference presentations, lunch, and refreshments at the morning and afternoon breaks. Early registration is suggested. Other events of the GREAT AMERICAN BRASS BAND FESTIVAL will continue Friday evening, and on Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15.

PROGRAM

9 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Frank Cipolla, Professor Emeritus, SUNY/Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

9:15 a.m.
Ragtime: An Overview
* Edward Berlin, Author/Scholar, New York, New York

* Scott Kirby, Piano, New Orleans, Louisiana

10 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m.
Thomas Preston Brooke (1856-1921): Apostle of Ragtime
Lawrence Gushee, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

11:15 a.m.
March Time to Ragtime
Richard Zimmerman, Performer/Ragtime Specialist, Grass Valley, Calilornia

12:00 noon. Lunch

1:15 p.m.
One, Two, Ragtime: Dances of the Ragtime Era
* Raoul Camus, Professor Emeritus, CUNY, New York, New York

* Renee Camus, Vintage Dance Specialist, Baltimore, Maryland

2 p.m.
Hokum and the Hellfighters: Drums and
Drummers from the Ragtime Era
Dennis Brown, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts

2:45 p.m. Break

3 p.m.
The Red Back Book: Standard and High Class Ragtime
David Reffkin, Performer/Ragtime Specialist, San Francisco, California

3:45 p.m.
How They Heard It: Rags for Piano, Orchestra, and Band
* Richard Zimmerman, Piano

* New Walnut Street Orchestra

* Advocate Brass Band, George Foreman, Conductor

Program Chair
Frank Cipolla, Buffalo, New York

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